Hollywoodedge, Bird Duck Quacks Clos PE020501

Hollywoodedge, Bird Duck Quacks Clos PE020501
Library	The Premiere Edition Volume 1
Created	1960
First Appearance	Sycamore Lodge (a Calvin and the Colonel episode)
Arch-Nemesis of	N/A
Category	Bird, Duck; Quacks, Close Perspective,

This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 1, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. It shouldn't be confused with Sound Ideas, BIRD, DUCK - SINGLE DUCK QUACKING, ANIMAL on the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library.

Info

• First recorded: 1960
• Creator: Thomas J. Valentino
• Owner: Major Records/Valentino (1960-1990), The Hollywood Edge (1990-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
• Origin: United States
• Year debut: October 31, 1961
• First heard: Sycamore Lodge (a Calvin and the Colonel episode)
• Area used: Worldwide

It was originally a Major Records/Valentino Sound Effect called "Single Duck", which can be found on Major Records - Sound Effects Volume 6, except it is higher-pitched and extended. It's first known appearance was in a Calvin and the Colonel episode called "Sycamore Lodge".

In 1990, The Hollywood Edge added this sound to The Premiere Edition Volume 1 library. In 2014, Sound Ideas acquired it after the bankruptcy of The Hollywood Edge.

Today, it's used in more than 100 pieces of media.

Sound Effect Description

Bird, Duck; Quacks, Close Perspective, Debuted in Calvin and the Colonel in 1961.

Trivia

• This sound effect is known for its use for character takes in Spongebob Squarepants, usually in a high pitch. It was used for takes and random movements in a similar fashion in The Ren & Stimpy Show's Horta Editorial episodes.
• According to a reply to omelettecounty on Tumblr , Maxwell Atoms described of this sound: "There were effects that I came to ask for by name, like “the duck”, “the baby goat”, “the gurgle” (I think that’s the one you’re asking about), and many more."

Similar Variations

• Valentino, Single Duck (High pitched, and extended.)

Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect

• AudioMicro
• SourceAudio
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Used In

