This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 1, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. The species heard in this sound effect is likely the herring gull.
Info[]
- First recorded: August 18, 1986
- Creator: Lon Bender
- Owner: Soundelux (1987-1990), The Hollywood Edge (1990-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
- Origin: England
- Year debut: September 25, 1987
- First heard: The Princess Bride (a 20th Century Fox film)
- Area used: Worldwide
Sound Effect Description[]
Bird, Seagull; Four Single Cries, Close Perspective.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect[]
Used In[]
TV Shows[]
- 2 Stupid Dogs/Super Secret Secret Squirrel (Heard once in "Goldflipper".)
- 3-South (Heard once in "College Material".)
- The Addams Family (1992 Series) (Heard once in "Color Me Addams".)
- The Adventures of Paddington (2019 TV Series) (Heard once in "Paddington vs. the Seagulls".)
- Alice's Wonderland Bakery
- Australia's Funniest Home Videos
- Baby Looney Tunes
- Back at the Barnyard (Heard once in "Clonedemonium".)
- The Backyardigans (Heard once in "Castaways".)
- Batman Beyond (1st cry; heard once in "Mind Games".)
- Battle For B.F.B (Heard when the song "Season Coming to an End" is playing in the background.)
- Bear in the Big Blue House
- Beavis and Butt-Head (1st cry; heard once in "Couch-Fishing".)
- Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures (Heard once in "Deep Sea".)
- Between the Lions (Heard once in "To the Ship! To the Ship!".)
- Big Mouth
- Block 13
- Bob's Burgers
- Bob the Builder (2015 TV Series)
- Bobby's World (Heard once in "Just Plain Sleepless".)
- Booba
- Breadwinners (Heard once in "Lost at Pond".)
- Bubble Guppies (Heard once in "Party at Sea!".)
- Camp Lazlo (Heard once in "Prickly Pining Dining".)
- ChalkZone (Heard once in "Snap Builds a Dream House".)
- Chowder (Heard once in "The Party Cruise".)
- The Cleveland Show
- Craig of the Creek (Heard once in "Craig of the Beach".)
- Curious George (Heard once in "Snow Use".)
- Da Jammies (Heard once in "Mall in the Family".)
- Dinosaur Planet (Used for Icthyornis when he calls.)
- Doug (Heard once in "Doug's Older Woman".)
- DuckTales (2017 TV Series) (Heard once in the pilot.)
- Dumb Bunnies (Heard once in "Beach Bunny Bonanza".)
- Dumbest Stuff on Wheels
- Ella the Elephant
- Elliot Moose
- Elmo's World (Heard often in "The Beach".)
- The Fairly OddParents (Heard once in "Odd, Odd West" and "OddPirates".)
- Family Guy
- Fanboy & Chum Chum (Heard once in "I, Fanbot", "The Frosty Bus" and "Brain Freeze".)
- Fireman Sam (Heard often in "Seagull Shenanigans" and once in "Castles in the Air", "Car Wash Chaos" and "Norman and the Sea".)
- Garfield and Friends (Heard once in "Daydream Doctor".)
- George and Martha (Heard once in "The Dance Recital" and "The Trip".)
- George Shrinks (Heard once in "A Day at the Beach".)
- Gerald McBoing Boing (2005)
- Gilmore Girls (Heard in "A Vineyard Valentine".)
- Go Jetters (Heard often in "Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland".)
- Gravity Falls
- H2O: Mermaid Adventures (Used very heavily.)
- Handy Manny (Heard once in "Mr. Lopart Sails Away" and "Beach Clean-Up".)
- Henry's Amazing Animals (Heard once in "Animal Neighbors".)
- Henry's World (Heard once in "Pirate Out of Water".)
- Hey Arnold! (Heard twice in "Grandpa's Sister".)
- Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (Heard once in "Ami Ami" and "Rock Lobsters".)
- Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Fish", "Out to Sea" and "Little Big Fish".)
