One cartoon ends with Pluto joining them. On the Pluto the Pup cartoons featuring the coyote Ol' Bent Tail and his son, the two are usually introduced howling at the moon.His first ever appearance before the opening credits had a full shot of him howling at the moon before jumping down the cliff. Timber Wolf from Legion of Super-Heroes does this at least twice in the series.Done on an episode of Jimmy Two-Shoes, as Jimmy is running frightened through the woods. ![]() In Futurama "The Honking" were-car Bender howls/honks at the moon.Fangface is a werewolf who always howls at the moon when he turns.In Dexter's Laboratory, Dexter gives a dog the ability to speak, revealing that when he howls at the moon, he's actually saying "Mooooon!".In a halloween special of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017) series, the mayor transforms into a werewolf and howls at the full moon.In an episode of The 7D, the moon goes under different color changes, one of them causes Happy to turn into a werewolf and he howls at the moon.The howling happens more often if it is night, full moon, or both (the real life date/time is taken into account). In NetHack you can sometimes hear "a wolf/jackal howling at the moon" if there is a werewolf/werejackal on the level.Sadly, the howls are absent from the regular music. When you first visit Garoh in Golden Sun: The Lost Age, the music is interspersed with howls due to it being nighttime.The fight against Touhou Project's resident werewolf (naturally) takes place during a full moon, and involves howling.Before a Lightning Reveal shows the titular hero making his entrance. The introductory cutscene of Monster Hunter (PC) features a werewolf - one of the many monster mooks you'll fight on the game - howling against a full moon.In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, whenever the sun sets and the moon rises, a wolf howl is heard.But she's more often seen howling at the sun, because she's the sun goddess. Amaterasu howls a few times to summon the moon, and the 'sundown' animation involves a wolf howling. Exaggerated in Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 where a Wolf Man has to fight the urge to howl (and then transform) at any round object.Worgen in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm are shown howling to the moon.And does that again in the middle of the fight against a smashed window with the moon in the background. The wolf boss Lykane from Dusty Revenge is introduced in a cutscene where he howls at the moon.Werewolves in DragonFable can attack by howling and summoning a projection of the moon.In Wolfwalkers, Mebh and Robyn's first night together as wolves culminates with them howling silhouetted against a full moon.Demonstrated in Zootopia, when Judy fakes a howl to get a wolf security guard to howl, which triggers a "Howl", causing all the wolves in the area to howl and be distracted.In Despicable Me, during the montage of reactions to Gru stealing the moon, a werewolf is seen howling at the moon, then turning back to normal ( and naked) as the moon disappears.The film opens on a coyote howling, but the camera reveals that he is actually howling in pain as another removes cactus needles from his butt. Spoofed in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, where the were-rabbit howls at the moon doing a Primal Chest-Pound, making all the rabbits hearing it imitate him.Played completely straight in Alpha and Omega.They are mourning along with Bill, who is lamenting his sweetheart Sluefoot Sue being stranded on the moon. The "Pecos Bill" section of Disney's Melody Time is used to "explain" this phenomenon in coyotes.Pocahontas has the line "Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?" and a shadow wolf howling at the moon in the song Colors of the Wind.See also Howl of Sorrow, for when a howl is used emotionally. Other creatures are occasionally shown howling at the moon, but wolves and werewolves are by far the most common. Spooky Animal Sounds, which are used to add to a creepy atmosphere, may involve howling wolves. If the howler is a werewolf, this usually occurs right after they transform. Bonus points if the wolf is silhouetted against the moon. This trope is often combined with Clifftop Caterwauling to provide atmosphere to a scene. It also strays into a case of not doing the research because one, wolves howl to communicate, and two, wolves howl just as much during the day as at night. The howl at the moon is often used to show the power and mystery of the wolves. On occasion this trope is applied to domestic dogs as well as their wild counterparts. ![]() In almost any work of fiction that features wolves, werewolves, or coyotes, the canine beasts will almost always be showing howling to the moon at night.
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