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This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 1, which was made by The Hollywood Edge.

Info

Info
  • First recorded: TBA
  • Creator: Wylie Stateman
  • Owner: The Hollywood Edge (August 13, 1990-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
  • Origin: United States
  • Year debut: late 1980's
  • First heard: TBA
  • Area used: Worldwide (rarely used in Japan)

One of the earliest appearances of this sound was in the 1980 film "Forbidden Zone". Then it later appeared in Disney cartoon shows like DuckTales (since the episode "Magica's Shadow War" on September 28, 1987) and Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers. It wouldn't be until 1989 when The Simpsons would commonly use it for Snowball II, and the Crazy Cat Lady's cats.

On August 13, 1990, The Hollywood Edge acquired this sound to The Premiere Edition Volume 1 library and later appeared on other cartoon shows like WB/Amblin's Tiny Toon Adventures (1990-1992), as well as live action shows like NBC's Wings (1990-1997). Then, it appeared in movies such as National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), and more.

In 2014, The Hollywood Edge went out of business, due to bankruptcy. After that, Sound Ideas took over to acquire this sound, along with other Hollywood Edge sounds.

Since then, the worldwide popularity of the sound effect continues to appear in other TV shows, other films, and also began to appear in other medias like theme park attractions, video games, commercials, and others. The sound effect can be heard in several updated editions of several movies and some TV shows made prior to 1987 such as Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Brady Bunch episode "The Honeymoon". It also can be heard in some live shows, concerts and theatre plays such as Monty Python's Spamalot and Les Miserables the Musical.

There are other variations of this sound effect called "Cats Fighting Loud Sc PE917007" from Volume 9, which is the exact same sound, "Short Squeal Bat Rat CRT010902" from Cartoon Trax Volume 1, which is a higher pitched version of the 1st yowl and "ANIMAL, CAT - SEVERAL GROWLS, SPITS, INHALES, HISSES & SWIPES, FIGHT SCREECHES" from the Wild World of Animals Sound Effects Library, which is a low pitched version of this sound. There is also a Pro Sound Effects sound effect that is virtually the same as this, known as "Cat, Angry Growls, Moans, Various Versions". A full extended version (which includes Cats Two Meowing Clos PE022401) can be found on the Soundelux Sound Effects Library under the track SoundDogs, Animals-Cat, Vocals - Cats 2 Fight Hiss Scream Moan Cat 01 81 - Cats Fight Moan Hiss Cat-01*81.

It is possible that this sound was recorded the same time and these sounds, Cats Two Meowing Clos PE022401 and Two Cats Screeching And Moaning (the earliest use of a portion of was heard in Forbidden Zone) were being recorded too. It may be the distorted sound from the yowling. It is included as part of the Soundelux Sound Library. Soundelux owns The Hollywood Edge. This is more likely a condensed version of the original sound from the Soundelux vault.

Here's how the sound effect goes: The first part of it is the cats quietly meowing and angrily moaning. Then it is followed by four loud yowls and screams. After that there is more quiet moaning. Then there are two more yowls. The six yowls seem to be the most used and the most popular, especially the 3rd, 4th, and 6th ones.

Trivia

Trivia
  • This happens to be the most common cat screech sound effect that has been used for nearly every angry cat or off-screen crash in media, to the point that it received its own TVTropes page under the name of That Poor Cat in 2007.
  • Although the sound was rarely used in media during the 1980s, it wasn't until the beginning of the 1990s (since the second season of The Simpsons) that the sound started to be used constantly in every media and is still being used today.

Sound Effect Description

Sound Effect Description

Cats, Two; Angry Yowls During Cat Fight, Close Perspective.

Variations

Variations

Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect

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Used In

Used In

TV Shows

TV Shows

TV Specials

TV Specials

Movies

Movies

Shorts

Shorts

Video Games

Video Games

3DS:

Dreamcast:

DS:

GameCube:

GBA:

Mobile:

  • Homescapes (Used for Austin’s cat whenever he yowls or screeches.)
  • My ABC Train
  • My ABC Train HD

N64:

Nintendo Switch:

Online:

PC:

PlayStation:

PlayStation 2:

PlayStation 3:

  • Grand Theft Auto V (Heard in a low pitch.)
  • LittleBigPlanet (3rd yowl; used only for "Robo-cat" Magic Mouth Voice.)
  • LittleBigPlanet 2 (3rd yowl; used only for "Robo-cat" Magic Mouth Voice.)
  • LittleBigPlanet 3 (3rd yowl; used only for "Robo-cat" Magic Mouth Voice.)
  • Midnight Club: Los Angeles (Heard as an ambient sound, low volume.)

