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* ''Series/TheGoodies'' did it with a foghorn in "Lighthouse Keeping Loonies".

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' episode "On the Air and Out to Sea" Trina's braces picks up radio frequencies from her little brother's station.

* Played straight in ''TheThreeStooges'' short ''Disorder in the Court'', where Moe accidentally swallows a harmonica and Larry and Curly respond by making him play "Ach Du Lieber Augustine" by pumping his arm and squeezing his stomach.

* ''TheSimpsons'' has a bit where Santa's Little Helper eats the remote and changes the channel by barking.

* ''SpongeBobSquarePants'' has this example when Patrick's head gets stuck through a trombone, essentially giving him a long brass neck.

* A variation happens on ''TheJetsons'': Astro swallows Elroy's anti-gravity toy and everybody believes Astro can fly.

* In the third Mickey Mouse cartoon, ''SteamboatWillie'', a goat eats Minnie's guitar and sheet music. Turning its tail like a crank caused it to play "Turkey in the Straw".
* Sharon's braces in ''{{Braceface}}'' have been somehow electrified while being installed, and sometimes interact with metal or electronic environment around her--receiving radio, for instance, which manifests as Sharon hearing radio in her mouth.
* One [[ClassicDisneyShorts Disney cartoon short]] had DonaldDuck come into possession of an ostrich. The ostrich swallows a radio and begins playing music.

* Peter Griffin of ''FamilyGuy'' once swallowed his phone and dialed by punching himself in the gut. He was once put on hold and Lois told him to open his mouth so she could hear the song that was playing.
* Told by Trent as an UrbanLegend in the ''{{Daria}}'' episode "Legends of the Mall". The high school shop teacher (who eerily resembles Mr. Demartino...) grinds his teeth at night from the stress of dealing with his dumbass students. Once he's had the stumps pulled, he makes himself a set of metal dentures capable of biting through solid wood doors. Unfortunately, they pick up radio signals and periodically play "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". Lampshaded when Daria and Jane point out how improbable it is... that it would always be the same song.

* ''CloneHigh'': In one episode, Joan of Arc's retainer picks up a Christian radio station, leading her to believe that she is finally hearing God [[LamarckWasRight like the original Joan of Arc]].
* The traffic cop from the ''FrostyTheSnowman'' Christmas Special. His whistle may only be capable of one note, but he still swallowed it.
* An episode of ''DragonTales'' was actually about Bluey accidentally swallowing his phone, and instead of pressing his abdomen to make it work, he actually ''uses his stomach muscles to move the rotary dial.''

* Happened to Sylvester in SylvesterAndTweetyMysteries when he swallowed a portable radio, and a broadcast of a police drama scared crooks Rocky and Mugsy, who had kidnapped him, into thinking their getaway shack were surrounded by cops.
* The character Good does this in ''TheLittleIsland'' without the ''aid'' of any swallowed instrument.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode "Squeakerboxxxxxxx", Bloo wins his friends another squeaky piggy bank, but accidentally swallows it. All of his friends then take turns squeezing Bloo, which makes him make the squeaking sounds.

* Played straight in ''TheThreeStooges'' short ''Disorder in the Court''. When the stooges are reenacting a musical performance during a trial, Curly slaps Moe on the back, causing him to swallow a harmonica. They then find that when they press on Moe's stomach they can hear the harmonica, and soon Curly and Larry begin to make Moe play "Ach Du Lieber Augustine" by pumping his arm and squeezing his stomach, before he coughs the harmonica up.

* ''InvaderZim'' included an episode where a child had a toy placed in his throat that made cow noises.

* An animated short from Disney's ''HouseOfMouse'' was about DonaldDuck accidentally swallowing a numeric keypad at an information kiosk.

* At the end of the ''InvaderZim'' episode "Dark Harvest", Zim replaces one of Dib's organs with a mooing can, with expected results.

* The character Good does this in ''TheLittleIsland'' without the ''aid'' of any swallowed instrument.

* The satellite phone gets eaten by a Spinosaurus in ''JurassicParkIII.'' The characters know they're in trouble when they hear the Nokia jingle.

* CharlieChaplin's ''City Lights'' did this bit with a whistle.

* Played straight in ''TheThreeStooges'' short ''Disorder in the Court''. When the stooges are reenacting a musical performance during a trial, Curly slaps Moe on the back, causing him to swallow a kazoo. They then find that when they press on Moe's stomach they can hear the kazoo, and soon Curly and Larry begin to make Moe play "Ach Du Lieber Augustine" by pumping his arm and squeezing his stomach, before he coughs the kazoo up.

Additionally, a character may receive radio transmissions on his or her dental fillings, often citing that the vibrations from the sound wave vibrate the skull and ear drum. However, this is based on the misconception that radio waves, a form of light, work in any way whatsoever like sound waves. [[DidNotDoTheResearch They don't]]. It also only picks up one frequency, effectively giving the afflicted the ability to listen to one perfectly tuned radio station. Again, this is often brought on by some grievous injury to start or stop it, and to change the frequency.

** [[AWorldwidePunomenon iPood]]. In the [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20050705 iPotty]].

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', mention is made of a kid with a penny-whistle whom the Musician's Guild "dealt with" for playing unlicensed music, who now plays a chord whenever he hiccups.

* There's a Paul Jennings short story that combines this with a little bit of {{Body Horror}} when a boy gets a haunted harmonica stuck in his mouth.

* Something similar happened on ''[[GilligansIsland Gilligan's Island]]'', when Gilligan's fillings start picking up radio waves after he gets hit in the head with a coconut. (I swear, coconuts are like [[LightningCanDoAnything lightning]] on that show...)

* The ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch "A Man with a Tape Recorder up his Nose". Naturally followed by "A Man with a Tape Recorder up his Brother's Nose."

** [[AWorldwidePunomenon iPood]]. In the [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20050705 iPotty]].

** Also, Mr. Burns swallowed a cell phone, apparently mistaking it for a lemon drop. It's set to vibrate.
* ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' has this example when Patrick's head gets stuck through a trombone, essentially giving him a long brass neck.

* The traffic cop from the ''{{Frosty the Snowman}}'' Christmas Special. His whistle may only be capable of one note, but he still swallowed it.

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* The satellite phone gets eaten by a Spinosaurus in ''JurassicPark 3.'' The characters know they're in trouble when they hear the Nokia jingle.

* ''TomAndJerry'' have several occasions of this happening.

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* A ''GetSmart'' episode had a country singer (guest star Carol Burnett) swallowing a KAOS radio receiver shaped like a martini olive. Siegfried abducts her and tries listening to the broadcast in her stomach, but her nervous hiccups end up trying his patience.

* At the end of the ''InvaderZim'' episode "Dark Harvest", Zim replaces one of Dib's organs with a mooing can, causing Dib to make mooing sounds, although he can still speak.

* ''TheGoodies'' did it with a foghorn in "Lighthouse Keeping Loonies".

* In one of ''TheMuppetShow'''s At The Dance sketches, Gonzo asks a dancer if it's the monser who ate his harmonica. The monster responds with a musical note.

* One word: ''{{Braceface}}''.

* The commercial where the dog swallows the guys cellphone and its currently stuck in a long distance phone call.

* Similar to the ''LiloAndStitch'' example above, another Disney short features Pluto using his tail as the stylus for a record player, turning him into a speaker. The short ends with Pluto wowing the lady-dogs by playing a Frank Sinatra single.
* Peter Griffin of ''FamilyGuy'' once swallowed his phone and dialled by punching himself in the gut. He was once put on hold and Lois told him to open his mouth so she could hear the song that was playing.

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