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* {{Scrubs}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwaqZfjIY "Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong... wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong."]]

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* {{Scrubs}}: ''{{Scrubs}}'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwaqZfjIY "Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong... wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong."]]



* ThePrisoner: The chimes are a key plot point in ''The Chimes Of Big Ben''. They help No. 6 [[spoiler:realise he hasn't escaped to London, and remains a captive in The Village.]]
* TheKingOfQueens: The doorbell of Doug and Carrie's annoying neighbors, the Sackskys.

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* ThePrisoner: ''ThePrisoner'': The chimes are a key plot point in ''The Chimes Of Big Ben''. They help No. 6 [[spoiler:realise he hasn't escaped to London, and remains a captive in The Village.]]
* TheKingOfQueens: ''TheKingOfQueens'': The doorbell of Doug and Carrie's annoying neighbors, the Sackskys.
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* TheKingOfQueens: The doorbell of Doug and Carrie's annoying neighbors, the Sackskys.
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* The ''WrestleCrap Radio'' podcast briefly featured a device called the Clocktrolla (meant to count down the days until {{WWE}} Women's Champion Candice Michelle eclipsed The Fabulous Moolah's twenty-eight-year reign as champion); upon activation, the Clocktrolla played a terrible rendition of the tune, performed on steam whistles.
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* The doorbell at the home of the eponymous Laura in ''{{Laura}}''.

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A little-known fact is that the quarters have ''lyrics''. There are many variations, but the lyrics used by Big Ben (featured on a plaque in the clockworks room) are:
-->All through this hour/Lord be my guide/And by Thy power/No foot shall slide




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* ThePrisoner: The chimes are a key plot point in ''The Chimes Of Big Ben''. They help No. 6 [[spoiler:realise he hasn't escaped to London, and remains a captive in The Village.]]



* Well the TropeNamer and TropeCodifier is the BigBen isn't it?

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* Well the TropeNamer and TropeCodifier is the BigBen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiKOhOzQyZg Big Ben]] isn't it?
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* Well the TropeNamer and TropeCodifier is the BigBen isn't it?
* Lots of cheesy, awful, SHITTY, doorbells have this as one of their standard digital tones.
* Just like mentioned above, Japanese Schoolbells.
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* ''Persona4'' plays the fourth segment at the end of every school day in-game, naturally it's a Japanese school you're at.

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* ''Persona4'' ''{{Persona 4}}'' plays the fourth segment at the end of every school day in-game, naturally it's a Japanese school you're at.
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* Used during the climactic scene of ''Film/SherlockHolmes''.
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* The intro to "Let 'Em In" by {{Wings}}.

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* The intro to "Let 'Em In" by {{Wings}}.Music/{{Wings}}.

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* Jeff Beck quotes this in TheYardbirds song "Jeff's Boogie".
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* Used for Rarity's doorbell in ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
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* ''NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' uses this as a puzzle- You have to play it on a piano that has its keys rearranged.

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* ''NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' uses this as a puzzle- You have to play it on a piano that has its keys rearranged.
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* [[{{Scrubs}} "Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong... wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. You're wrong."]]

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* [[{{Scrubs}} {{Scrubs}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwaqZfjIY "Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong... wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. You're wrong."]]
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** And by extension, it's a staple of the ''TokimekiMemorial'' series, being {{Konami}}'s Japanese HighSchool RomanceGame series.
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* Incorporated in the score for ''MaryPoppins'', during the rooftop scene, between orchestral reprises of "Spoonful of Sugar" and "Feed the Birds".
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* It also appears briefly at the beginning of the ''TokimekiMemorial'' stage in ''Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius''.
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* The jazz standard If I Were a Bell starts out with a jazzy version of the chimes.
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* The opening to [[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]] Ohio State University Marching Band's rendition of the school's alma mater, ''Carmen Ohio'', has the trumpet sections mimicking the bells (which play on campus every fifteen minuts at the Orton Hall belltower.)

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* The opening to [[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]] Ohio State University Marching Band's rendition of the school's alma mater, ''Carmen Ohio'', has the trumpet sections mimicking the bells (which play on campus every fifteen minuts minutes at the Orton Hall belltower.)
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* ''Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors'' uses this as a puzzle- You have to play it on a piano that has its keys rearranged.

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* ''Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors'' ''NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' uses this as a puzzle- You have to play it on a piano that has its keys rearranged.
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* The opening to [[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]] Ohio State University Marching Band's rendition of the school's alma mater, ''Carmen Ohio'', has the trumpet sections mimicking the bells (which play on campus every fifteen minuts at the Orton Hall belltower.)
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->"[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdbKQl0Ygtk doo dee doo doo... doo dee DEE doo... dee doo dee doo... dee dee DEE doo...]]"
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* {{The Beverly Hillbillies}} had a doorbell that made this sound. Naturally, whenever someone rang the doorbell, they had no idea where the sound was coming from and attempted to search for the song's source. Their search was always then interrupted by someone knocking on the door.

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* {{The ''{{The Beverly Hillbillies}} Hillbillies}}'' had a doorbell that made this sound. Naturally, whenever someone rang the doorbell, they had no idea where the sound was coming from and attempted to search for the song's source. Their search was always then interrupted by someone knocking on the door.
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* {{The Beverly Hillbillies}} had a doorbell that made this sound. Naturally, whenever someone rang the doorbell, they had no idea where the sound was coming from and attempted to search for the song's source. Their search was always then interrupted by someone knocking on the door.
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* ''Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors'' uses this as a puzzle- You have to play it on a piano that has its keys rearranged.
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** ''PokemonStadium 2'' uses it for battles in Earl's Academy.

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** ''PokemonStadium 2'' uses it for battles in Earl's Academy.Academy--the chimes play, then it segues into an arrangement of the Pokemon Center theme.
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** ''PokemonStadium 2'' uses it for battles in Earl's Academy.
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* [[{{Scrubs}} "Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong... wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. You're wrong."]]
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* ''Persona4'' plays the fourth segment at the end of every school day in-game, naturally it's a Japanese school you're at.
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* This forms the basis for the background music of Twinkle Elementary in ''EarthBoundZero'' and Sunflower Elementary in ''{{Hamtaro}}: Ham-Hams Unite!''

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* "Tender Shepherd" in the musical ''PeterPan'', though the low "sol" is often avoided by the singers.

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* Used as the background music for the pinball stage in ''{{Parodius}} Da!''

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* Used as the background music for the pinball stage in ''{{Parodius}} Da!''
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* The fourth segment is used at the beginning of the Clefairy pointing minigame in {{Pokemon}} Stadium.

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* "Tender Shepherd" in the musical ''PeterPan'', though the low "sol" is often avoided by the singers.

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* Used as the background music for the pinball stage in ''{{Parodius}} Da!''
* The fourth segment is used at the beginning of the Clefairy pointing minigame in {{Pokemon}} Stadium.
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