History Main / Rimshot

"So, why are colds bad criminals? Because they’re easy to catch." ('''Drum fill''') "And what happens when you witness a ship wreck? You let it sink in." ('''Drum fill''') "And why should you never eat a clock? Because it’s too time consuming." ('''Drum fill''') "Hey, I want a job cleaning mirrors. It’s something I can really see myself doing!" ('''Drum fill''').

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}: The word is sometimes said during a joke/innuendo instead of imitating the sound.

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[[caption-width-right:350:A bird playing the drums? You [[{{Pun}} feather]] believe it! ''(Ba-dum-tss!)''\\

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* The ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode Recap/PhineasAndFerbCandaceDisconnected has the boys build a phone for Candace. It has an app that plays the sound every time Candace makes a joke or a pun.

!Examples

-->'''Snap''': Morning listeners know...
-->'''Pop''': Rice Krispies is a hit!

-->'''Garfield''': I knew a dog who was so ugly, he had to--
-->'''Odie''': (''TIDDY-BOOM!'')
-->'''Garfield''': Let's talk timing.
-->(''later'')
-->'''Garfield''': I knew a dog who was so ugly, his fleas wore dog collars!
-->'''Odie''': (''Tiddy-boom! Tiddy-boom! Tiddy-boom! Tiddy-boom! Tiddy-boom!'')
-->'''Garfield''': Padding our part, are we?
* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', one of Rorschach's internal monologues recalls an old joke about a SadClown, followed with the observation, "[[TerseTalker Good joke]]. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtain."

-->'''Bonnie Boom Boom:''' I thought you said this was a private shooting. I can't have my fans finding me.
-->'''Cameraman:''' [[SarcasmMode Yeah, all five of them managed to track you to this location.]]
* ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'':
-->[''The audience at Villapiano's claps politely as the band finishes "All My Only Dreams."'']
-->'''Lenny''': Table 19, your pizza is ready.
-->'''Guy''': [''plays a rim shot'']

* ''Series/{{Friends}}''

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-->'''Sky''': "Jess, I have to be honest. I bee-lieve you can make more efforts."
--> ba-dum-ching!
-->'''Jin''': "And there goes the rest of our audience!"
-->'''Sky''': "There they go! Bye guys!"
-->'''Jess''': "Bye guys! Bee sure to tune in next time!"
--> ba-dum-ching
-->'''Jin''': "Bee su- Oh my god, I'm done!"

-->'''Yugi:''' It looks like we're just going to have to keep repeating the same jokes that everyone got sick of ages ago until he sets us free!
-->'''Joey:''' [[SeasonalRot Isn't that what we've been doing for the past four years]]?
-->''(ba-dum-tiss!)''

* YouTuber Simon Whistler, who has a huge collection of channels on various historical and trivia topics, will often act out a huge, fake rimshot when he throws in a joke or a pun.

-->-- Bad joke

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* ''WebVideo/{{Blixemi}}'': Happens in the "What Your Favorite Warrior Cat Says About You" video, as well as it's sequel, to emphasize puns made about a character or their situation. For example, a pun about Longtail fans liking the "longer tales" in life is backed up with the cymbal-hit.
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* ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded'': Loki has escaped from the [[Series/Loki2021 Time Variance Authority]] and told everyone in the Villain Pub about the problem with variants. Thanos shows up and says "Finding out how other variants of you succeeded where you failed could totally make someone... snap"

* Creator/TomScott tested the "two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff" variant of this trope by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eXj97stbG8 actually throwing two drums and a cymbal off of a cliff]], while his friend Matt told a joke down below. It worked.

* Used several times in ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'''s [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS6E14 episode]] on ''Film/LesMiserables2012''. First, WebVideo/PawDugan tries to invoke the "ba-dum-tiss" sound effect after making a joke about the film's pacing, only for nothing to come out. The Critic tells him that it only works if he does it, which he immediately demonstrates. Later, Paw tries it again after the Critic states "insert an out-of-the-closet joke here" after literally coming out of the closet which they were using to hide from Brentalfloss. This time, the sound does appear.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Future Boy Zoltron", Mr. Smiley goes "ba-dum-bum-CHING!" after telling a joke.

Bob tried to make a joke, but [[CannotTellAJoke it didn't turn out as good as he hoped]]. Maybe he shoehorned a reference in too awkwardly (shoe goes on, shoe goes off), or he has bad comedic... timing, or he just wasn't able to tell what was supposed to be a snappy joke in a snappy manner, so the wording he used ends up taking up way too much space for something that really wasn't worthwhile to anyone who was reading it in the first place. Or maybe he relied on a StockShtick that everyone's [[Administrivia/HeardItAMillionTimes heard a million times]]. Not to fear! [[AllDrummersAreAnimals The drummer]] is here to punctuate the joke with a little percussion tag, letting the audience know that was indeed the PunchLine and they should laugh or at least give the CollectiveGroan.

Rimshots are associated with the BorschtBelt style of old-school comedy. It's a bit of an UndeadHorseTrope: The rimshot is so kitschy that it's practically a StockShtick in its own right, but that in turn makes it corny enough that it can get a decent laugh if timed correctly, especially if it's used sarcastically to highlight a LamePunReaction. It can even serve to salvage a joke that otherwise flopped.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode, where Sandy is on an adrenaline kick just before she starts winter hibernation, she tells Sponge Bob they're going "Fly Fishing" [[VisualPun with an actual airplane behind her]]. The scene them cuts to a live action drummer doing the rimshot.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode, where Sandy is on an adrenaline kick just before she starts winter hibernation, she tells SpongeBob they're going "Fly Fishing" [[VisualPun with an actual airplane behind her]]. The scene them cuts to a live action drummer doing the rimshot.