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Disney was known for having familiar classic sound effects in their work, mainly used until the mid-80s, though some newer common sounds are included here as well. Many of these sound effects were developed by foley pioneer Jimmy MacDonald, whose voice can be faintly recognized for many of the vocal effects listed below. Some sound effects were mostly developed by a foley artist duo who also have their own pioneering cartoon studios, namely, Hanna-Barbera productions. This is a list of such distinctive sounds that are used more than once in Disney films.

These sounds were also used in non-Disney films and television shows.

Luxo, Jr. sounds

Audio Used In
Luxo, Jr., Toy Story, WALL-E, Pixar logo

Alarms

Audio Used In
Red Alert
Chicken Little, WALL-E
This sound effect occurs in the Star Trek series.
"Warning" buzzer
Monsters, Inc., Space Buddies, Chicken Little, The Avengers
Alarm
Rogue One, Chicken Little

Guns

Audio Used In
Gunshots
Pinocchio, Victory Through Air Power, Donald's Crime, Make Mine Music, Lady and the Tramp, Babes in Toyland, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, Old Yeller, The Incredible Journey, A Tiger Walks, Those Calloways, Treasure of Matecumbe, The Rescuers, Hot Lead and Cold Feet, The Fox and the Hound, My Science Project, Bambi, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, It's Tough to Be a Bird, Big Red, Savage Sam, Deacon, the High Noon Dog
Ricochet/Ricco
The Aristocats, The Fox and the Hound, The Great Mouse Detective, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Tarzan, Home on the Range, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers, The Wild, The Rescuers

Sirens

Audio Used In
The Tortoise and the Hare, Mickey's Fire Brigade, On Ice, Susie the Little Blue Coupe, Oliver & Company, The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue, Toy Story 2, The Incredibles, Incredibles 2, George of the Jungle, Zootopia, Moana, Up, Cars Toons, Monsters University, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Dumbo, Monsters, Inc., Cars Toons episode "Rescue Squad Mater"

Horns

Audio Used In
Air Horn
Flubber, Monsters, Inc., Phineas and Ferb, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
Bulb Horn
Fun and Fancy Free, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Enchanted, Chicken Little, Home on the Range, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Wild, The Book of Pooh, Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, Muppet Babies, Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures, The Little Mermaid, The Emperor's New School, Doc McStuffins, Bonkers, Aladdin
Ahooga Horn
The Rescuers, Inspector Gadget, Home on the Range, Chicken Little, Woodland Café, House of Mouse, Mickey Mouse Works, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Doppler truck horn
D3: The Mighty Ducks, A Goofy Movie, Air Bud, Toy Story 2, Mickey Mouse Works, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas, Lilo & Stitch, The Incredibles, Chicken Little, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, Cars, Race to Witch Mountain, Cars 2, Gravity Falls, Mickey Mouse episode "Croissant de Triomphe", Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Zootopia, McFarland, USA, Cars 3
Doppler car horn
Susie the Little Blue Coupe, Toy Story, Toy Story 2 (trailer only), Cars, Cars 3, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, The Muppets
Truck horn
Toy Story

Splash

Audio Used In
Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Beezy Bear, Goliath II, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, Robin Hood, The Fox and the Hound, Tarzan

Bells

Audio Used In
Small Bell Ding
The Sword and the Stone, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Vampirina episode "Hiccupire", Pixie Hollow Bake Off (Gelata's wink), Pixie Previews ("We're Lost""Rosetta's Garden Lesson", "How to Ice Skate"), Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Big Ben
One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Cinderella, Peter Pan, The Great Mouse Detective, Cars 2, Sofia the First episode The Secret Library, Trick or Treat
Church Bells
Fantasia, Robin Hood
Happy Bells
Cinderella, Robin Hood

Wood Crack

Audio Used In
Song of the South, Alice in Wonderland, Donald's Diary, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, Treasure of Matecumbe, Robin Hood, Pete's Dragon, The Rescuers, The Great Mouse Detective