PlayStation 4:

PlayStation 5:

  • Stray (Used in a low pitch and a distorted effect for Cat when he yowls and screeches as he's jumped by a half-dead Companion eaten by Zurks.)

Wii:

  • The Simpsons Game
  • The Smurfs Dance Party (4th yowl; heard once in "Smurfs (Main Title)" after Gargamel says "I Hate Smurfs!".)

Wii U:

Xbox:

Xbox 360:

Xbox One:

Xbox Series X/S:

  • Stray (Used in a low pitch and a distorted effect for Cat when he yowls and screeches as he's jumped by a half-dead Companion eaten by Zurks.)

Videos/DVDs

Videos/DVDs

Theme Parks

Theme Parks

Disney California Adventure:

Kings Island:

  • Scooby-Doo! and the Haunted Castle (Theme Parks)

Universal's Islands of Adventure:

Universal Studios Japan:

Universal Studios Hollywood:

  • An American Tail Live (Theme Parks)

Walt Disney World:

  • Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along (Theme Parks) (6th yowl; heard once when LeFou crashes offscreen.)
  • Mickey's PhilharMagic (Theme Parks)
  • Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor (Theme Parks) (low pitched)
  • Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom

Bumpers

Bumpers

Commercials

Commercials

Australia:

  • Home Hardware - Home & Garden Sale (1993) (6th yowl)
  • QBE Insurance - 100% Commitment (2015) (3rd yowl)
  • QBE Insurance - Home Insurance (2015) (3rd yowl)

Denmark:

Hong Kong:

  • Mannings - Mannings Cat (2012, 2013)

New Zealand:

  • AMI Insurance - Lipstick (2016) (3rd yowl; heard briefly.)
  • AMI Insurance - Renters Insurance (2018) (4th yowl; heard briefly.)
  • Countdown - Fresh Ideas Summer (2019) (1st yowl)
  • Lift - Hypnotic (1990's) (5th yowl; high pitched)
  • Starburst (2002) (5th yowl)
  • V (2005) (3rd yowl; high pitched)

Thailand:

  • COTTO - Important notice from gangster cats “we will not endure …” (5th and 6th yowls)

UK:

  • Dairylea - Clever Invention (1998)
  • Dairylea - Fridge Raid (1998)
  • Ericsson A2618 - Same Phone, Similar Phone (2000) (1st yowl only.)
  • Fire Kills - Smokey (1994)
  • Nissan Note - Ratatouille (2007) (3rd yowl; sped-up)

USA:

Logos

Logos
  • Jinx Inc. (1998) (Logos) (6th yowl)
  • Nederland 3 (1999-2003) (5th yowl; heard once when the station closes down nightly.)
  • Nick Jr. ID - Cats (Only the part where the cats are meowing quietly is heard. No yowls were heard.)
  • Walt Disney Pictures Logo (1985-2006) (Logos) (Heard in the That Darn Cat (1997) variant.)

Promos

Promos

UK:

  • CITV - It's On at Quarter Past 3 (2004) (5th yowl)

USA:

Policy Trailers

Policy Trailers

Trailers

Trailers

TV Spots

TV Spots

Music

Music
  • The Aquabats! - Cat With 2 Heads (1997)
  • Meowpurddy (El-P Remix) - Run the Jewels and Snoop Dogg
  • Posehn - Monster Mosh (2020) (Heard once at the beginning of the song.)
  • Roody Roodboy - MiMi Miaww (Heard once at the end of the song.)
  • Sam Mac - Half Man Half Cat (feat The Wiggles)
  • Your Favorite Martian - Epileptic Techno (6th yowl; heard once after mentioning that Dick Cheney killed a kitten.)

Music Videos

Music Videos

DVD Menus

DVD Menus

Other Media

Other Media
  • Boo-Boo The Dancing Ghost (4th yowl; heard once after Boo-Boo The Ghost closes the jack-o'-lantern.)
  • Chuck E Cheese's: Some Holiday Larry Magic / Larry's Christmas Tree (Holiday 2002) (4th yowl; heard once when Larry runs away off-screen to get some power surges.)
  • Chuck E. Cheese Songs: Loppinsboopinfakindoopinfloppenloopenfunnin's Day (2018)
  • Chuck E. Cheese's: Nigel & Ronnie: The Fly (2020) (4th yowl; heard once.)
  • Gemmy: Fraidy Cat
  • Hallmark: My Pet Ghost
  • The Incredibles: Incredi-Blunders (3rd yowl)
  • PBS Kids Fundings (6th yowl; heard once in a high pitch in the Theodore Tugboat funding credits from 1998 in the "Primestar" funding.)
  • Staples Center: Los Angeles Kings (Heard once in one of Eric Cartman's appearances.)
  • Stinky The Garbage Truck
  • Timon and Pumbaa's Virtual Safari (Other Media) (The Lion King 1½ DVD) (6th yowl; high pitched)