TV Shows

• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Heard once in “Safety First".)
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (Heard once in "Robotnik's Rival".)
• The Amazing Race (Heard once in "You're the Apple in My Eye".)
• The Amazing World of Gumball (Heard once in "The Shippening".)
• The Angry Beavers (Heard once in "The Yak in the Sack".)
• Adventure Time
• America's Funniest Home Videos (Heard often in Episode 2 of Season 11 in a high pitch.)
• Arthur
• The Baby Huey Show
• Barney & Friends (Heard in:)
  • "Down on Barney's Farm" (thrice)
  • "Hop to It!" (twice during the song "Animals in Motion".)
  • "Keep on Truckin" (once during the song "Old McDonald Had a Farm".)
  • "You Can Count On Me!" (twice)
• Beakman's World (Heard once at the beginning of "Soap, Beakmania, and Auto Engines".)
• Bear in the Big Blue House (Heard once in "All Weather Bear".)
• Bill Nye, the Science Guy (Heard once in "Biodiversity".)
• Bob the Builder (2015 TV Series) (Heard once in "Aqua Ducks".)
• Breadwinners
• Blue's Clues (Heard mostly in "Blue's Favorite Song" and "Blue Wants to Play a Game"; once in "What Did Blue See?"; 3 times in "Look Carefully....".)
• Blue's Room (Heard twice in "Alphabet Power!".)
• The Brothers Grunt (Heard twice in "The Ceremony".)
• Brum (2016 TV Series) (Heard once in "Brum Learns Old McDonald Had a Farm".)
• Bubble Guppies (Heard often in "Ducks in a Row", and "Bubble Duckies"; once in "The New Year's Dragon!".)
• Calvin and the Colonel (Debut. Heard in "Sycamore Lodge.")
• CatDog (Heard once in "Vexed of Kin".)
• Catscratch (Heard once in "Duck and Cover".)
• Chalkzone (Heard once in "The Wiggies".)
• Clarence (Heard once in "Goldfish Follies".)
• Chowder (Heard once in "The Froggy Apple Crumple Thumpkin" and "The Birthday Suits".)
• Connie the Cow (Heard once in "Connie Wants to Be Different".)
• Corn & Peg (Heard once in "Super Do-Gooder".)
• Curious George (Heard once in "Up, Up and Away" and "George and the Jug Owl".)
• The Dog & Pony Show (Heard once in "The Main Mane!".)
• Ed, Edd n' Eddy (Heard once in "Hot Buttered Ed" and "An Ed is Born".)
• Elmo's World (Heard often in various pitches in "Babies," and once in "Birds".)
• The Fairly OddParents (Heard once in "Dream Goat!" and "Fairly OddLympics"; heard in "Abra-Catastrophe!" in a high pitch)
• Family Guy
• Fanboy and Chum Chum
• Fish Hooks (used for takes.)
• Franklin (Heard once in "Franklin is Lost".)
• Friends
• Futureworm!
• Goliath (TV series) (Used in S1 E4.)
• George Shrinks (Heard once in "Hound of the Bath-ervilles".)
• Go Away, Unicorn! (Heard once in "Stop Stirring the Pot, Unicorn!".)
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (Used for takes.)
• Hee Haw
• Henry's Amazing Animals (Heard once in "Slimy Animals" and "Animal Eggs".)
• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (Heard once in "Ami Ami".)
• Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (Used in a high pitch for various impacts.)
• Kim Possible (Heard once in "Team Impossible".)
• Kipper (Heard often in "The Umbrella", "Pig's Cousin", and "The Big Freeze".)
• Little Bear (Heard once in "Little Bear Meets Duck".)
• Little Einsteins (Heard once in "The Great Schubert's Guessing Game".)
• The Loud House (Heard once in "Get the Message".)
• Max & Ruby (Heard often in "Max's Ride".)
• Megaminimals (Used for Pickle the Penguin's footsteps.)
• Modern Family
• The Magic School Bus
• Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse (Heard often in "Little Olaf".)
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Heard several times in "Donald's Ducks".)
• Mickey Mouse Works (Heard once in "How to Be a Baseball Fan".)
• Mighty Express (Used for the ducks in multiple pitches.)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Heard often in "Peace, Love, and Woe".)
• Muppet Babies (2018 TV Series)
• Mr. Bean
• Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (Heard once in "In the Wild".)
• The Office
• Oggy and the Cockroaches (Heard once in "Occupied" and "Duck Soup".)
• OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (Used for takes.)
• Oswald (Heard once in "The Big Balloon Rescue".)
• The Patrick Star Show (Used in a high pitch for takes.)
• Pee-wee's Playhouse (Heard once in the intro.)
• Peppa Pig (Heard in a wide variety of episodes.)
• Pinky Dinky Doo (Heard often as a running gag for Season 2 episodes only.)
• Pocoyo (Often used in a low pitch for Pato's quack sounds.)
• Polaris: Player Select
• The Powerpuff Girls (Same "Quack!" as used in SpongeBob SquarePants, heard once in "Cheep Thrills" & "The Bubbles Sitters Club".)
• Regular Show (Heard once in "Go Viral".)
• Ren & Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon (Heard once in "Man's Best Friend".)
• The Ren & Stimpy Show (Heard once in "Sven Höek" and "Man's Best Friend"; twice in "In the Army".)
• Robot Chicken
• Rocko's Modern Life
• Rugrats (Heard once in "Faire Play" and "America's Wackiest Home Movies".)
• Ryan Defrates: Secret Agent (Heard in "Mega-Moo and the Grumpy Ducks".)
• Samurai Jack (Heard in EPISODE XCIV.)
• Sesame Street (Heard once in a Season 1 segment about sounds, Numerosity: Number 7, Episode 1663/1899, and Episode 2876/3175 in a high pitch.)
• Seven Little Monsters (Heard often in "Drip! Drip! Drip!" and "Are You My Family?".)
• The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
• Sitting Ducks
• SpongeBob SquarePants (One of the quacks is usually heard in a high pitch; starting with "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II", it would be used for wild (and not-so-wild) takes, as well as other impacts. First used in "Bubblestand" when duck bubbles pop. The usual quack we hear from this recording was heard in "Hocus Pocus" as Patrick does a small take noticing a secret booth.)
• The Simpsons
• Shaun the Sheep
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV Series)
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil (Heard in "Just Friends".)
• Tig N' Seek (Heard once in "Fretting Zoo".)
• The Tom and Jerry Show
• Tom and Jerry Tales (Heard from a momma goose in "Tom Cat Superstar".)
• Thomas & Friends (Heard twice in "Mucking About", and once in "The Missing Breakdown Train" and "Thomas and the Royal Engine".)
• Totally Spies!
• Uncle Grandpa
• Unikitty (Heard in "Film Fest", "Kitty Court" and "Kitty and Hawk".)
• The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
• Wayside (Heard several times in "Le Race".)
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?
• WordWorld (Used for Duck's hurt or fall down takes.)
• Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (Used for seagulls at the beginning of "Walden on the Beach".)