Crashes

Audio Used In
Wood Crash
Fun and Fancy Free, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Goofy Gymnastics, How to Have an Accident in the Home, Lady and the Tramp, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, Robin Hood, The Rescuers, The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Big Junk Crash
Dumbo, 101 Dalmatians, The 3 Caballeros, The Thrifty Pig, The Worm Turns, Don Donald, Goofy's Glider, The Eyes Have It, How to Play Baseball, How to Swim, Bellboy Donald, Pablo the Cold Blooded Penguin, The Flying Squirrel, Donald Duck and the Gorilla, Sleepy Time Donald, The Truth About Mother Goose, Donald's Snow Fight, Cured Duck, Duck Flies Coop, The Trombone Trouble, Daddy Duck, The Vanishing Private, The Winter Storage, The Sky Trooper, Fall Out, Fall In, Goofy Gymnastics, The Toy Tinkers, The Brave Engineer, Morris the Midget Moose, The Motor Mania, The Fathers Are People, How to Be a Detective, Susie the Little Blue Coupe, Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, Father's Day Off, Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, How to Sleep, Spare the Rod, Up a Tree, How to Have an Accident in the Home, How to Have an Accident at Work, The Story of Anyburg, U.S.A., The Magic Highway, U.S.A., Goofy's Salute to Father, Kids is Kids, Goofing Around with Donald Duck, Fly with Von Drake, Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair, Freewayphobia, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, The Social Side of Health, Nature's Strangest Oddballs, Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Cymbal Crash
Fantasia (debut), Dumbo, Bambi, Symphony Hour, Stop That Tank, The Three Caballeros, Fun and Fancy Free, Hockey Homicide, So Dear to My Heart, Trailer Horn, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Alice in Wonderland, No Smoking, How to Be a Detective, Melody, Sleeping Beauty, Noah's Ark, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Babes in Toyland, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?, The Apple Dumpling Gang, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Great Mouse Detective, Get a Horse!, Fantasia 2000, Jack and Old Mac
Cymbal Crash with Boing
The Brave Engineer, Donald in Mathmagic Land, Bambi, The Great Mouse Detective
Junk Crash
Peter Pan
Crash
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1987 reissue trailer only), Dumbo, African Diary, Californy 'er Bust, Fun and Fancy Free, The Story of Anyburg, U.S.A., Goliath II, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, Uncle Donald's Ants, Tea for Two Hundred, The Jungle Book, Robin Hood

Glass

Audio Used In
Window Shatter
Three Blind Mouseketeers, Pinocchio, Donald's Crime, Fun and Fancy Free, Soup's On, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Cinderella, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone
Glass shatter
Aladdin, A Goofy Movie

Kablam!

Audio Used In
Dumbo, Fun and Fancy Free, Robin Hood

Plane dive

Audio Used In
Aladdin, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, George of the Jungle 2, Star Wars, Toy Story, Return to Never Land, Disney Fairies shorts, Wreck-It Ralph, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Planes, Planes: Fire & Rescue, The Incredibles, Incredibles 2, The Mandalorian

Poof

Audio Used In
The Spirit of '43, Trombone Trouble, Donald's Crime, Fun and Fancy Free, Puss Café, Out on a Limb, Camp Dog, Fathers Are People, No Smoking, Trick or Treat, Lady and the Tramp, How to Have an Accident in the Home, How to Have an Accident at Work, The Sword in the Stone, Mary Poppins, The Aristocats, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Pete's Dragon, The Fox and the Hound, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh episode "All's Well That Ends Wishing Well", Aladdin, A Goofy Movie, Bonkers, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, The Great Mouse Detective (1992 reissue trailer only), Pixie Previews ("Just Desserts"), The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder episodes "Bad Influence(r)"

Falling in a distance

Audio Used In
Victory Through Air Power, The Three Caballeros, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time, Trailer Horn, Puss Café, For Whom the Bulls Toil, The Sword in the Stone, The Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Rescuers, Get a Horse!, Pixie Previews ("Vollybug", "How to Ride a Toboggan", "How to Ice Skate", "How to Build a Snowman", "How to have a Snowball Fight")

