History Main / ItsQuietTooQuiet

* In ''Fanfic/TheHillOfSwords'', [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Kirche and Louise]] say this verbatim right before they are attacked. [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou]] [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it.

-->'''Dot''': Gee, it's so quiet. Too quiet... terribly quiet... awfully quiet...\\
(''Dot screams'')\\
'''Dot''' (singing): I thought I wanted quiet, I thought I could apply it, but now that I have tried it, ''[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor I'm sick and tired of quiet!]]''

%%-->'''Abby''': It's quiet...\\
%%'''Pig''': [[NoIndoorVoice TOO QUIET!]]

-->'''King''': Something's not quite right, I can tell!

* Discussed in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "War is the H-Word", where a grizzled soldier describes the worst part of war being the quiet before the battle.
-->'''Fry''': And then the battle's not so bad?\\
'''Soldier''': [[OhCrap Oh... right, I forgot about the battle]]. ''(whimpers in fear)''

-->'''Fluttershy:''' Aah, peace and quiet... *ear flicks up, gasp* too quiet!

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': In the episode "Mortyplicity", when the Smiths run through a forest to hide from renegade decoys, Rick tells them to stop as he suspects it's too quiet. Then Summer points out that Rick skipped "It's quiet" with Rick complaining that its obvious the area is quiet enough before [[KnockoutAmbush getting shot]] with {{Tranquillizer Dart}}s.

-->'''Beekeeper 1''': Well, sure is quiet in here today.\\
'''[[LargeHam Beekeeper 2]]''': Yes, a little ''too'' quiet... if you know what I mean.\\
'''Beekeeper 1''': Hmm... I'm afraid I don't.\\
'''Beekeeper 2''': You see, bees usually make... a lot of noise. NO NOISE... suggests no bees.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter'' episode "New Kind of Evil," Guile, Blanka and Chun-Li are searching for mutant creatures in the sewer. They say that it is "Quiet," "Too quiet," then say they would prefer to battle their opponents face-to-face instead of being ambushed.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Used in "[[Recap/TeenTitansS5E7HideAndSeek Hide n' Seek]]" by Raven:
-->'''Raven (upon hearing Timmy scream):''' Teether just took Timmy's blankie... (Teether screams) Timmy just took it back. (Screams cease) And now it's quiet... [[OhCrap (stops walking)]] ItsQuietTooQuiet too quiet. [[MamaBear (Runs back to monastery)]]

* A ''Magazine/{{Time}}'' magazine [[http://science.time.com/2013/09/09/a-silent-hurricane-season-ignites-a-debate-over-global-warming/ article]] describes the first half of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season as this.

-->'''Raven (upon hearing Timmy scream):''' Teether just took Timmy's blankie... (Teether screams) Timmy just took it back. (Screams cease) And now it's quiet... [[OhCrap (stops walking)]] [[ItsQuietTooQuiet too quiet]]. [[MamaBear (Runs back to monastery)]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': The titular ogre utters this line when he and Donkey enter a deserted Kingdom of Duloc. In this particular case, rather than heralding some imminent threat, the quiet is because everyone has gone off to watch the tournament.

** In the TV movie ''[[Recap/BabylonFiveFilm01InTheBeginning In the Beginning]]'', the EAS ''Lexington'' is moving in on a seemingly disabled Minbari ship, but Sheridan begins to think something's off when he doesn't pick up any Minbari signals, not even a distress call. It turns out to be a set up for a HyperspeedAmbush.

%%* ''LightNovel/{{Vamp}}'': Said by Cargilla.

* ''Series/{{UFO}}'' episode "The Sound of Silence". Twice while near a lake a woman mentions that there's no sound from local animals. This is because there's a UFO hiding in the lake and a body-snatching alien wandering around nearby.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Typically, the Loud family, with the exception of Lucy and, to an extent, Lincoln, lives up to their surname, so if they're being quiet, it's a bad sign. For instance, in "One Flu Over the Loud House", it turns out to be because Lori, Lynn, and the twins have the flu and the rest are hiding. In "Snow Way, Out" the siblings are hiding from Lynn during a snowball war, and this phrase is uttered.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Typically, the Loud family, with the exception of Lucy and, to an extent, Lincoln, lives up to their surname, so if they're being quiet, it's a bad sign. For instance, in "One Flu Over the Loud House", it turns out to be because Lori, Lynn, and the twins have the flu and the rest are hiding.

* Discussed in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "War is the H-Word", where a grizzled soldier describes the worst part of war being the quiet before the battle

* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'': An area is usually only clear of zombies after something has happened... or when something's ''about'' to happen. In ''Videogame/Left4Dead2'''s single-player mode called "Last Man On Earth", you're the only survivor in the game. Not only does your survivor continually [[GoMadFromTheIsolation talk as if the other survivors are still there]], they occasionally shout out something along the lines of "Hello?" or "Is anyone out there?". There is also a lack of "normal" Common Infected, making the game overall much quieter, but also giving the eerie feeling that something else is going on around there.

** Tali points out that this trope is usually in effect InSpace: [[NightmareFuel if the engines and/or life support aren't making noise]], that means they ''aren't working''. The Normandy creeps her out -- since it's a brand new stealth ship, there are almost no noises at all, and her instincts are insisting that she's in danger. In later games Tali notes that she actually missed the quiet and the Normandy in general, indicating she got over this fear.

* ''Series/MythBusters'': The line is sometimes used by the Mythbusters just before they perform an experiment likely to make things very ''[[StuffBlowingUp loud]]''. Orwhen they try to detonate a bomb and it doesn't.[[note]]This means that they now have a live explosive that could go off at any time, basically one of the most dangerous situations that ever happens on the show.[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla:'' During the Cent arc, Eivor and Basim return to the church where their ally lives, after their last plan went belly-up and see no-one, absolutely no-one, is there. Both the Viking and the experienced assassin note how unnaturally quiet it is, and figure it's a trap. [[spoiler:It is. Their ally has been murdered by the person they were trying to lure out.]]

* ''Series/Mandalorian''. A variation in "The Rescue" when our heroes come across a seemingly empty corridor on the Imperial cruiser they've just boarded.

* ''Series/AdamTwelve'': In one episode, Reed comments on the suspicious quiet when he and Malloy are on a prowler call that they suspect is a setup to lure them into an ambush. It turns out to be just the "normal" amount of quiet after all, as it was, in fact, just a prowler call.

->''"It's quiet...too quiet...''\\
''[Gunshot. Bullet whizzes past his head]''
->''Now, suddenly, it's too loud. I preferred it when it was quiet.''"
-->-- '''O'Malley''', ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':
** Played for laughs, as provided by the page quote.

* ''ComicBook/UltimateVision'': The Gah Lak Tus module landed in a military base. Vision and Tarleton arrive at the place. No guards, nobody around. Even the comms chatter ceased, except for the automated distress calls.