Movies

• About a Boy (2002)
• The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1989)
• The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
• Animal Farm (1999)
• Babe (1995)
• Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
• Charlotte's Web (2006)
• The Daydreamer (1966) (I [SqueakyCartWheel] think, if not a different recording of the same duck call.)
• Despicable Me 2 (2013)
• Down on the Farm (2017)
• Duck Duck Goose (2018)
• Dutch (1991)
• Elizabeth (1998)
• The Emoji Movie (2017)
• Firehouse Dog (2007)
• Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
• Home on the Range (2004)
• Hotel Transylvania (2012)
• Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
• Kung Fu Panda (2008)
• Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
• Little Manhattan (2005) (Heard once in a low volume.)
• The Little Rascals (1994)
• Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
• Norbit (2007)
• The Pacifier (2005)
• Radioland Murders (1994)
• Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
• The Smurfs 2 (2013)
• Son in Law (1993)
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
• Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012)
• The Wacky World of Mother Goose (1967)
• The Wild (2006)

Video Games

PC:

• Jay Jay the Jet Plane: Jay Jay Earns His Wings (Video Game)
• SimCity 3000 Unlimited

Videos

• Baby Einstein
  • Baby Mozart (1998) (Videos)
  • Baby Shakespeare (1999) (Videos)
• Blue's Room - Alphabet Power (2005) (Videos) (Heard twice in "Alphabet Power!".)
• Blue's Clues: Stop, Look and Listen! (2000) (Videos)
• Brainy Baby: Left Brain (2000) (Videos)
• Brainy Baby: Right Brain (1999) (Videos)
• Fun Time DVD Library (Explorer Series) (2004) (Heard twice in "Let’s Talk To The Animals (Volume 1)".)
• Golden Book Video (Heard once in "Mrs. Mooley".)
• Nickelodeon Favorites: All About Fall! (2008) (Videos)

Documentaries

• Life After People (Heard twice in "The Capital Threat"; once in "Waves of Destruction".)

Radio Spots

New Zealand:

• Blackley Construction (2019)

Shorts

• Boo Boo Runs Wild (1999)
• Day & Night (2010) (Shorts)
• Good Manners with Max (Heard once in "Saying Excuse Me!".)
• SpongeBob Squarepants in: The Endless Summer (2006) (Heard as SpongeBob hits the floor twice at the beginning.)
• Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! Shorts

Bumpers

• NBC Peacock (1993)
• Noggin ID: This Show Was Made for Noggin, by Nick Jr. (1999-2002 version only.)

Logos

• Klasky-Csupo (1998) (Logos)
• Klasky Csupo (2016-Present) (Logos)

Stories

• Farm Fresh Stanley (2001) (Stories)

Special Features

• Charlotte's Web: Meet the Animals (1973) (Special Features)

Trailers

• Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) (Trailers)

Other Media

• Brain Pop Jr. (Heard in "Possessive Nouns.", "Nouns", "Plot", and the "Migration" game.)

YouTube Videos

• The Best Pals Hand Show
• The Best Pals Hand Show Thanksgiving Day (2017)
• The Kirby Collab 3
• Mario's Castle Calamity
• Mario's Castle Calamity 2
• Mario's Switch Calamity (2016) (Heard when the Palace Switch raises up.)
• Summer Break Beanie Babies (2017) (Heard once as Quackers' Noise)
• Teachmmobile Videos
• Olivier Hatta (Heard once in "One has experienced more than enough interruptions".)
• Webkinz (Heard once in "When Webkinz Have Fun".)
• WhitneyGoLucky
• YTP: Benny Gets Fingered by Black People
• YTP: You are still a Sad, Strange Little Man
• YTP: YouTube Pooh and Christmas Who? (2015)

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