Bonks

Audio Used In
Bonk
Donald's Crime, Goofy Gymnastics, Peter Pan, Ben and Me, How to Sleep, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, It's Tough to Be a Bird, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Robin Hood, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Small Bonk
Make Mine Music, Melody Time, Bonkers, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Peter Pan, Mickey's House of Villains, The Wild, The Return of Jafar, Ralph Breaks the Internet, An Extremely Goofy Movie, George of the Jungle 2, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Mickey Mouse Works, Muppet Babies

Clang

Audio Used In
Aladdin, Window Cleaners, Goofy Gymnastics, How to Have an Accident at Work, The Sword in the Stone, Catteries Not Included

Kling

Audio Used In
Donald's Tire Trouble, Lend a Paw, Tennis Racquet, Lion Around, Camp Dog, Peter Pan, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Catteries Not Included, DuckTales episode "Catch as Cash Can", The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Bomp

Audio Used In
Alice in Wonderland, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Cinderella, Peter Pan, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Sword in the Stone

Boink

Audio Used In
Pluto's Playmate, Victory Through Air Power, Goofy Gymnastics, The Jungle Book, The Tortoise and the Hare, How to Play Football, Make Mine Music, Puss Café, Cold War, The Simple Things, How to Dance, The Rescuers, Tarzan, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Splats

Audio Used In
Fun and Fancy Free, Wet Paint, Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, The Love Bug, Robin Hood, The Truth About Mother Goose, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

Hypnotic Gaze

Audio Used In
Der Fuehrer's Face, Pluto's Blue Note, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Tomorrow We Diet!, Alice in Wonderland, Lambert the Sheepish Lion, Trick or Treat, Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

Machine getting out of control

Audio Used In
Alice in Wonderland, How to Have an Accident at Work, Babes in Toyland, The Great Mouse Detective, Inspector Gadget 2

Magic Chimes Ringing

Audio Used In
Tinker Bell, Secret of the Wings, The Pirate Fairy, Pixie Hollow Bake Off, Pixie Previews ("Just One of the Girls", "Tink and the Pepper Shaker"), Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess, Sofia the First, Elena and the Secret of Avalor

Smacking and shouting

Audio Used In
On Ice, Moving Day, Alpine Climbers, Mickey's Circus

Boings

Audio Used In
Boing (Hawaiian Guitar Slide)
Donald's Lucky Day, The Hockey Champ, Donald's Cousin Gus, The Pointer, Officer Duck, The Volunteer Worker, The Window Cleaners, Goofy's Glider, Canine Caddy, How to Ride a Horse, The Reluctant Dragon, The Art of Skiing, How to Play Baseball, Stop That Tank, The Spirit of 43, Der Fuehrer's Face, Home Defense, The Winged Scourge, How to Play Football, How to Play Golf, How to Be a Sailor, Pluto the Watch Dog, Cured Duck, Old Sequoia, ABC of the Hand Tools, Casey at the Bat, Make Mine Music, Wet Paint, Pluto's Housewarming, The Wide Open Spaces, Bongo, Mickey and the Beanstalk, Fun and Fancy Free, Pluto and the Bone, The Big Wash, Pueblo Pluto, Pluto's Surprise Package, Pluto's Sweater, The Bubble Bee, Pluto the Sheep Dog, Pluto and the Gopher, The Coyotes at the West, Primitive Pluto, Puss Café, Dude Duck, Lion Down, Peter Pan, The Truth About Mother Goose, The Adventures of the Bullwhip Griffin, The Bedknobs and the Broomsticks
Boing for Impact
"Volley Bug", The Fox and the Hound
Timpani Drum Boing
The Jungle Book, It's Tough to Be a Bird, The Aristocats, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Timon and Pumbaa, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, The Wild

Thunder Crackle

Audio Used In
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi, Donald Duck and the Gorilla, Make Mine Music, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time, The Aristocats, The Rescuers, The New Neighbor, The Fox and the Hound, Lady and the Tramp, Grand Canyonscope, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Aquamania, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, The Brave Little Toaster, The Little Mermaid, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Bugles/Trumpets

Audio Used In
Reveille Bugle Call
Cars, Luca
Low Trumpeting
Dumbo, The Big Wash, Goof Troop episode "Cabana Fever", Darkwing Duck episode "Inside Binkie's Brain"
Plugged trumpet
The Jungle Book, Robin Hood, The Rescuers
Trumpet Call
Lullaby Land, Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland
Bugle Charge
The Rescuers, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Aristocats

Accordion Descending With Rapid Body Hits

Audio Used In
The Jungle Book, The Love Bug, Son of Flubber (debut)

"Ta Da!"

