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{{quote|'''Tex''': Well, then let's go get [[Accidental Innuendo|this big thing of yours.]]
'''Tucker''': [[Catch Phrase|Bow chicka bow wow!]]
'''Tex''': Oh, shut up.
'''Church''': Shut up, Tucker.
'''Tucker''': [[Memetic Mutation|Did somebody call for a really hairy plumber? Bow chicka bow wow!]] [[Running Gag|I came here to lay some pipe. Bow-chicka-bow-wow!]] [[Overused Running Gag|So I hear you got sisters -- bow chicka -- who are twins! -- wow wow! Hey, are you a model or famous actress? Bow-chicka-bow-wow!]] [[Overly Long Gag|Bow-chicka-chicka-bow-wow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-chicka-chicka-chi-bow-bow!]]|'''''[[Red vs. Blue]]'''''}}

"[[Bow Chicka Wow Wow]]" is the sound of a character [[wikipedia:Beatbox|beatboxing]] porno music, based on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fYfdlKIon4&feature=related the funk-rock soundtracks most 70's pornos had.] This is usually done after the character has seen or heard something he considers lewd.

See also [[Sexophone]]. Not to be confused with the children's alphabet rhyme [[wikipedia:Chicka Chicka Boom Boom|"Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"]] nor the song in ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''. Also not to be confused with the similarly basso register of the song [[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|"Oh Yeah."]] Nor is it ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]''.<ref>Well, actually it ''is'', kind of. Originally "chitty bang bang", which was obscene (for the time) [[World War I]] slang about what soldiers do when they get their leave chits, it eventually became the name of [[wikipedia:Chitty Bang Bang|several real race cars]] which inspired the novel and film. But don't tell the kids that.</ref>

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== [[Advertising]] ==
* There's a commercial for Lynx or Axe cologne that has a girl doing this.
** For a while at least, "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" was their slogan.

== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Teá does it in an episode of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]''.
** [[It Makes Sense in Context|"...Burn the witch!"]]
* So does Hanyuu in one episode of ''[[Higurashi Parody Fandub]]'', after the principal said that he and [[Expy|Chie]] will have sex in his office, instead of saving Satoko from her uncle. However, she actually said "[[Catch Phrase|Hau]] Chicka [[Verbal Tic|Hau Hau]]".
* In ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'', Master Roshi says this when noticing Goku had a son.
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fic ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4707140/1/The-Python-Defense The Python Defense]'' (link borderline NSFW) by Canoncansodoff, Hermione frequently refers to the porn tapes locked in a cabinet in her family's media/playroom (helpfully reproduced by the Room of Requirement) as "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" films to hide their content from unfriendly purebloods.  ''Friendly'' students in on the concept start using the phrase themselves.  And at one point, to tease her, Harry refers to them as "Brown Chicken Bow Wow" movies.
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fic ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3695087/1/Larceny-Lechery-and-Luna-Lovegood Larceny, Lechery and Luna Lovegood!]'' by "Rorschach's Blot", Ron accidentally becomes a sex-themed "Dark Lord"; his loyal servants devise a dark mark to cast in the sky which essentially plays short 1970s-tyle porn films with this kind of soundtrack.  The trope is invoked by name when the creators of the mark struggle to express the kind of sound they want the mark to have.

== [[Film]] ==
* McLovin of ''[[Superbad]]'' likes to play with this.
* Done by Alvin in the first ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]'' film.
* The soundtrack of ''[[The Secret of my Success]]'', an eighties gem involving a lot of Michael Fox, [[Fetish Fuel]], [[Absolute Cleavage]] and [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] is what many people think of when Bow-Chicka-Bow-Wow rolls out. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr6-YabThxY&feature=related Check yourself].

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Rachel from ''[[Friends]]'' does this in the episode "The One With the Free Porn," apparently unaware of what she's singing. Eventually she asks what it is that's been in her head all day and is told it's the theme to ''[[Parallel Porn Titles|Good Will Humping]]''.
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' - done by the bots when the dialog in a movie suggests a porn film segue.
* An episode of [[Bones]] had Booth explain what Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow Boom-Clicka-Mow-Wow meant to Bones
* The best-known arrangement of ''[[3-2-1 Contact]]''{{'}}s theme used this.