Web Originals

Web Originals

Newgrounds Videos

Newgrounds Videos
  • The 10 Second Collab (2006) (4th yowl; heard once in Steven-M's entry.)
  • Dave (Newgrounds)
  • Eddsworld (4th yowl; heard once in "MovieMakers".)
  • Hotdiggedydemon Videos (4th yowl; heard once in "We Are NativeAmericanCats" when Mittens trashes his house in rage.)

YouTube Videos

YouTube Videos
  • A Eh Bee Family Vine Special (2015)
  • AGKandvideomaker2000 Productions (4th yowl; heard once in "Angry German Kid vs. Stephen Quire...Again".)
  • Alpharad Videos (Heard once in "Mario Maker is not meant for four players".)
  • Annoying Orange (The 1st and 2nd yowls can be heard once in a double low pitch in "Ask Orange #10: TWO MILLION KNIVES".)
  • Aphmau (4th yowl; heard briefly once in "Aphmau's NEW KITTEN!" when kitty attacks Aphmau, and in "Ein MAGIC!" when Aphmau throws away magic cards offscreen.)
  • AquaticNeptune (4th yowl; used twice for Gary in "GARY'S BATH - SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS" and heard once when Jeffy jumps into a yard and crashes offscreen in "SML JEFFY'S BUGS".)
  • Avocado Animations (4th yowl; heard once in "Dream's ACTUAL Face Reveal" when Dream throws his cat away.)
  • Bad Lip Reading (5th yowl; used twice in a low pitch for Corville the space cat when he yowls in ""HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: A BAD LIP READING" -- Bad Lip Reading and Disney XD Present:".)
  • Beanie Babies 3 (2015) (low growl, 3rd, 5th, and 6th yowls)
  • Beanie Babies Families Galore (2021)
  • Beby (4th yowl; used 6 times for Gatiuska in "Así Es El Fin de Semana de un RICO vs un POBRE", also heard twice in "Dramaría se Toma el BATIDO DE GRIMACE!".)
  • BellyThat Productions (6th yowl; used for Pussy the Kitty when she yowls in "Hidan Show 09 The Movie".)
  • The Best Pals Hand Show
  • Best Pals Hand Toons (3rd yowl; heard once in "Temper Amber".)
  • Bonkile Productions :3 (4th yowl; heard once in "Total Drama Gone Wild! - Madison's Audition Tape".)
  • Brad's Brick Post
  • Brentalfloss (4th yowl; heard once towards the end in "Classic Ending Credits WITH LYRICS".)
  • BRIGHT SIDE (5th yowl; heard once in "What Animals On Earth Will Look Like In a Million Years".)
  • Brooklynn The Cartoon Girl (Heard in:)
    • "1 Second from 100 Random Moments" (4th yowl heard once in a clip from Shrek 2.)
    • "What If Flint Lockwood's Parents Had…" (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th yowls used once for Ellie the cat when she attacks Tim.)
    • "Beanie Boos Short: Scraps' Solar Eclipse Glasses" (3rd yowl; high pitched)
    • "Kathy & Petunia's Reaction to the This Is How We Take a Bath Song from Sesame Street" (2nd, 3rd and 4th yowls; used once in a high pitch for Petunia when she screams.)
    • "Tommy The Cat's Reaction to the This Is How We Take a Bath Song from Sesame Street" (different yowl; used once for Tommy when he screams.)
  • The Caddicarus Show (4th yowl; heard once in "The Forbidden World of BANNED Games".)
  • Caillou Brings Gilbert to School/Grounded
  • Calling All Engines from Tomorrowland (4th yowl; heard once in "Cat Thunderstorm" and 6th yowl; heard thrice in "Cat Thunderstorm".)
  • Carson's Video Workshop (4th yowl; heard once in "Shining Time Greetings".)
  • Cas van de Pol
  • Cats & Pandas: A Minecraft Fable of Friendship
  • CERU (2nd yowl: heard once in "[YTP] Oggy prepares for his dream girl *PRANK*" and "[YTP] Oggy dreams on simping girls just so he can confess his love to Olivia but never worked".)
