This is a rare sound effect. It also appears under the name "Reference Tone" as the first track of every pre-1997 Killer Tracks music library CD album and the last track of selected RCAL CD albums.
Used In
TV Shows
- 30 Days
- American Dad!
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Arthur (Heard often in "Bleep" in a low pitch.)
- Baby Blues (2000) (TV Series) (Heard in "Rodney Moves In", due to Wanda and Darryl imagining an older Zoe and an older Rodney swearing on a talk show.)
- Beavis and Butt-Head (Heard often in a low pitch in "Scared Straight"; and once in a normal pitch in "Generation in Crisis" when Beavis swears, and "Daughter's Hand".)
- Bill Nye, the Science Guy (Heard once in "Pollution Solutions".)
- Chopped
- The Cleveland Show
- Dexter's Laboratory (Heard often in "Rude Removal".)
- The Detour
- Drunk History (US TV Series)
- Duckman (Heard often in "American Dicks" and "Forbidden Fruit".)
- Family Guy (Heard at least once an episode beginning with Season 4.)
- Fresh Off the Boat
- Gator Boys
- The Goldbergs
- Hell's Kitchen
- Home Movies (Heard in a high pitch.)
- Impractical Jokers
- The Jerry Springer Show
- Jersey Shore
- Kitchen Nightmares
- Live PD (Heard in every single episode.)
- The Loud House (Heard once near the end of "Potty Mouth".)
- Method & Red
- Monster Truck Adventures (Heard in the Bible verse recap segments as an instant replay sound.)
- Mystery Diners
- The Office
- Ozzy & Jack's World Detour
- Paper Port (Heard in "The Forbidden Word/La Palabrota".)
- Parks and Recreation
- Rescue 911
- Robot Chicken
- Rick and Morty
- Regular Show (Heard thrice in "Welcome to Space".)
- Ren & Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon
- Rugrats (Heard once in "The Word of the Day".)
- Seinfeld
- South Park
- The Simpsons
- Small Potatoes (Heard once in "Meet the Small Potatoes".)
- Supernanny
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
- Teen Titans
- Teen Titans Go! (Heard once in "Movie Night" and "TV Knight 2".)
- Tiny Toon Adventures (Heard often in "To Bleep or Not To Bleep".)
- Total Drama (Heard once in "Not So Happy Campers Part 1".)
- Trading Spaces
- TripTank
- Wonder Showzen
Movies
- The Cat in the Hat (2003) (Heard once in two pitch shift combinations like normal and +1.)
- Cars 3 (2017)
- Cheaper By the Dozen (2003) (Heard during the outtakes along with the end credit sequence.)
- Deadpool 2 (2018) (Heard in the "Once Upon a Deadpool" cut.)
- The Game Plan (2007)
- Inside Out (2015)
- Joker (2019) (Heard from the television.)
- Kuffs (1992)
- Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020) (Heard in the exclusive clip.)
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) (Heard once in a low pitch.)
- Shazam! (2019) (Heard four times from the TV.)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) (Heard briefly at the beginning.)
- Spies in Disguise (2019) (Heard faintly.)
- Teen Beach 2 (2015)
- Uncle Drew (2018) (Heard during the end credits.)
Commercials
Video Games
Arcade:
- Pop'n Music 5 (Heard in "INNOVATION".)
PC:
Microsoft Xbox:
Nintendo 64:
- Conker's Bad Fur Day (Heard in a high pitch.)
Nintendo Wii U:
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Wii U (Oddly enough, used for ambiance in the "Gamer" stage.)
Nintendo Switch:
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Oddly enough, used for ambiance in the "Gamer" stage.)
PlayStation 1:
- GUITARFREAKS 2ndMIX APPEND (Heard in "ERASER ENGINE".)
PlayStation 4:
- Final Fantasy VII Remake (Heard multiple times in one cutscene in the Japanese version.)
- Mortal Kombat 11
Mobile:
Trailers
- Epic Movie (2007) (Trailer)
- Farce of the Penguins (2007) (Trailers) (Heard in the censored trailer.)
TV Spots
- Deadpool 2 (2018) (TV Spots) (Heard in the "Once Upon a Deadpool" TV spots.)
Shorts
- Pink Panther Cartoons (Shorts) (Heard in "The Pink Phink" when White Man shoots Pink Panther’s tail.)
- Calambur. Fool's Village (Heard in "Recipe-book".)
Music
- Bear in the Big Blue House - Hello Doctor (Used as a telephone sound effect.)
Music Videos
- OutKast - Hey Ya! (2003) (High Pitched)
- Pitbull - Hotel Room Service (2009)
YouTube Videos
- Alonzo Lerone Videos (Heard often when Alonzo says swear words)
- Angry Video Game Nerd (Heard once in "Godzilla"; twice in "Action 52".)
- Annoying Orange
- Camera Escondida Prank Videos
- Condorito CONE "Capitulo 01" (High Pitched)
- Epic Name Insulting In Media
- DiamondCounter
- Fernanfloo Videos
- Hey Can You Show Me How To Make That? -LEGO Bunk Bed
- How to Build LEGO Duck the Pannier Tank Engine
- If Pokemon moves were actually realistic 5 (Heard thrice when Banette literally curses.)
- Madagascar (The Video Game): Episode 10: "Marty to the Rescue"
- MajorEngineStudios
- Michael Rapaport Videos (Heard in "Shame Game ft. Kevin Durant".)
- MLP in Real Life Videos (Heard in "Rainbow Dash's Precious Book - Part 11", "Rainbow Dash's Precious Book - Part 13" and "Rarity's Precious Stones".)
- Nathaniel Bandy (Used in his TRIGGERS You! & Mind Blowing! Series)
- Olivier Hatta (Heard once in an ear-grating loud volume in "Afternoon Hangout 6/24/15 (feat tylertristar2isback).")
- Plainrock124
- Ramahfool
- SMG4 Videos
- Smosh Videos
- SuperMarioLogan Videos
- Thegoodadvice Cupcake-FP
- TheOdd1sOut (Heard often in "My Mom's Cruel And Unusual Punishments".)
- Thomas and Friends Home Media Reviews Episode 76 - Day of the Diesels
- Thomas and Friends Home Media Reviews Episode 80 - Up, Up, and Away
- Thomas and Friends Home Media Reviews Episode 89 - Animals Aboard
- Thomas and Friends Home Media Reviews Episode 95 - Engines to the Rescue
- Thomas1Edward2Henry3
- TotalDramaRicky (Heard in his Top 10 Videos.)
- Tourettes Guy (Heard once in "The Return of the Tourettes Guy Part 2".)
- WhitneyGoLucky
- Yo Mama (Heard thrice in "Yo Mama So Hot!: She Doesn't Bake Cookies in an Oven.")
Miscellaneous
- TV Test Patterns (Heard in a continuous sustained tone as a sound test.)
Web Originals
Anime
- Black Lagoon (Heard in Adult Swim version.)
- City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba (1999)
- Comic Party Revolution
- Date a Live (Heard in the English version of the OVA episode.)
- DragonBall Z Abridged (TeamFourStar)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: 4-Koma Theater
- Gintama
- Lucky Star (Used every time a character says an anime title that isn't owned by Kyoto Animation or Bandai Namco, sometimes in a low pitch.)
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Heard once in "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Two" and "The Day of Sagittarius" in a low pitch.)
- Tenchi Muyo GXP
- WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (Heard twice in a bit high-pitched.)
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