History Main / TheCrocIsTicking

* Carl Sandburg "Rootabaga Tales" has a scene where baby alligators are fed with clocks. ("Peter Pan" and this books are only a few years apart and it's probably a ShoutOut.

* Zaraki Kenpaichi in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', arguably a predator, deliberately put bells on his hair to invoke this trope.

* In ''Film/{{Tremors}} 2'', one of the Graboids eats a radio that's blaring music, which is then heard from underground before it reappears.

The TropeNamer is the crocodile from ''Literature/PeterPan'', which had swallowed a clock and was always accompanied by a 'tick-tock' thereafter. FridgeLogic issues such as why the clock (radio, phone, etc) can be heard through a large creature's belly wall, or why it doesn't run down and/or get expelled in time, are often ignored.

* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', Headcrabs make a loud screeching sound whenever they jump.
* Most of the Special Infected in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' have a sound specific to them, which AI partners may comment on - burps and gurgles for the Boomer, coughing for the Smoker, etc. It is possible for the Hunter to suppress theirs, but only until just before they leap.

A subtrope of HellIsThatNoise. Sister trope to ISophagus.

A subtrope of HellIsThatNoise. Sister trope to iSophagus.

A subtrope of HellIsThatNoise.

* In ''Too Many Curses'', the Vampire King who prowls the halls of Margle's castle is cursed to emit a constant sound of ringing bells, denying him any chance of stalking prey undetected. When a more powerful monster catches and devours his body, his ghost is left behind and free of the curse, but the creature that ''eats'' him becomes subject to this trope.

** Or at least they're ''supposed'' to. However, RealityIsUnrealistic at times. This troper's son was bitten (without damage, owing to a thick boot that the snake bit without penetrating the foot inside it) by a rattler that struck, ''then'' rattled. This isn't uncommon.

* Mrs. Tachyon from the ''JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy'' often runs into people with her shopping cart. Fortunately, it has a squeaky wheel that the local people have learned to listen for.

* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' - Head Crabs. That is all.

* In ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', the ''Spinosaurus'' eats a man who's carrying a satellite phone. The phone is later heard ringing just before it attacks, and again from a gigantic pile of dinosaur poop.

* Captain Hook's crocodile nemesis in ''Literature/PeterPan'' is the TropeNamer.

* The BeastFable called ''The Bell and the Cat'' or ''The Mice in Council'' discusses a plan to [[InvokedTrope put a bell on a cat]] so the mice will hear it coming. Averted because none of the mice are brave enough to actually install the bell.

* RealLife: Cowbells, although mainly used for easy location of stray livestock, could also give a clanging warning when a ticked-off bull or ram was charging an unsuspecting target.
* Rattlesnakes, of course, use their tail rattles to scare off predators and [[HairTriggerTemper general annoyances.]]

* In ''[[{{Nightside}} Hex And The City]]'', the RealityWarper Madman is preceded around the city by his own personal soundtrack, which is helpful to people who want to stay the hell away from him.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona}} 3'', if you stay on one level of Tartarus for too long, you will face having the Reaper spawn. You're able to tell he's close by the sound of chains coming from his direction.

* Since the invention of cell phones, there have been instances of ringing dogs. If a dog is big enough to swallow a phone whole, the phone can still ring, letting people know they need to go to the vet and the phone store, ''definitely'' in that order.