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

Info

  • First recorded: August 13, 1982
  • Creator: John Leveque
  • Owner: The Walt Disney Company (1982-1990), The Hollywood Edge (1990-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
  • Origin: United States (from Studio 76 Library from John Leveque and Audio-Design)
  • Year debut: October 1, 1982
  • First heard: Vincent (a Tim Burton short)
  • Area used: Worldwide (rarely used in Japan)

First recorded in August 13, 1982, originally from John Leveque's Studio 76 Library (thought to be a vocal effect done by a voice actress or Frank Welker since he did cartoon animal noises at the time), but it didn't get it's public debut until the Tim Burton short, "Vincent" on October 1, 1982, 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, after the bankruptcy of The Hollywood Edge, Sound Ideas took over to acquire this sound.

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 The Premiere Edition 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.

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 Vincent) 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 quite 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

This happens to be the most common and overused cat screech sound effect that has been used for nearly every angry cat or off-screen crash in media from 1982-present. More than 50 million companies and shows, movies, commercials, video games, videos, and many more media use this sound effect. There is a 99% chance that you have this sound effect heard before.

Sound Effect Description

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

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Used In

TV Shows

NOTE: Don't expect this sound effect in every TV show.

TV Specials

Movies

NOTE: Don't expect this sound effect to be in every movie just because there's a cat in it or when you think it's going to be heard whenever something crashes off-screen.

Video Games

  • American McGee's Alice (2000) - (final yowl heard during intro)
  • Conker's Bad Fur Day/Live and Reloaded (Nintendo 64 and Xbox)
  • Grand Theft Auto V (2013) (PC, Xbox One & PS4) (Heard in a low pitch)
  • Homescapes (iOS and Android) (Used for Austin’s cat whenever he yowls or screeches.)
  • The Sims 2

PlayStation:

PlayStation 2:

PlayStation 3:

PlayStation 4:

Xbox:

Xbox 360:

Xbox One:

PC:

GBA:

Wii:

  • The Simpsons Game (Video Game)

Wii U:

  • Game & Wario (2013) (Heard in the Giant Bedroom level of "Taxi".)

Online Games

  • Mila's Magic Shop
  • Whack The Terrorist (4th and 6th yowls)

Video & DVD

Promos

UK:

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

USA:

  • A.N.T. Farm Promos (1st yowl heard once in the trANTsferred promo.)
  • ABC Family 25 Days of Christmas: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2015)
  • Bizaardvark Promos (Heard once in the Puff & Frankie promo.)
  • Cartoon Network Promos: Hamtaro
  • Disney Channel: Big Hero 6: Baymax Returns
  • Jessie Promos (Heard once in the Trashin' Fashion promo.)
  • Nick Jr. - Halloween (2006)
  • The 90's are All That: Doug's Stinky Cat (2011-2015)

Commercials

Australia:

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

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)

Denmark:

USA:

UK:

  • Dairylea - Clever Invention (1998)
  • Dairylea - Fridge Raid (1998)
  • Fire Kills - Smokey (1994)

Bumpers

  • YTV ID - Hair Dresser Cat (1998) (2nd yowl)

Shorts

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 are heard. No yowls were heard.)

Policy Trailers

Trailers

TV Spots

YouTube Videos

  • A Eh Bee Family Vine Special (2015)
  • Best Pals Hand Toons (3rd Yowl heard once in "Temper Amber".)
  • Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse (2nd & 5th yowls)
  • Cats & Pandas: A Minecraft Fable of Friendship
  • Classic Ending Credits with Lyrics by Brentalfloss (4th yowl heard towards the end.)
  • Dave and Ava Nursery Rhymes (3rd yowl heard once in a high pitch in "Five Little Kittens Jumping on the Bed".)
  • DreamWorksTV Series (Heavy use of it in some episodes.)
  • Garfield, Garfielf spanky spank! (Heard towards the end.)
  • Goodbye Kitty (The 3rd yowl is heard only in the opening with White Kitty getting electrocuted.)
  • High School Musical: A Bad Lip Reading (Used for Corville the space cat; 5th yowl heard twice in a low pitch.)
  • HowToBasic Videos (Heard once in "How to Get Married".)
  • How to Bust A Nut!
  • Kate's Place Videos (Heard once in "Wembley Makes Sounds With His Mouth".)
  • LEGO CITY FIRE
  • 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.)
  • Miles "Tails" Prower: Boy Genius (Heard when Shadow gets hit by something at 0:54 .)
  • 【MMD】Bread is sold out?!? D8 (4th yowl heard during Teto's tantrum.)
  • My Little Pony Meets Series
  • Olivier Hatta (4th yowl heard often in "Afternoon Hangout 6/24/15 (feat tylertristar2isback)" and "Rant gets interruptions #3", and heard once in "One has experienced many more interruptions" and "One has experienced much more interruptions.")
  • Pencilmation
  • PopToonsTV
  • PhantomStrider Videos (Heard once in "Top 10 Worst Cartoons".)
  • Screw Attack: Top Ten Cartoon Video Games
  • Smosh Videos
  • Sonic Shorts videos
  • Super Mario - Comic Dub: "Finally...NOT!"
  • SuperMarioLogan Videos
  • Trainlover476 Videos (Heard once in "I Was a Teenage Resident Evil Moron Part 1".)
  • Waluigi vs. The Sun (2015) (Shorts)
  • Webkinz (Heard once in "Cera's Issues".)
  • Webkinz 2: Ghostly Host (2015)
  • We Are Native American Cats (4th yowl heard once when Mittens trashes his house in rage.)
  • Yu-Gi-No! (4th yowl heard once when Yugi throws away a card off the screen.)
  • YTP: Caillou it's a Bad Boy (COLLAB ENTRY) (Sept. 1, 2018) by DiamondCounter
  • YTP: Spider-Man: Homecoming 69

Music

  • Meowpurddy (El-P Remix) - Run the Jewels and Snoop Dogg

Theme Parks

Disney California Adventure:

Kings Island:

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

Universal's Islands of Adventure:

  • The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (Theme Park) (3rd yowl heard in a high pitch at the start of the ride.)

Universal Studios Hollywood:

  • An American Tail Live (Theme Parks)

Walt Disney World:

Other Media

  • 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)
  • Gemmy: Fraidy Cat
  • Hallmark: My Pet Ghost
  • Matchbox: Stinky The Garbage Truck
  • Staples Center: Los Angeles Kings (Heard once in one of Eric Cartman's appearances.)

Anime

Anime doesn't use this sound effect very often.

  • ANISAVA
  • Azumanga Daioh (Only used once in Episode 24. Only the 6th yowl is used.)
  • Clannad (Only used once in Episode 3. Only the 1st yowl is used.)
  • Digimon Adventure 01 (Used in both the Japanese and English versions; in the English version, it's used in the episode, "The Gateway To Home".)
  • Hamtaro
  • Magical DoReMi
  • Magical Girl Site (The 1st yowl is heard in a high pitch in Episode 1.)
  • Naruto
  • The Secret World of Arrietty (Only the 2nd or 4th yowl is used, 1st in a lower pitch.)
  • Watamote (3rd yowl)
  • Yuru Yuri♪♪ (1st & 2nd yowls; Reverberant)

Image Gallery

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Audio Samples

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