  • Chadtronic (4th yowl; heard in "Harry Potter Polyjuice Potion Makeover", "Schools Are CANCELLING Halloween" and "Nickelodeon Thingmaker Chill-A-Tron Lab".)
  • ChuChu TV Storytime (3rd yowl)
  • Craziness!
  • Crystal Vaporeon (Note: This channel is in Spanish language.)
  • The Cute Mario Bros
  • Dave and Ava Nursery Rhymes (3rd yowl; heard once in a high pitch in "Five Little Kittens Jumping on the Bed".)
  • David Young Videos (Heard in "Caillou Takes Gilbert To The Vet", Gilbert does this every time he yowls and screeches.)
  • DoujinPixation
  • DreamWorksTV Series (Heavy use of it in some episodes.)
  • ElectricDragon505 (4th yowl; heard once in "The History of Walt Disney Animation Studios + (5/16) - Animation Lookback".)
  • ExtremeToys TV (Used for Cartoon Cat in "Cartoon Cat is on the Loose! The Crazy Feline Haunts and Attacks Ethan and Cole!!".)
  • Falling for Fall Livestream Videos (6th yowl; heard once in "Sunday Drive".)
  • FeliTheCoolEasy
  • Fireman Sam YTPs (4th yowl; heard once in "YTP-Fireman Sam Sucks At His Job (Collab Entry) (OLD)" when a paint can Elvis Criddlington stepped on with his foot starts exploding, and 5th yowl; heard once in "YTP: Welsh Woman gets Stuck on a Roof and Everything else Explodes" when Sam's robot kills Bella Lasagne's cat Rosa.)
  • Flamingo (YouTube Channel)
  • Flowgo (4th yowl; heard once in "Swattin' Around the Xmas Tree!" and "O Kitty Tree".)
  • FranckyFox2468
  • FunVideoTV
  • GayoDaisunAlwan // GayoTheShenYunFan2008 (Heard in "Zee Fight Cloud".)
  • Ghibli Fan
  • Goodbye Kitty (3rd yowl; heard only in the opening with White Kitty getting electrocuted.)
  • Greatdictator
  • Gryffonmanic (5th yowl; heard once in "Miles "Tails" Prower: Boy Genius" when Shadow gets hit by something at 0:54.)
  • Haminations (4th yowl only, slightly slowed in tempo, lower quality; heard once in "Dogs and Cats (Which is better?)", when Katie yowls, after Bryson pushes her off the treehouse.)
  • 【Hololive Animation】Korone's Room Inspection
  • HowToBasic (Heard once in "How to Get Married".)
  • How to Bust A Nut!
  • Illymation
  • Inanimate Insanity II (Heard in "Breaking the Ice".)
  • Infinity Productions
  • Ironmouse (4th & 6th yowls)
  • Jack Sablich Videos (1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th yowls; heard once in "War of the Puppets: Episode II" for Tuddy Puddy, even though he has his own vocal effects.)
  • ʚ 𝕛𝕦𝕝𝕚♡𝕣𝕦𝕓𝕪 ɞ Videos (5th and 6th yowls only.)
  • Kaiju Beyond! Belief (3rd yowl, 4th yowl mixed with Girl Screams Long Hi CRT028201.)
  • Kate's Place Videos (Heard once in "Wembley Makes Sounds With His Mouth".)
  • Katelin Nestor's Animation Videos Fun Toon Pop/Fundo Pop (4th yowl; heard in "The Lonely Giraffe" when Jeffrey slips on a banana peel and crashes.)
  • KeithX
  • Kitty0706
  • Kurtis Conner (Heard once in "Canada Made Really Weird PSAs...".)
  • LeonardK2
  • Littlest Pet Shop: Popular (Starting in Season 2, Brooke and the other cats do it when they yowl and screech; 3rd and 4th yowls are mainly used.)
  • LorenzoesCartoons (6th yowl; heard once in "Gem, Gemm n Gemmy".)
  • MADABOUTLEGO (Heard in "LEGO CITY FIRE".)
  • mattanimation (4th yowl; heard once in "VeggieTables".)
  • Metkuratsu Mizuiro (4th and 6th yowls; heard once in "Super Mario - Comic Dub: "Finally...NOT!"".)
  • MFAGKPRODUCTIONS (4th yowl; heard once in "AGK and His Friends Get in Trouble at School", "AGK Babysits His Brothers" and "AGK Goes to the Movies".)
  • Mighty Beaver
  • Milky Way And The Galaxy Girls (4th yowl; heard once in "Maniac Mercury" when Mercury accidentally steps on Jupiter’s cat.)
  • Minilife TV
