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Clifftop Caterwauling

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A creature, character, hero, villain...stands at the edge of a cliff and lets loose a roar to the heavens, either in a cry of victory, grief, a display of power, or some other strong emotion.
Common variations include:
Wolves that can't howl unless they're standing at the edge of a cliff.
The top of a castle parapet
The top of a skyscraper
A rooftop
Common environmental embellishments include:
The full moon (especially for wolves)
Lightning splitting the sky and thunder crashing down
The rising sun
Fire below
Ocean waves crashing below
The one climbing up on a high place to roar at the heavens is almost Always Male. Often there's an implied element of Smite Me, O Mighty Smiter. Rarely to never do we see a female, even the Mama Bear or Action Girl climbing up anywhere to roar at anything.
Oddly enough, the Big Bad never seems to be available or around to take this opportunity to turn it into a Literal Cliffhanger, either.
See also Climbing the Cliffs of Insanity, Dramatic High Perching, Skyward Scream. May happen early in the film, or right after the Climbing Climax. Can overlap with Howl of Sorrow.
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Predator 2. The Predator does this while standing on top of a building, with lightning striking his metal spear.
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Dutch in Predator does the tree branch version of this. In this case, he's using the howl to attract the Predator.
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Thor in The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams stands on the edge of a fjord cliff and roars (in his rage at Odin and Toe Rag's manipulation and treachery.)
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Simon does this in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, while on top of the Dai-Gunzen. The reason is, Kamina just got Killed Off for Real. It's accompanied by a volcano in the background suddenly erupting.
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In Evil Dead 2, Ash does this on finding that the bridge is out and he can't escape.
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Garden State, anyone?
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A Practical Guide to Evil a rare female example: Villain Protagonist Catherine once screams in frustration and anger from the balcony of the Tower at the stormy sky after being outsmarted by her nemesis Heiress in court.
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An episode of Rocko's Modern Life ends with Heffer with his family (he was literally Raised by Wolves) howling on a rooftop in the night sky; with Heffer though, he just vocally yells out "mooo!".
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In Discworld-set The Price of Flight, from A.A. Pessimal, when the first Air Witch dies in combat with The Fair Folk, the Rodinian pilots gather on a high battlement at Lancre Castle, and sing a Cossack fighting song as a lament and as a vow of revenge against the Elves.
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Red XIII in Final Fantasy VII, once upon finding pride in being his father's son, and once in the enigmatic ending sequence.
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Ever since Cataclysm was announced, we've seen a lot of footage of worgen striking wolfishly evocative poses on rooftops.
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In Rocky IV, the last scene of Rocky's preparation for his fight against Drago consists of him free-climbing his way up a snow-covered mountain; once at the summit, Rocky repeatedly screams out his foe's name.
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Mimi-Siku lets loose a triumphant yell from atop a cliff at the beginning of Jungle 2 Jungle.
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Aslan, at least in the trailers for The Chronicles of Narnia films.
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After Avatar Kyoshi breaks her homeland off to keep it safe from Chin the Conqueror, Chin lets out a roar of frustration from the newly-created cliff...which promptly gives way from under his weight.
Zuko pulls this trope off in the middle of a lightning storm as part of a "Smite Me, O Mighty Smiter" moment.
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The Arbiter of Halo lets one out in anger in Halo 3 as he watches the Big Bad escaping through the Portal.
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In Squidbillies, Early Cuyler does this as part of his anger therapy. Most of his screaming is Lynyrd Skynyrd lyrics.
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In the alternate ending of the official game of King Kong (2005), where Kong survives his fateful showdown atop the Empire State Building and is taken back to Skull Island, he let loose a mighty roar atop the highest mountain peak, reclaiming his rightful place on the island.
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Gargoyles, often substituting skyscraper or castle ledges.
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Also happens in The Incredible Hulk (2008). Hulk no like sky flash and boom noise.
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Geki does this just after his brother, Burai dies. from Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
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Red Dawn (1984): "Wolverines!"
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Simba does this in the finale of The Lion King (1994) as part of his Awesome Moment of Crowning: he slowly walks up to the top of Pride Rock and lets out a Mighty Roar to announce he's the new Lion King.
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In Walking with Dinosaurs, the female T-Rex climbs to the top of a cliff to give a mating call. This actually makes sense, as it would insure that her call traveled the maximum possible distance, making it more likely to attract a suitor.
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Robbie celebrated his first "Howling Day" on Dinosaurs on a cliff.
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In Hard Boiled, after the warehouse shootout, Alan, who has just had to gun down his boss, join Johnny Wong and take on fellow cop Tequila, lets loose with a scream to the heavens while aboard his yacht.
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In Despicable Me as Gru shrinks the moon, a werewolf howls on a clifftop...and changes into a naked man, who quickly resorts to covering his privates and retreats.
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A particularly unlucky version is the fate of Father Feodor, the bumbling rival to the main characters from The Twelve Chairs. He climbed the cliffs to escape Ostap, found out he cannot go down by himself, and eventually went mad from isolation.
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Wildebeest does this in Teen Titans when he is cornered by Madame Rouge.
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Courage does this in Courage the Cowardly Dog after the magic tree of Nowhere gets chopped down. In fact, he screams so loud that he caused the moon to shatter and fall!
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Superman: The Movie subverts this. He stands at the bottom of a cliff, utters a bunch of little nos, then roars at the heavens before the scene where we're forced to invoke the MST3K Mantra.
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Spider-Man tends to do angst-filled ones from atop a tall building, when someone he loves has been kidnapped or hurt.
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Aslan, in Prince Caspian, roars. First it starts the ground and earth shaking. Then it scares the men in Miraz' camp. Then it wakes the nymphs and the river god. Then it alerts every last animal in Narnia. Then it wakes the trees. Then it scares every mother and wakes every man in Narnia. Then, even the giants on Narnia's northern frontier are alerted, looking out from their castles. This was an Oh, Crap! moment the movie version more or less completely failed to capture.
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Doctor Who: The Master gets a chance to do this to the Doctor in "The End Of Time" in the standard BBC Quarry. Of course by this time the Master's utterly batshit bananas.
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Primal Dialga (several times) from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers.
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Anakin does this after defeating Asajj Ventress in Star Wars: Clone Wars. According to supplemental material, this is an actual (albeit involuntary) Force power, officially called the Force Scream.
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Most courses on American Ninja Warrior end with a climb of some sort, in particular the iconic Warped Wall. Many competitors will let out a scream of triumph after completing the course.
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Predator films:
Dutch in Predator does the tree branch version of this. In this case, he's using the howl to attract the Predator.
Predator 2. The Predator does this while standing on top of a building, with lightning striking his metal spear.
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The climax of Narcissu -Side 2nd- involves an ill girl and "fake Catholic" Himeko airing her grievances with the man upstairs atop Mt. Fuji.
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 A Practical Guide to Evil / int_2d6e2e78
type
Clifftop Caterwauling
 American Ninja Warrior / int_2d6e2e78
type
Clifftop Caterwauling
 Ōkami (Video Game) / int_2d6e2e78
type
Clifftop Caterwauling
 Samurai Shodown (Video Game) / int_2d6e2e78
type
Clifftop Caterwauling
 Star Wars: Clone Wars / int_2d6e2e78
type
Clifftop Caterwauling