Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01

This sound effect can be found on 20th Century Fox Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas.

Info

• First recorded: 1930s
• Creator: TBA
• Owner: RKO Radio Pictures (1936-1957), The Walt Disney Company (1957-1995), Sound Ideas (1995-present)
• Origin: United States
• Year debut: November 20, 1936
• First heard: Winterset (a RKO Radio Pictures film)
• Area used: Worldwide (Especially in the UK and Canada.)

This sound is known as a variation of "castle thunder".

In 1995, Sound Ideas added this sound effect to the 20th Century Fox Sound Effects Library.

A doubled version with an electrical crackle at the start exists, Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CRACK AND RUMBLE, WEATHER, from the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library.

Used In

TV Shows

• The Addams Family (1992 Series)
• Animaniacs (Heard in a high pitch.)
• Baby Looney Tunes
• Batman: The Animated Series
• The Batman
• Bill Nye, the Science Guy
• Bobby's World
• CatDog
• Catscratch
• Dexter's Laboratory (Heard in the 2001-2003 episodes only.)
• Duck Dodgers
• Debbie in Session (Heard in "Storm Problem" and "Support It and It Will Follow".)
• Gadget and the Gadgetinis (Heard in "The Weather Machine".)
• Elena and the Secret of Avalor (2016)
• Felix the Cat: The Movie
• Full House
• Glove and Boots
• Goof Troop
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
• Happy Days
• Harvey Beaks
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• Hey Arnold!
• Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Smells Like a Mystery".)
• Inspector Gadget
• Little Bear (Heard several times in "Thunder Monster".)
• The Littles (Heard once in "The Lost City of the Littles".)
• Little House on the Prairie
• Lost in Space
• The Looney Tunes Show (Heard once in "Peel of Fortune".)
• The Loud House (Heard in "Cover Girls".)
• Marsupilami
• The Magic School Bus
• Moose and Zee (Heard twice in "Believe in Spring".)
• Muppet Babies (2018 TV Series) (Heard once in "Playground Pirates".)
• My Life as a Teenage Robot (Heard once in "Pest Control." and once in "Around the World in 80 Pieces." )
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Heard once in "Look Before You Sleep".)
• Ozzy & Drix
• Pinky Dinky Doo (Heard repeatedly in "Pinky Dinky Doo and the Cloud People".)
• The Proud Family (Heard once in "Camping Trip".)
• The Powerpuff Girls (2016 TV Series) (thunder only; so far not used for the beam off)
• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
• The Ren & Stimpy Show (Heard once in "Black Hole" and "Stimpy's Invention".)
• Rescue 911
• Rocko's Modern Life
• Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
• SpongeBob SquarePants (Heavy use of the sample when it's thundering, mainly heard in episodes from 1999-2005. However, it made a cameo in a 2007 episode called "A Flea in Her Dome; The Donut Shame; The Krusty Plate".)
• Star Trek
• Static Shock
• The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
• Talespin
• ThunderCats
• Tiny Toon Adventures (Heard only in a high pitch.)
• The Twilight Zone
• The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
• What's New, Scooby-Doo? (Heard once in "Fright House of a Lighthouse" and "The Vampire Strikes Back".)
• Zorro (1957 TV series)

TV Specials

• Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (1996)
• Elena and the Secret of Avalor (2016)
• Liberty and the Littles (1986)
• My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Rollercoaster of Friendship
• Puff the Magic Dragon (1978)
• Really Rosie (1975)
• Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975)
• Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! (1989)

Movies

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000)
• An American Tail (1986)
• The Aristocats (1970)
• Addams Family Values (1993)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002)
• Beethoven (1992)
• The Beyond (1981)
• Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
• Child's Play (1988)
• Child's Play 2 (1990)
• Child's Play 3 (1991)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Dolls (1987)
• Don't Look Under The Bed (1999)
• Finding Neverland (2004) (Heard once, briefly, in low volume)
• Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
• Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
• The Great Outdoors (1988)
• Happily Ever After (1993)
• Halloween (1978)
• Hexley The Platypus (1993)
• Hey Arnold: The Movie (2002)
• Jaws 3-D (1983) (Used as an explosion)
• The Land Before Time (1988)
• The Lord of the Rings (1978)
• Minutemen (2008)
• The Mouse and His Child (1977)
• The Muppet Movie (1979)
• The Peanuts Movie (2015)
• The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
• The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
• Robin Hood (1973)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
• Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019)
• Short Circuit (1986)
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
• Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) (Used as an explosion.)
• Teen Beach 2 (2015)
• Winterset (1936)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)

Shorts

• Frankenweenie (1984) (Short)

Video Games

PC:

• Everquest
• Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3-D
• Oregon Trail II

Xbox 360:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

PlayStation:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• NASCAR Rumble

PlayStation Portable:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

PlayStation 3:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

PlayStation 4:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

PlayStation Vita:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Sega Saturn:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Nintendo 64:

• Banjo-Kazooie
• Banjo-Tooie
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

GameCube:

• Mario Superstar Baseball

Game Boy Advance:

• Metroid: Zero Mission

Commercials

• Fox Television Studios logo (H-B variant, subtle)
• Skittles: "Yodeling Rabbit"
• Teddy Ruxpin: Mad Scientist (1986)

Logos

• Cinemagroup F.D. (1980s) (Logos)

Trailers

• Furby Island (Teaser Trailer) (2005)
• The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) (Trailers)

YouTube Videos

• Beanie Babies 3 (2015)
• The Best Pals Hand Show (2017)
• Best Pals Hand Toons
• The Best Pals Haunted House (2019)
• Bo Gehring Demo Reel 1983
• SuperMarioLogan Videos
• The Webkinz Christmas Carol (2016)
• Webkinz 3: Furrier Moment (2019)
• Webkinz

Anime

• Dragon Ball Z
• How clumsy you are, Miss Ueno.
• Super Gals!
• Urusei Yatsura

Image Gallery

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Audio Samples

File:Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE WEATHER 01.ogg

External Links

Wikipedia entry for this sound effect