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* ''Pinball/{{Deadpool|2018}}'': The artwork depicts a number of these, as befitting a game based on the Marvel Comics universe, such as the "[[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Snikt!]]" target which increases the playfield ScoreMultiplier.

* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': In issue #324, when the Fantastic Four take on the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror. Kang at one point fires a weapon from his time-ship. The sound his weapon makes: [[Series/DoctorWho "TARDIS!"]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'' uses "[=eepBeep=]" for the sound of a beeping wrist communicator.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', dealing enough damage to the [[VideoGame/EarthBound Starman]] Assist Trophy causes a pixelated "SMAAAAAASH!" to appear above its head, taken directly from Earthbound.

* Gainax's newest WidgetSeries ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' goes so far as to also include a few [[UnsoundEffect Written Unsound Effects]], as if it were a deranged comic.

* Speaking of Marvel, they even have trademarked onomatopoeiae, like SNIKT (ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} sheathing his claws - temporarily changed to SCHLIKT when he had the adamantium sucked out of his bones), THWIP (Franchise/SpiderMan casting his webbing) or BAMF (ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} teleporting).

* "Skronk"--an onomatopoetic rendering of the '''skr'''eeching h'''onk''' made by a deliberately-mistreated saxophone--has become a recognized genre classification, though you might be more likely to encounter terms like "free improv" or "avant-noise". As performances by Arto Lindsay or Oren Ambarchi might attest, a string- and ear-damaging guitarist can skronk in as great a manner as, say: John Zorn, Kenta Tsugami (or both) on tenor or alto.

* ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'' parodies this with Slur, a ComicBook/LukeCage parody who creates Unsound Effects that sound like ethnic slurs based on who he's he fights (punching a Mafia goon creates "WOP!", stabbing a Mexican stereotype creates "SPIK!"). When the Comicbook/IronFist parody tells him that his fighting style is "problematic", Slur proceeds to break his back Bane-style, creating the Unsound Effect "CCRRCKKKRRR!"

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' has these all over the place. Some such as "Boom!" and "Ponk" appear in appropriately comic book-style big letters in some action scenes. Others are small, such as little "THWIP"s coming out of the Spiders wrists when web-slinging in some scenes. In one scene, a small "Bagel!" appears when a bagel gets thrown at someone's head.

* The movie ''Sssssss''. Yes, that's the title. Obviously, it's about snakes.

* The ''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd'' had the Nerd, dressed up as Batman, fighting the Joker in a parody of the campy Creator/AdamWest Batman by having written sound effects appearing on screen. It also has random "sound effects" like [[Film/BackToTheFuture "BIFF!", "MARTY!"]], [[VideoGame/PacMan "WAKAKAKA!"]], and "FUCKBALLS!"

LightNovels tend to have these a lot, probably since they are closely related to manga. Especially romantic novels tend to be filled with sound effects ranging from falling petals, the rain, wind to the fast beating of the human heart.

** In another issue, "Don Martin's Guide to Some Very Obscure Comics Sound Effects" had specialized onomatopoeias for famous comic characters performing various actions. For example, "THIZ-ZIZ-ZIZ-ZIZ-ZIZ..." represented Spider-Man's web-shooters malfunctioning; "SNAP! PLOOBADOOF" represented Wonder Woman [[GagBoobs taking off her corset]]; "GEEEEN" represented Plastic Man giving someone on the 20th floor the finger; and "PLAB-LAB-LAB-LAB-LAB" represented the Batmobile driving off with a flat tire.

* ''Webcomic/SexyLosers'' created, or at least popularized, the sound effect "fap fap fap" for a character having ADateWithRosiePalms.

* Creator/HirohikoAraki (known best for ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'') takes this trope very seriously. Very notable written sound effects are one of the notable traits of his style and he considers them an integral part of his artwork. Two characters in his series even utilize onomatopoeia as their weapon. The onomatopoeia are even retained to a degree in anime adaptations of the story. Notably, the English localization of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is one of the few manga released by Viz Media that doesn't replace the Japanese SFX with the English equivilant, instead subtitling it.