== [[Music]] ==
* ''[[Shorthand Phonetics]]'' literally has a track called "Bow-Wow-Chikka-Wakka-Chikka-Wakka-Chikka-Wakka, Bow-Wow-Chikka-Wakka-Chikka-Wakka-Chikka-Wakka"
* Referenced by way of [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] on Trace Adkins' "Brown Chicken, Brown Cow".
* Mike Posner has a song called this. [[Sarcasm Mode|Surprisingly]], it's about mood music.
* "Cheeka Bow Bow" by The Vengaboys.
* The Argentine band [[Meaningful Name|Cumshot]] main source of inspiration is the aforementioned Bow Chicka Wow Wow soundtracks of the 70's porn flics. It's up to the listener if this is [[Stylistic Suck]] or a funny and inventive whole new playground for ambient music.
* But there is little doubt about how hard Swedish europop singer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbYtqAWDF2U&playnext=1&list=PL309127F5633E5B34 Gunther] sucks.
** ''You touch my TRA-LAH-LAH!!! My ding-ding-dong!!!''. [[Hurricane of Euphemisms]] ensues.

== [[Theatre]] ==
* While "Thurio's Samba" from the rock musical version of ''[[Two Gentlemen of Verona]]'' [[Unbuilt Trope|doesn't use the exact phrase]], it adds some more explicit language between "chicka" and "wow".

== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Guitar Hero|Guitar Hero III: The Legends of Rock]]'' includes an unlockable bass guitar called "Boom Chicka Wah Wah".
** And if you listen closely, this tune plays before you play any career encore in the Mitch's Moose Lounge venue (which is a strip club).
* From the [[Video Games/Funny|Crowning Moment of Funny]] page: Approximately a week or so before the ''Wrath of the Lich King'' expansion came out for ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', Thrall, leader of the orcs, disappeared from his chamber for a few hours. The official forums proceeded to speculate on what he was doing and where he was during that time. This led to many responses simply saying "Jaina". But the absolute best was in response to one of these, where the poster simply wrote "Bow-chicka-lok-tar"
* Perhaps taken to a literal extreme with the [[DSiWare]] game ''Spotto!'', where the titular bird character must rescue a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|hot chick]] by the name of "Chikkie Wowwow".
* When breeding sheep in ''[[FarmVille]]'' your sheep's sprites in the pen will be replaced with a sign reading "Baa chicka-wow wow!" while they're, um... busy.
* "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" appears on screen as a form of censoring while [[Abobos Big Adventure|Abobo]] is having his way with Annie the mermaid. Too bad we can't see how he managed to avoid [[The Mermaid Problem]] ...

== [[Web Animation]] ==
* This became a catchphrase of the character Tucker on ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', to the point that even his alien baby said it. (Well, "Bow-Chicka-Honk-Honk", but close enough.)
** Tucker's actual catchprase was "Bow-Chicka-Bow-Wow" not that different but it's his turn on the phrase.
*** [[Too Dumb to Live|Caboose]] tries unsuccessfully, with "Hey Chicka Bump Bump."

== [[Web Original]] ==
* In his review of a pair of comics where [[Superman]] and [[New Gods|Big Barda]] are [[Mind Control]]led into [[Rape as Drama|filming a porno]], [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] threatens violence upon anyone who posts "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" in the comments section.
* Used by ''[[Cracked.com]]'' to describe the [http://www.cracked.com/article_16133_the-5-historical-figures-who-died-weirdest-deaths.html weird death] of French president [[wikipedia:Félix Faure|Felix Faure]], who on February the 16th 1899 expired from a heart attack [[Out with a Bang|while having sex with his mistress in his office.]]

== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Stewie does this during ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "Screwed the Pooch" when Brian runs out onto a greyhound track and has sex with Lois' father's prize dog. Also, when Brian goes to Hollywood to become a writer and get a gig directing porn: [[Parallel Porn Titles|he gets a]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Woody]] for best director. The best score Woody included two lounge lizards and [[John Williams]].
* One [["On the Next..."]] spot for ''[[Clone High]]'' was nothing but Joan and Cleo in a catfight with the narrator Bow Chicka Wow Wow-ing over it.
* Bender does this in ''[[Futurama]]''.
* In ''[[King of the Hill]]'', when Bill's career as a competitive eater is over, Dale uses this (in a slight variation) to console him with the fact that he got lucky with his groupie. Yeah, not so much...

== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Zeetha from ''[[Girl Genius]]'' went '[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050523 cha cha cha]' instead.

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