History Main / SillyAnimalSound

* ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'' and ''Literature/WheresMyCow'': Is that my cow? It goes HRUUGH! It is a hippopotamus! [[CaptainObvious That’s not my cow]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', Dory can speak Whale.

* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'': One of the Adele penguins says, "Ribbit" (the sound of a Pacific tree frog) in the song he sings.

* In ''Film/{{Frogs}}'', when Crockett starts hallucinating that his trophy animal heads are making noises, one large taxidermy-preserved freshwater fish makes ''dolphin'' sounds.

* In one CutawayGag of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Stewie plays with an European See-and-Say. He gets baffled by the unconventional sounds that, according to the toy, the animals make. See the page quote for details. Unlike most {{Cutaway Gag}}s, this is actually referenced in a later scene. As Stewie and Brian use a TimeMachine and end up in an unfamiliar place, Stewie, correctly, deduces that they must be in Europe from a cow saying "Shazoo".

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'', a [[GiantEnemyCrab giant lobster]] roars like the TyrannosaurusRex in ''Film/JurassicPark''.
* The titular character from the ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'' episode, "The Neighbor's Cat", who, in addition to being treated like a dog by his owner, barks like one.
* ''WesternAnimation/Hero108'': "Deer Castle" features [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin deer and the Deer King]] who sound nothing like actual deer. As the matter of fact, the sounds they make are those of a horse.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Bilby}}'', after the bilby beats up an eagle, it flies away clucking like a chicken. One could say it's [[StealthPun chickening out]] of the fight.

* The woodland rabbits seen in ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'' suddenly start to [[WolvesAlwaysHowlAtTheMoon howl like coyotes at the moon]] after the giant were-rabbit does it. The were-rabbit himself can be excused, since he's a fantasy creature shapeshifted from a human, but the other rabbits are supposed to be real rabbits.

* In ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'', at the circus parade scene, when a gorilla shakes the bars of his cage, he lets out a scream similar to Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'s yell. To be fair, Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs describes Tarzan's yell as "the victory cry of the bull ape", but real gorillas sound nothing like that.
* In ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', Hayabusa the falcon, who normally sounds like [[StockSoundEffects a Red-Tailed Hawk]], lets out a [[CluckingFunny chicken's cluck]] when he loses his feathers.
* The Aracuan Bird from ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'' is, supposedly, named that because of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zchYN9ZSnqw peculiar song he sings]]. The real-life bird that is called "Aracua" in Brazil not only [[InformedSpecies looks nothing like its cartoon counterpart]], but also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9AkHleEMmU sounds completely different]].

Sometimes though, the creators just throw any - real or perceived - realism and make up a sound for the animal in the name of RuleOfFunny. Either they have no idea what sound the animal makes and just come up with something silly, or they intentionally give the animal a different sound that the audience expects for comedic effect as a form of VocalDissonance. Occasionally the animals will straight up PokemonSpeak, or let out the SignatureRoar of a famous movie monster (as a [[{{Pun}} literal]] ShoutOut). Another possible ShoutOut is the animal singing the theme tune of a famous work - such as a JawsAttackParody where the famous "dun-DUN'' music directly coming from the shark itself. Often, [[CuteButCacophonic a big sound will come out of a small creature]] or vice-versa. Sometimes, the justification is that the animal is "speaking a foreign language".

* Discworld/{{Thud}} and Discworld/WheresMyCow: Is that my cow? It goes HRUUGH! It is a hippopotamus! [[CaptainObvious That’s not my cow]].

* In ''VideoGame/AzurLane The Animation'', Enterprise's bald eagle screams like a red-tailed hawk.

In fiction, [[NoisyNature animals make a lot of sound]]. With some animals such as dogs, cats or cows, the sound is very familiar (and often represented as a WrittenSoundEffect). With some animals, their real sound is not very well-known, but there is a StockSoundEffect that represents them in media (such as the characteristic screech of the Red-Tailed Hawk used for any sort of bird of prey, or chimpanzee chatter used for any kind of monkey). Occasionally an animal that is normally mute will be given some sound for threatening effect (for example, sharks letting out a growl as they open their jaws). Even though the latter sounds are [[IncorrectAnimalNoise not realistic]], [[TheCoconutEffect they are so commonly used that we don't even notice them]].