Audio Used In
Fun and Fancy Free, The Country Bears, Disney Sing Along Songs, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Mickey's House of Villains, The Tigger Movie, Trick or Treat, Phineas and Ferb, Ron's Gone Wrong

Long Twang

Audio Used In
Mickey's Rival, Pluto the Sheep Dog, Pluto and the Gopher, Pluto the Camp Dog, Home Made Home, Lion Down, Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Donald's Ants, The Simple Things, The Mickey Mouse Club (Heard once in Donald Duck Gong Gag), Duck Flies Coop, Aquamania, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, Gulf Oil, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Steps Toward Maturity and Health, Robin Hood, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Pottery break

Audio Used In
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh episode "Home is Where the Home is", Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, The Three Musketeers, First Kid, Mulan, Mickey Mouse Works, Tarzan, Lizzie McGuire episode "Pool Party", The Emperor's New Groove, House of Mouse, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, The Emperor's New School, Enchanted, Frozen, Muppets Most Wanted, Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition, Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition, Big Hero 6: The Series, The Ghost and Molly McGee
The sound effect is later heard in non-Disney media, including most notably Rugrats.

Branch snap

Audio Used In
The Black Cauldron

Trains

Audio Used In
Old Steam Train Whistle Pass By
Dumbo, Fun and Fancy Free, Robin Hood
Incoming Train
Disney's_Incoming_Train_SFX

Disney's Incoming Train SFX

The Clock Watcher, The Aristocats

Umbrella opening up and poof

Audio Used In
Pinocchio, The Plastics Inventor, Corn Chips, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Donald's Happy Birthday, The Saga of Windwagon Smith, The Sword in the Stone, Mary Poppins, Winnie the Pooh featurettes, The Jungle Book, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Rescuers, The Great Mouse Detective, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Aladdin, Tarzan & Jane, Donald Duck and the Gorilla

Rocking chair sound

Audio Used In
Disney's_Rocking_Chair_SFX

Disney's Rocking Chair SFX

Dumbo, Robin Hood, The Great Mouse Detective

Knocking pins sounds

Audio Used In
Fun and Fancy Free, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Robin Hood, A Goofy Movie, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, Tarzan, The Jungle Book 2, Pixie Previews ("How to Build a Snowman")

Punch

Audio Used In
The Little Mermaid, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan, Return to Never Land, The Jungle Book 2, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, A Bug's Life, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., James and the Giant Peach, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Resistance, Your Friend the Rat

Mario Coin

Audio Used In
Phineas and Ferb episode "Gaming the System", Gravity Falls (episode "Fight Fighters"}

Exclamation Point Sound Effect

Audio Used In
Metal_Gear_Solid_-_Exclamation_Point_Sound_Effect

Metal Gear Solid - Exclamation Point Sound Effect

Wreck-It Ralph

Six Million Dollar Man sound effect

Audio Used In
Kronk's New Groove, Puppy Dog Pals

Siren whistle zing

Audio Used In
Dumbo, How to Be a Sailor, Fun and Fancy Free, Camp Dog, Puss Cafe, The Simple Things, I'm No Fool with Fire, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, DuckTales, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Beauty and the Beast (trailer only), Goof Troop

Quick Whistle Zip Sound Effects

Audio Used In
Donald's Nephews, Pinocchio, A Gentleman's Gentleman, Truant Officer Donald, The Reluctant Dragon, Donald Gets Drafted, Bellboy Donald, The Three Caballeros, Song of the South, Fun and Fancy Free, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Sword in the Stone, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Aladdin, etc

Ghostbusters Proton Pack

Audio Used In
Big Hero 6: The Series

See also

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