

In The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat, the Grinch invokes this by making the cows make bell sounds and the Cat in the Hat moo using his sound-manipulating technology.In Finding Nemo, Dory is a blue tang fish that can speak Whale, which is represented as her making whale sounds that sound vaguely like English words.

To be fair, Edgar Rice Burroughs describes Tarzan's yell as "the victory cry of the bull ape", but real gorillas sound nothing like that.
#Deer sounds like cow movie#
Occasionally the animals will straight up Pokémon Speak, or let out the Signature Roar of a famous movie monster (as a literal Shout-Out). 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 Vocal Dissonance. Sometimes though, the creators just throw away any - real or perceived - realism and make up a sound for the animal in the name of Rule of Funny. Even though the latter sounds are not realistic, they are so commonly used that we don't even notice them.

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). With some animals, their real sound is not very well-known, but there is a Stock Sound Effect 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). With some animals such as dogs, cats, chickens and cows, the sound is very familiar (and often represented as a Written Sound Effect).
