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
• YouTube

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 
• 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".)
• Calvin and the Colonel (This or a really, really similar duck quack is heard in "Sycamore Lodge." This was the first time this sound was heard.)
• 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".)
• 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 (Heard various times in multiple pitches in "The Great Nate Chase", "Liza Live", "Pop Stars", and "Let It Ride".) (Used for the ducks everytime they quack the "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" melody.)
• 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".)
• 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.)
• 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".)
• 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)
• Duck Duck Goose (2018)
• Dutch (1991)
• Elizabeth (1998)
• The Emoji Movie (2017)
• Firehouse Dog (2007)
• Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
• 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)
• 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:

• 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)
• 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.)

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 (2021) (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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