History Main / SillyAnimalSound

* ''Film/MsVelmasMostIncrediblyMagnificentChristmasWeek'', an absolutely [[SoBadItsGood bizarre]] ChristmasSpecial made in the 70's, shows the animals in Jesus's manger having the following conversation:

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

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]], they are [[TheCoconutEffect so commonly used that we don't even notice them]].

'''Diego:''' "Kikoriki!"\\

'''Martin:''' "Carolyn, Douglas, this is Diego: a fine engineer, a useful light baritone, and a man with an inexhaustible knowledge of how Spanish animals go. Diego, do your Spanish cockerel."\\

'''Martin:''' Carolyn, Douglas, this is Diego: a fine engineer, a useful light baritone, and a man with an inexhaustible knowledge of how Spanish animals go. Diego, do your Spanish cockerel.
'''Diego:''' Kikoriki!
'''Martin''' ...yep, that's my favourite one.

* Also by ''Creator/JohnFinnemore'': ''Radio/CabinPressure'': Martin and Arthur are driving a baggage cart 20 miles across the Spanish countryside to fetch a plane mechanic, singing 'One Man Went to Mow' to pass the time. Arthur replaces the

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{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.

* ''Literature/Bunnicula'': Played for laughs in the conclusion of ''Return to Howliday Inn'', where Harold the dog and Chester the cat, who've both learned ventriloquism, use their newfound abilities to astound their family by making it look like Harold's meowing and Chester's barking.

'''See-and-Say:''' The rooster goes "Dickeridee"!\\

** In "Penguin Pandemonium", when the penguin hiding in Oggy's fridge the whole time falls in love with Oggy (who is then dressing up like a penguin), Oggy tries to dissuade it by meowing. To his surprise, the penguin meows back! It then took Oggy to (allegedly) the South Pole, where all the penguins meow!

** In "Penguin Pandemonium", when the penguin hiding in Oggy's fridge the whole time falls in love with Oggy (who is then dressing up like a penguin), Oggy tries to dissuade it by meowing. To his surprise, the penguin meows back! It then took Oggy to (allegedly) the South Pole, where all the penguins meowed!

* 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.

-> '''See-and-Say:''' The pig goes "Wank"! The cow goes "Shazoo"!\\
'''Stewie:''' It most certainly does not!\\

'''Stewie:''' Where? Where does the rooster say that?\\

'''Stewie:''' No, no, no! It does not!\\

'''Stewie:''' Yeah, kinda.

* ''Ms. Velma's Most Incredibly Magnificent Christmas Week'', an absolutely [[SoBadItsGood bizarre]] ChristmasSpecial made in the 70's, shows the animals in Jesus's manger having the following conversation:

* The children's book ''Duckcat'' is about a cat and a duck who pretend to be each other (the cat swims in the lily pond, the duck [[CatsHateWater pretends to hate swimming]], etc) and they also make each other's noises.

Subtrope of NoisyNature and IncorrectAnimalNoise. 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.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCela-d1ons During a sequence that parodies]] [[WhatTheFuAreYouDoing animal-based martial arts]] on ''Series/AnimalMan'', Fred copies a bird that makes a "wehk!" sound. He then tries it against a mugger... who dies instantly.

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** In the Enies Lobby arc, Usopp finds himself face to face with a rooster as he's trying desperately to sneak up to an enemy and snatch the key he needs. Usopp is worrying himself silly that the rooster will crow and awaken his opponent, only for it to ''tweet''. This doesn't wake anybody, but Usopp yelling out in surprise at the wrong sound does.

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--> '''Racoon:''' I'm the Racoon! Arf Arf!
--> '''Cow''': I'm a cow! Mooo
--> '''Bull:''' I'm the Bull! ''Bleugh!''

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* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** In one episode, a duck gets a disease called "The Moos" where she moos instead of quacking.
** Attempted when a cat tries to bark and a dog tries to meow, but they can't.
** Ralphie, Baby Bear's parrot, can speak Hamster.
** In one cartoon skit, a cow tweets, a dog meows, a bird barks, and a cat moos. The boy switches the doors and this somehow brings them back to normal. The cow then crows like a rooster but then reveals she was joking.

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* Two Storyteller skits in ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme'' feature Mr Floofywhiskers, a horse who was raised to believe he was a cat, and therefore makes a peculiar noise that sounds like a cross between a whinny and a meow.

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* Many toys squeak, but they depict a duck or a bear or some other animal that doesn't squeak.

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-->''The birds go, "Woof" and the dogs go, "Tweet",''\\
''Woof, tweet, woof, tweet, woof, woof, woof!''
-->''The sheep go, "Moo" and the cows go, "Baa",''
-->''Moo, baa, woof, tweet,''
-->''Woof, baa, moo, tweet,''
-->''Woof, woof, woof!''

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', snails, including Gary, Spongebob's pet snail, meow like a cat. Meanwhile, worms bark like dogs.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short ''The Milky Waif'', Jerry the mouse, upon seeing Tom spanking his adopted child Nibbles, goes into PapaWolf mode, and produces a lion-like roar [[RoarBeforeBeating before giving Tom an epic thrashing]].

Sometimes though, the creators just throw away 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".

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'', a [[GiantEnemyCrab giant lobster]] roars like the TyrannosaurusRex in ''Film/JurassicPark''.