- ICarly (2007) (2nd cry, Heard twice in a low pitch in "iMeet Fred".)
- Iris, The Happy Professor (Heard in "The Sculpture".)
- Jefferson Anderson
- Johnny Bravo (Heard once in "Beach Blanket Bravo".)
- KaBlam! (Heard once in "Life with Loopy: Mister Macho".)
- Kappa Mikey (Heard once in "Easy Come, Easy Gonard".)
- Kevin Spencer (Heard once in "Drunken Welfare Man vs. Vernon".)
- Kim Possible (Heard once in "Kimitation Nation" and "Rufus in Show".)
- Krypto the Superdog
- L.A. Heat (Heard in "Rap Sheet" in a high pitch.)
- Liberty's Kids
- Little Bear (Heard once in "Little Bear's Trip to the Stars", "Whale of a Tale" and "Duck's Big Catch".)
- The Little Mermaid: The Series (Heard once in "Stormy".)
- Little Roy (Heard Twice In "Rumble Roy".)
- The Looney Tunes Show
- MAD (Heard once in "The Buzz Identity".)
- The Magic School Bus (Heard once in "In the Haunted House" and "Goes to Mussel Beach".)
- Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! (Heard once in "SPF 5000".)
- Max & Ruby (Heard various times in "Max's Kite".)
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Heard once in "Minnie's Picnic" and "Clarabelle's Clubhouse Mooooo-sical".)
- Moose and Zee (Heard often in "Beside the Seaside".)
- Mrs. Munger's Class
- My Life as a Teenage Robot (Heard once in "Labor Day".)
- Neo Ultra Q (Heard once in "The Extremely Smelly Island".)
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Heard in "Pooh Skies".)
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons (Heard once in "A Lighter Shade of Danger!" and "Fuzzy Bunny in: A Kid's Life".)
- Oswald (Heard once in "A Day at the Beach".)
- Parenthood (2010) (Heard once in "Pilot" and "What's Goin' on Down There?".)
- PAW Patrol (Heard once in "Pups Save a Chicken of the Sea" and "Pups Save a Windy Bay".)
- Pecola (Heard once in "Wild Ride".)
- The Penguins of Madagascar (Heard once in "Love Hurts" and "The Hoboken Surprise".)
- Phineas and Ferb (Heard once in "The Ballad of Badbeard" and "Cheer Up, Candace".)
- Pig Goat Banana Cricket (Heard once in "Let's Get Tiny".)
- The Planet's Funniest Animals
- Puppy Dog Pals (Heard twice in "Go, Dog. Go!".)
- Robot Chicken
- Rocket Power (Heard in various episodes, especially in "Snow Day", where it was used repeatedly. It was also used in "Earnest Otto".)
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Rugrats (Heard once in "Sand Ho!", "In The Naval" and "The Jungle".)
- Rupert (Heard once in "Rupert and the Crystal Ball".)
- Sammy (TV Series) (Heard once in "Fair".)
- Sanjay and Craig
- Schoolhouse Rock! (Heard once in "This for That".)
- Sesame Street
- Seven Little Monsters (Heard twice in "My Favorite Crustacean".)
- Shane the Chef
- The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show
- The Simpsons
- Sofia the First (Heard in "The Floating Palace".)
- South Park (Heard briefly once in "Basic Cable".)
- Special Agent Oso (Heard once in "Hide Another Day".)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard in a wide variety of episodes.)
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil (Heard in "Beach Day".)
- Steven Universe
- Strawberry Shortcake
- The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
- Teen Titans (Heard once in "Employee of the Month".)
- Teen Titans Go!
- Theodore Tugboat
- Thomas & Friends (Heard once in "A New Arrival".)
- Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
- Timon & Pumbaa
- Totally Spies!
- Unikitty
- The Upside Down Show (Heard once in "Beach".)
- Urmel (Heard once in "Watching Hour".)
