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The Mysteries of Life with Tim and Moby[]
Tim is the one with the white shirt. In each video, he wears the same white shirt with different things on it like the brain, Mars, and others. Moby is the orange robot. He always says, "Beep!". He tries to do something funny in other videos. Moby is also Tim's best friend.
Past[]
BrainPOP was founded in 1999 by Dr. Avraham Kadar as a creative way to explain difficult concepts to his young patients.
Present[]
Today, we’re a trusted learning resource supporting core and supplemental subjects, reaching millions of learners worldwide.
Future[]
Expanding our learning tools, and helping kids create, construct, and collaborate as they explore their world.
Sound Effects Used[]
- Darth Vader's Breathing Sound (Heard once in "William Shakespeare".)
- Dramatic Chipmunk Sound (Heard once in "Feudalism".)
- Elektra Records, Cash Register, Old Crank Type/Hollywoodedge, Cash Registers Drawe TE021802 (Heard once in "Slavery".)
- Elektra Records, Happy Baby (Heard once in "Frankenstein".)
- Elektra Records, Hunting Horn (Heard once in "J.R.R. Tolkein".)
- Godzilla Roar (Heard twice in "Bridges".)
- Hollywoodedge, Ascending Whistles CRT057902 (Heard once in "Variables".)
- Hollywoodedge, Ascending Whistles CRT057903 (Heard once in the re-updated version of "Electromagnets" when the N and S labels switch places.)
- Hollywoodedge, Car Horn Beeps High Do PE077201
- Hollywoodedge, Cartoon Boing Jews Ha PE163801
- Hollywoodedge, Chimpanzee Screeche PE026201 (Heard twice in "Multiplication".)
- Hollywoodedge, Dolphin Chirps Vocal PE024601/Hollywoodedge, Dolphins Chirping TE015902
- Hollywoodedge, Elephant Trumpeting PE024801 (2nd trumpet)
- Hollywoodedge, Fart 9 Wet Squish Coul PE139701
- Hollywoodedge, Med High Pitch Boing CRT016001 (Heard quadrice in "Sharks".)
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Crowd AdultsY PE142901 (Heard twice in "Literary Genres" and once in "Exponents".)
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Face Hit 1 Sharp PE100101 (Heard once in "Energy Pyramid".)
- Hollywoodedge, School Bell Long Ring PE193201 (Heard once in "Winter Holidays".)
- Hollywoodedge, Screams 7 Woman Three PE134101 (Heard once in "Halloween".)
- Hollywoodedge, Squeaky Old Wood Scre PE182001
- Hollywoodedge, Twangy Boingohyoyo CRT016203 (Heard quadrice in "Titanic".)
- Moby Beep Sound
- Sound Ideas, AUTO, TIRE SQUEAL - SQUEAL TIRES WHILE PULLING AWAY, SKID 04
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, EAGLE - BALD EAGLE: CALL, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, JAPANESE QUAIL - CALLING, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROBIN - CALLING, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, BODYFALL, HUMAN - BODYFALL ON DIRT 08 (Heard twice in "Energy Pyramid".)
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - BOINK 01 (Heard twice in "Caffeine" when the small brain blinks its eyes.)
- Sound Ideas, BUZZER, X-RAY - SHORT X-RAY MACHINE BUZZER
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - JEW'S HARP BOING, SHORT 01 (Heard once in "Droughts".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - FUNNY CAR HORN 02 (Heard quadrice in "Air Pollution".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, MUSIC - THEME 1: FULL MIX, COOL, JAZZY, MEDIUM TEMPO (Heard once in "Christopher Columbus".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, TWANG - RICOCHET TWANG 01 (Heard once in "Swine Flu", "Peer Pressure" and "Classification", and quadrice in "Caffeine". Only this sound effect was heard in the update of the "Caffeine" video.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WARBLE - RAPID SPUTTER 01 (Heard thrice in "Kurt Vonnegut".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WARBLE - VOCAL WARBLE (Heard quadrice in "Deserts".)