  • 【MMD】Bread is sold out?!? D8 (4th yowl; heard in very low, grainy quality during Teto's tantrum.)
  • Moana Legends
  • Moon Kute Official
  • MrMrMANGOHEAD
  • Mr OCL stories Guy
  • Mylemarks (4th yowl; heard once in "All About Empathy (for kids!)" When Suzy's cat dissapears and it didn't come back.)
  • NateTheSpongebobAndAmphibiaFan2022 (2nd and 3rd yowls; heard once in "Amphibia: Anne and Sprig and the Alphabet Adventures (FULL)".)
  • NICKtendo (4th yowl; heard once in "How Trump Ruined Sponge on the Run - Every Lost SpongeBob Movie Explained".)
  • Nostalgia Critic (4th yowl; heard once in "Santa Claus The Movie" mixed with ANIMAL, CAT - TOM CATS, FIGHTING, HISSING, GROWLING (normal and reversed edits) and "The Swan Princess" by itself.)
  • Olivier Hatta (4th yowl; heard often in "Afternoon Hangout 6/24/15 (feat tylertristar2isback)" and "Rant gets interruptions #3"; once in "One has experienced many more interruptions" and "One has experienced much more interruptions".)
  • Pencilmation
  • PhantomStrider (2nd growl; heard once in "Top 10 Worst Cartoons", 1st yowl; heard once in "Top 10 Darkest Nickelodeon Episodes", 4th yowl; heard once in "The 10 Most Disturbing Fast Foods" and 5th yowl; heard once in "The 10 Banned Fast Food Toys".)
  • Phone Repair Guru (6th yowl; heard once in "Nothing Strikes Again... #Shorts" when Phone Repair Guru throws a package onto the fixing tools.)
  • Pikapetey Animations (4th yowl; heard towards the end of "Garfield, Garfielf spanky spank!".)
  • PopToons (4th yowl; heard once sped up in "Swish Swish Cartoon Parody". 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th yowls; heard once in "Taylor Swift - ME! ft. Brendon Urie (CARTOON PARODY)". The 4th yowl is also used in "Katy Perry - Bon Appétit ft. Migos (CARTOON PARODY)".)
  • Princess Isabela Entertainment, Inc.
  • RidiculousCake (4th yowl; low quality)
  • Screw Attack: Top Ten Cartoon Video Games (4th yowl)
  • Scribbler Productions (4th yowl; heard once in "[Valentines Special] Meet the Ponies: Royal Tease (comedy/romance - Twilight/Pinkie)".)
  • Shelly and Terry: The Big League (2024)
  • Skaggles the Squirrel (4th yowl; heard once in "A Bad Day For Skaggles" when Skaggles shoots a sleeping white cat, and 2nd yowl; used once for the gray cat when it yowls in "Skaggles Crush".)
  • SMG4 Videos
  • Smosh Videos (5th yowl; heard once in "FOOD BATTLE 2013".)
  • SomeBuddy Videos
  • Sonic Shorts (4th yowl; heard once in "Vol. 8".)
  • SSBMEXPERT
  • Sunny Day Animations
  • Tachin1994
  • Thegoodadvice Cupcake-FP (Used for Sprinkles the Cat.)
  • Tom Sing (Used for Tom when he yowls and screeches.)
  • ToucanLDM
  • Trainlover476 Videos (Heard once in "I Was a Teenage Resident Evil Moron Part 1".)
  • Veksler96 (1st yowl; heard once in "【レッドゾーン】CAT ZONE".)
  • Vinesauce
  • Webkinz (Heard once in "Cera's Issues".)
  • Webkinz 2: Ghostly Host (2015)
  • Welcome to Cat-toon Network
  • YTP: Caillou it's a Bad Boy (COLLAB ENTRY) (Sept. 1, 2018) by DiamondCounter
  • YTP: Spider-Man: Homecoming 69
  • Yu-Gi-No! (4th yowl; heard once when Yugi throws away a card offscreen.)
  • Yudhaikeledai (4th yowl; heard once in "My Little Pony in Talking with Portals: No.1 Prank".)

Production Music

Production Music

KPM Music

KPM Music
  • Not Fair Ground a

Anime

Anime

Note: Anime doesn't use this sound effect very often.

Image Gallery

Image Gallery

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Audio Samples

Audio Samples

Full version of this sound effect.

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