- VeggieTales (Heard twice in "Lyle The Kindly Viking".)
- Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production
- The Wacky World of Tex Avery (Heard once in a high pitch in "Neanderthal Mom" and heard once in a normal pitch in "Disasterpiece Theater".)
- We Bare Bears (Heard once in "Shush Ninjas".)
- The Weekenders
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?
- The White Lotus
- The Wild Thornberrys (Heard once in "Gold Fever".)
- Winx Club
- X-Men The Animated Series (Heard once in "The Phalanx Covenant".)
- Zig and Sharko
Movies[]
- 2012 (2009)
- Aquaman (2018)
- Barbie (2023)
- Because I Said So (2007)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
- Curious George: Cape Ahoy (2021)
- Death on the Nile (2022)
- Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control (2002)
- Despicable Me 4 (2024)
- Eight Below (2006)
- The Expendables (2010)
- The Fast and the Furious (2001) (Heard once in the post-credits scene.)
- The Gingerbread Man (1998)
- Globehunters: Around the World in 80 Days (2000)
- The Good Son (1993)
- Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
- Independence Day (1996)
- James and the Giant Peach (1996)
- Jaws (1975) (Heard in the remastered version.)
- The Legend of Johnny Lingo (2003)
- Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite (2013)
- The Lion King 1½ (2004)
- Luca (2021) (Heard briefly during the song "Il Gatto E La Volpe".)
- Madeline in Tahiti (2007)
- Minions (2015)
- Norm of the North (2016)
- North (1994)
- Our Friend, Martin (1999)
- Outsourced (2006)
- Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
- Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
- The Princess Bride (1987) (debut)
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
- Return to Neverland (2002) (1st, 2nd and 4th cries)
- The Road to El Dorado (2000)
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
- Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018) (Heard only in the deleted scenes.)
- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
- Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
- Serendipity (2001)
- A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
- Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (1st and 4th cries)
- Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)
- Storks (2016)
- Super Mario Bros. (1993)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) (4th cry)
- The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
- Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! (2018)
- Two Weeks Notice (2002)
- The Wild Robot (2024)
- Wolf Tracer's Dinosaur Island (2004)
- World Trade Center (2006)
Shorts[]
Video Games[]
DS:
GameCube:
- Crash Nitro Kart (Heard in "Inferno Island".)
Genesis:
Mobile:
- Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games (2nd cry)
Nintendo Switch:
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (The 1st cry is used in a low pitch for the seagulls in the "Concrete Isles" level.)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (A distorted version is used for Aerocudas.)
Online:
PC:
- Abrapalabra: La Magia de Aprender a Leer (1st cry)
- Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy
- Bananas in Pyjamas: It's Fun Time!
- The Curse of Monkey Island
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (2nd cry; high pitched)
- Grand Theft Auto V
- I Spy Mystery
- Kid Pix Deluxe (Heard once in "At The Beach".)
- Kid Pix Deluxe 3 (Heard once in "At The Beach".)
- Kid Pix Deluxe 4 (Heard once in "At The Beach".)
- Living Books: Dr. Seuss's ABC
- MapleStory (Seacle death sounds only.)
- Phantasy Star Universe
- Pingu: A Barrel of Fun! (4th cry)
- Roblox (Used as a penguin sound in "Expedition Antarctica".)
- SimCity 3000 Unlimited
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
PlayStation:
- Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy
- Crash Bandicoot
- Crash Bandicoot: Warped (4th cry)
- Crash Team Racing (4th cry)
PlayStation 2:
- Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue
- Crash Nitro Kart (Heard in "Inferno Island".)
- Phantasy Star Universe
- Ratchet & Clank (Heard in "Planet Orxon".)
- Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights (Used for ambience in Sea-Side levels.)
PlayStation 3:
PlayStation 4:
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (2nd cry; high pitched)
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
PlayStation 5:
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (2nd cry; high pitched)
Wii:
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Heard only in the Delfino Plaza Stage.)