- Sound Ideas, CAT - DOMESTIC: SINGLE MEOW, ANIMAL 01 (Heard twice in "Cats" and "Idioms and Clichés"; once in "Similes and Metaphors".)
- Sound Ideas, CAT - DOMESTIC: SINGLE MEOW, ANIMAL 02 (Heard once in "Similies and Metaphors" and "To Kill a Mockingbird".)
- Sound Ideas, CHILDREN - CHEERING, CROWD 02 (Heard twice in "Feminism". This was only heard in the older version of the video. Later, it was replaced with people cheering in the updated version.)
- Sound Ideas, COFFEE MAKER - COFFEE MAKER BREWING (Heard once in "Caffeine". This was only heard in the updated version of the video.)
- Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - BIG HORN: SINGLE BLOW (Heard once in "Titanic".)
- Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - KAZOO MARCHING BAND, MUSIC, PERCUSSION (Heard once in "Copyright".)
- Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - WHOOP WHISTLE: SHORT
- Sound Ideas, COW - SINGLE MOO, ANIMAL 01 (Heard once in "Online Safety", "Isaac Newton", "Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka" and "Horses".)
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, METAL - SMALL METAL CLANG (Heard once in "Nouns".)
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, METAL - SMALL METAL PIECES DROPPING (Heard once in "Nouns".)
- Sound Ideas, DOOR, BELL - SINGLE RING (Heard once in "Converting Fractions to Decimals", "Human Evolution" and "Media Literacy".)
- Sound Ideas, GULP, CARTOON - BIG GULP, HUMAN (Heard once in "Energy Pyramid".)
- Sound Ideas, HARP - ARPEGGIATED CHORD, MUSIC
- Sound Ideas, HORSE - INTERIOR: WHINNY, ANIMAL 02 (Heard twice in "Middle Ages".)
- Sound Ideas, LION - ROARING, ANIMAL, CAT (Heard twice in "Multiplication".)
- Sound Ideas, METAL DETECTOR - METAL DETECTOR: SECURITY WAND, WARBLED TONE, AIRPORT (Heard once in "Jamestown".)
- Sound Ideas, PLUCK, CARTOON - VAROOP (Heard twice in "Pumpkins".)
- Sound Ideas, POTTERY - CLAY POT: BREAK, CRASH, SMASH 02 (Heard quadrice in "Potential Energy". This was only heard in the original version of the video. It was now heard 6 times in the updated version of the video. It was also heard once in "Media Literacy".)
- Sound Ideas, SHAKER, SALT - SHAKE SALT SHAKER (Heard twice in "Taxes".)
- Sound Ideas, SHEEP - SMALL GROUP: AMBIENCE, ANIMAL (Heard once in "Mammals" and "Digital Animation".)
- Sound Ideas, SPACE - SPACE BOING, MANY DIFFERENT BOINGS, ELECTRONIC (Heard quadrice in "Eyes".)
- Sound Ideas, TELEMETRY - COMPUTER TELEMETRY: FUNCTION BEEP, SCI FI, ELECTRONIC 09 (Heard quadrice in "Parliamentary System" and once in "Jackie Robinson".)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - WHISTLE, MANY BLASTS, CLOSE UP (Heard twice in "Industrial Revolution".)
- Sound Ideas, VIBRAPHONE - CADENCE, MUSIC, PERCUSSION, VIBES 02 (Heard once in "Skin".)
- Sound Ideas, VOICE, CARTOON - FAST FEMALE TELEPHONE GIBBERISH, VOCAL (Heard once in "Titanic". When Moby's friends are on their electronic devices and phones at the end of the video, the sound effect was used.)
- Sound Ideas, WOLF - LONG HOWL, ANIMAL 01 (Heard once in "Setting".)
- What motorcycle sound effect is this? (Heard twice in "Imagination".)
- Valentino Donkey Brays & Snorts (Heard once in "Roman Numerals".)
- Valentino, Train Approaching Fast with Whistle (Heard once in "Industrial Revolution".)
- Valentino Train Steam Whistle 1 (Heard twice in "Jim Crow" and once in "Japanese-American Incarceration".)