In fiction, [[NoisyNature animals make a lot of sound]]. With some animals such as dogs, cats or cows, the sound is very familiar (and often represented as a WrittenSoundEffect). With some animals, their real sound is not very well-known, but there is a StockSoundEffect that represents them in media (such as the characteristic screech of the Red-Tailed Hawk used for any sort of bird of prey, or chimpanzee chatter used for any kind of monkey). Occasionally an animal that is normally mute will be given some sound for threatening effect (for example, sharks letting out a growl as they open their jaws). Even though the latter sounds are not realistic, [[TheCoconutEffect they are so commonly used that we don't even notice them]].

Sometimes though, the creators just throw any - real or perceived - realism and make up a sound for the animal in the name of RuleOfFunny. Either they have no idea what sound the animal makes and just come up with something silly, or they intentionally give the animal a different sound that the audience expects for comedic effect as a form of VocalDissonance. Occasionally the animals will straight up PokemonSpeak, or let out the SignatureRoar of a famous movie monster (as a [[{{Pun}} literal]] ShoutOut). Another possible ShoutOut is the animal singing the theme tune of a famous work - such as a JawsAttackParody where the famous "dun-DUN'' music directly coming from the shark itself. Often, [[CuteButCacophonic a big sound will come out of a small creature]]. Sometimes, the justification is that the animal is "speaking a foreign language".

Subtrope of NoisyNature. Compare AnimalTalk, when animals sounds like humans due to TranslationConvention (which is usually not PlayedForLaughs). Compare SoundDefect, where other unlikely sounds are deliberately used nonsensically.

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* The woodland rabbits seen in ''Franchise/WallaceAndGromit WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'' suddenly start to [[WolvesAlwaysHowlAtTheMoon howl like coyotes at the moon]] after the giant were-rabbit does it. The were-rabbit himself can be excused, since he's a fantasy creature shapeshifted from a human, but the other rabbits are supposed to be real rabbits.

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-->''The birds go, "Woof" and the dogs go, "Tweet",''
-->''Woof, tweet, woof, tweet, woof, woof, woof!''

Sometimes though, the creators just throw any - real or perceived - realism and make up a sound for the animal in the name of RuleOfFunny. Either they have no idea what sound the animal makes and just come up with something silly, or they intentionally give the animal a different sound that the audience expects for comedic effect as a form of VocalDissonance. Occasionally the animals will straight up PokemonSpeak, or let out the SignatureRoar of a famous movie monster (as a [[{{Pun}} literal]] ShoutOut). Another possible ShoutOut is the animal singing the theme tune of a famous work - such as a JawsAttackParody where the famous "dun-DUN'' music directly coming from the shark itself. Sometimes, the justification is that the animal is "speaking a foreign language".

In fiction, [[NoisyNature animals make a lot of sound]]. With some animals such as dogs, cats or cows, the sound is very familiar (and often represented as a WrittenSoundEffect). With some animals, their real sound is not very well-known, but there is a StockSoundEffect that represents them in media (such as the characteristic screech of the Red-Tailed Hawk used for any sort of bird of prey, or chimpanzee chatter used for any kind of monkey). Occasionally an animal that is normally mute will be given some sound for threatening effect (for example, sharks letting out a growl as they open their jaws).

* In the opening scene of ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'', Frankie the shark is humming the famous tune from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.

-> '''See-and-Say:''' The pig goes "Wank"! The cow goes "Shazoo"!
-> '''Stewie:''' It most certainly does not!
-> '''See-and-Say:''' The rooster goes "Dickeridee"!
-> '''Stewie:''' Where? Where does the rooster say that?
-> '''See-and-Say:''' The monkey goes "Macack"!
-> '''Stewie:''' No, no, no! It does not!
-> '''See-and-Say:''' The elephant goes "Thwoamp"!
-> '''Stewie:''' Yeah, kinda.

Subtrope of NoisyNature. Compare AnimalTalk, when animals sounds like humans due to TranslationConvention (which is usually not PlayedForLaughs).

* In the Water Seven arc of ''Anime/OnePiece,'' Chimney's pet rabbit Gonbe meows because he thinks he 's a cat.

* Invoked in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'': after every sound in the world disappears, the Titans find themself to recreate the sounds with their voices, bringing to stuff like dolphins saying "Booyah" in Cyborg's voice, Starfire's pet Silkie sounding like Starfire doing a WesternAnimation/FatAlbert impression and a giant monster meowing because Starfire had no fitting sound examples in her mind.