Wii U:
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Heard only in the Delfino Plaza Stage.)
Xbox:
- Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue
- Crash Nitro Kart (Heard in "Inferno Island".)
Xbox 360:
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (4th cry)
- Phantasy Star Universe
Xbox One:
Videos/DVDs[]
- Baby Einstein
- The Safe Side: Internet Safety (2006) (Videos)
- Strawberry Shortcake: Adventures on Ice Cream Island (2004) (Videos)
- Strawberry Shortcake: Seaberry Beach Party (2005) (Videos)
Commercials[]
Australia:
- Powerball - $9 Million Jackpot (2005)
UK:
- Admiral Multicover (2021)
- Birds Eye - Seagulls (1999)
- Compare the Meerkat - The Magic Menu (2021) (radio)
- Frubes - Seagull (2020)
- Quickbooks - We mean business for your business (2020-2021)
- Zoopla - Crab World (2017-2018)
USA:
- Benjamin Moore - Regal Select Exterior Paint (2017)
- Noggin Explore The Shore Monthly Promo (2006-2009)
- North Carolina (1995)
- Planters - Pirate (2009)
- Travelocity (2008)
- UnitedHealthcare - Destination Wedding (2019) (Commercials)
- Verizon (2015)
Logos[]
- Sketchshark Productions (2021)
Bumpers[]
- MBC 3 (2006-present) (Bumpers)
- Nick Jr. Next IDs (1996-1998) (1st squawk used as ambience in the Bear Driving a Boat Next ID.)
- Noggin ID - Evolution (Heard once in a high pitch.)
- Playhouse Disney "Hats" Station ID (2001-2007)
- Teletoon - Frog in Prison IDs (Heard once in "Boat".)
Music Videos[]
- Aaliyah - Rock The Boat (2001)
Radio Spots/IDs/Audio Intros[]
New Zealand:
- National Aquarium of New Zealand - Sea Week (2019)
- Rova (2017)
USA:
- Rack Room Shoes - Crocs (2014)
Trailers[]
- The Addams Family 2 (2021) (Trailers)
- Barbie (2023) (Trailers)
- Return to Neverland (2002) (Trailers)
YouTube Videos[]
- Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts
- Cripescast Podcast
- Ghibli Fan Productions
- Timon and Pumbaa at the Movies (Heard in:)
- "Episode 6: Treasure Planet" (1st and 4th cries)
- "Episode 7: Atlantis: The Lost Empire" (1st and 4th cries)
- "Episode 11: Finding Nemo" (1st and 4th cries)
- "Episode 20: Ice Age" (1st and 4th cries)
- "Episode 26: Minions" (1st and 4th cries; mixed with Seagulls No Surf BT022101.)
- "Episode 28: Puss in Boots" (1st and 4th cries; mixed with Seagulls No Surf BT022101.)
- "Episode 29: WALL-E" (1st and 4th cries; mixed with Seagulls No Surf BT022101.)
- "Episode 32: Ice Age II: The Meltdown" (1st and 4th cries; mixed with Seagulls No Surf BT022101.)
- "Episode 34: Finding Dory" (1st and 4th cries; mixed with Seagulls No Surf BT022101.)
- "Episode 35: The SpongeBob Movie II: Sponge Out of Water" (1st and 4th cries; mixed with Seagulls No Surf BT022101.)
- Timon and Pumbaa at the Movies (Heard in:)
- Pirate Pat Channel
- Rarity Vrymer Collective
- Rarity Vrymer Collective (TV Official)
- Tonia LaJaunie Videos (Heard in "Dr. Seuss' Crash Bandicoot™ The Movie: The Thievius Raccoonus", seagull cries at Hawaiian Beach.)
- Webkinz 4: Fluffing Up (2022)
- WhitneyGoLucky
Anime[]
- Dragon Ball GT (Heard in the Blue Water version.)
- The World of Narue
Image Gallery[]
Audio Samples[]