History Main / LosingHorns

* ''VideoGame/{{Paperboy}}'' plays five descending tuba notes followed by a leap up an octave and a step down a major third if customers cancel their subscriptions.

* ''VideoGame/{{Paperboy}}'' has a five-note glissando followed by an octave up and a major third down if customers cancel their subscriptions.

!!Type C Examples:

-->--'''''Bidiots'' Host''', ''VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack 2''

->'''Homer:''' ''(in Mr. Burns' yacht, outside the American seaboard)'' Help! Pirates!\\
'''Coast Guard Officer:''' ''(over loudspeakers, having not crossed out to international waters)'' Navy [=SEALs=] are on the way.\\
'''Homer:''' Oh, bless you!\\
'''Coast Guard Officer:''' How about a tactical nuclear strike?\\
'''Homer:''' Oh, that would be just... ''({{Beat}})'' Oh, you're just yanking my chain, aren't you?\\
'''Coast Guard Officer:''' Perhaps this foghorn will answer your question. ''(sounds the "wah-waaah" horn)''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "The Mansion Family"

* 680x0 based Macintosh computers starting with the Mac II up to the pre-AV Quadras played an arpeggio known as the "Chimes of Death" upon startup failure, usually accompanying the Sad Mac icon. The SE/30, [=IIcx=], [=IIci=], and [=IIsi=] preceded the arpeggio with a ScareChord, while on the LC's, Classic II, Color Classic, [=IIvx=], Powerbooks, Performas, and Quadras, it was followed by the intro lick from ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', sometimes used on its own.

* 680x0 based Macintosh computers starting with the Mac II up to the pre-AV Quadras played an arpeggio known as the "Chimes of Death" upon startup failure, usually accompanying the Sad Mac icon. The SE/30, Classic II, IIcx, IIci, and IIsi preceded the arpeggio with a ScareChord, while on the LC's, Color Classic, IIvx, Performas, and Quadras, it was followed by the intro lick from ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', sometimes used on its own.

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic uses this as a gag a few times, in response to the the bad jokes in movies like ''Film/MortalKombat''. ''Film/LostInSpace'' however is so bad that instead of playing the horns he makes the noise himself (increasing the volume with every gag).

* How about ''Anime/LupinIIIPinkJacket''? In episode 3, a girl clings to Lupin and forces him to take her home with him. When he tries to scare her away, she tells him his plan isn't going to work...cue the four-note horn motif.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Hungry Hungry Homer", Homer discovers a closetful of evidence that the Springfield Isotopes are planning to move to Albuquerque and tries to show the authorities, only for the team owner to [[ItWasHereISwear get rid of the evidence before they arrive]]. And just to mock Homer further, he replaced them with a man who plays "Waah-waah-waah" on a trombone when he opens the door.

* ''NFL Blitz'' plays a "wahh wahh wahh wahhhhhh" when a play ends in a turnover (that isn't from a punt, interception, or a fumble), a failed 2-point conversion, or a [[EpicFail safety]].

* In ''Dubbelmoral!'', a Swedish Macintosh game, a choir sings "Hallelujah!" when the player character dies.

* ''VideoGame/GuildOfDungeoneering'': Uses this as the bard will sing a song making fun of the player and the Dungeoneer who just died when you lose a level.

* This is Stevens' entire shtick in ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'', playing "Wa wa waa" with his trombone at opportune moments.

* The cry of [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Magikarp]], a VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} stereotyped as being weak and utterly useless, almost [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9oKsrrYduI sounds]] like a mocking sound.

* ''Just Men!,'' a short-lived NBC show, had contestants scoring car keys, one of which starts a new car. When the car doesn't start, an instrumental "Nyah nyah-nyah nyah-nyah nyaaaah" plays.

* A two-note synth "fog horn"-like sound played whenever anyone hit the {{Whammy}} on ''Series/PressYourLuck''. Though it was no different with the fourth Whammy that eliminated a player, there were specialized Whammy animations for those situations (most notably the umpire Whammy).

* In ''VideoGame/DuckTales'' on the NES (but not its remake), the Game Over jingle is the first bar of the theme tune's chorus followed by the "life lost" sting.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' plays six descending notes on strings when Link dies.

* Live on CNN, Trump supporter Corey Lewandowski [[DudeNotFunny made the "womp womp" sound in response to a story about a disabled girl]] [[WouldHurtAChild who was separated from her parents by Donald Trump's immigration policies.]] He [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5l4nmHtaek claims]] he was mocking the other guest on the program, not the girl herself.