This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 1, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. It's a higher quality version of Dolphins Chirping TE015902, which can be found on The Edge Edition Volume 1.
Info
- First recorded: 1963
- Creator: Unknown
- Owner: Soundelux (1963-1990), The Hollywood Edge (1990-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
- Origin: United States
- Year debut: August 14, 1963
- First heard: Flipper
- Area used: Worldwide
The sound effect is made by a doctored song of a kookaburra; it's edited to be high pitched and sped up.
Originally a Soundelux sound effect; it debuted in the 1963 film, Flipper.
In 1990, The Hollywood Edge added it to The Premiere Edition Volume 1 library. In 2014, after the bankruptcy of The Hollywood Edge, Sound Ideas took over to acquire it.
Today, it's heard in more than hundreds of media, it's often commonly used as a censor sound effect since 2001 due to SpongeBob using it out of context.
Sound Effect Description
Dolphin; Chirps / Vocals, Classic, Close Perspective. Debuted in 1963 with the film "Flipper".
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Similar Variations
Dolphins Chirping TE015902 (lower quality version)
Used In
TV Shows
- Adventure Time (Heard once in "Memories of Boom-Boom Mountain".)
- Alphablocks (Heard once in "Alphabet!".)
- The Amazing World of Gumball (Heard once in "The List".)
- Angela Anaconda (Heard once in "Gone Fishing".)
- Animaniacs (2020)
- Apple & Onion (Heard once in "Fun Proof".)
- Arthur (Heard once in "The Shore Thing" and "April 19th".)
- The Backyardigans (Heard in "The Great Dolphin Race".)
- Baby Shark's Big Show! (Heard in "Fish Friends Forever".)
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Used for Fluke in "Evil Under the Sea".)
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (Heard once in "All Paws on Deck".)
- Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures (Heard in "Deserted Island".)
- Blue's Clues & You! (Heard in "Magenta's Case of the Giggles".)
- Boy Meets World (Heard only in "The Happiest Show on Earth".)
- Breadwinners (Heard once in "Buhdouble Trouble".)
- Bubble Guppies (Heard in the following episodes:)
- "The Beach Ball!" (twice during the song "On the Beach".)
- "A Dolphin is a Guppy's Best Friend!" (often)
- "The New Guppy!" (once)
- Camp Lazlo (Heard once in "The Wig of Why".)
- Catscratch (Heard once in "Mall Adjusted".)
- Clifford the Big Red Dog (Heard once in "It's My Party".)
- Clone High (Heard once in "Gate Expectations".)
- Curious George (Heard once in "George Lights Up the Night".)
- Dexter's Laboratory (Heard once in "Ocean Commotion".)
- Dora the Explorer (Heard in "Dora Saves the Mermaids".)
- Ed, Edd n' Eddy (Heard once in a high pitch in "All Eds Are Off".)
- El Chavo Animado (Heard once in "Aventura Submarina".)
- Elmo's World (A different version with varying pitches is heard once in "Bath Time" for the whale.)
- The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (Heard once in "The Frenzied Farts of Flabby Fabulous".)
- Flipper (1964 TV Series)
- The Fairly OddParents (First used in "Action Packed".)
- Gerald McBoing Boing (2005)
- Glove and Boots
- Gravity Falls (Used within Mermando in "The Deep End" and Aoshima in "The Inconveniencing".)
- Happy Tree Friends (Heard once in "Sea What I Found".)
- Harold and the Purple Crayon (Heard once in "Harold and the Purple Crayon".)
- Harvey Girls Forever!
- Hey Duggee (Heard once in "The Sandcastle Badge".)
- Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Weather or Not".)
- Johnny Test
- Kappa Mikey (Heard once in "The Switch", "Mikey Impossible", "Saving Face", "The Good, The Bad and the Mikey" and "Uh Oh Guano".)
- Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (Heard once in "For the Love of Gunther" and "Mow Money".)
- King of the Hill (Heard once in "Jon Vitti Presents: Return to La Grunta".)
- League of Super Evil (Heard often in "Swimming with the Sharks".)
- The Loud House (Heard once in "Present Tense".)
- The Lion Guard (Heard in "Dragon Island".)
- Little Einsteins (Heard once in "Whale Tale" and "Pirate's Treasure".)
- MAD (Heard in "2012 Dalmatians".)
- The Magic School Bus (Heard once in "Blows its Top" and "Gets Eaten".)
- Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart (Heard once in a high pitch in "Meet Tanya Keys".)
- The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
- Mickey and the Roadster Racers/Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures (Heard once in "A Gollywood Wedding".)
- Mickey Mouse
- Mighty Express (Used for Dippers.)
- The Mr. Men Show (Heard once in "Beach".)
- Muppet Babies (2018 TV Series) (Heard once in "Summer the Great".)
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey (Heard once in "Making the Grade".)
- My Little Pony: Pony Life
- Nature Cat (Heard once in "Ocean Commotion".)
- Ni Hao, Kai-Lan (Heard often in normal and varying pitches in "Tolee’s Turn" and once in "Kai-Lan's Great Trip to China".)
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons (Heard once in "Jamal the Funny Frog: Camping".)
- OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (Heard in "Everybody Likes Rad?".)
- Oswald (Heard once in "Sleepover".)
- Out of Jimmy's Head
- Paid Off with Michael Torpey (Heard only in "First Generation to Grace the Halls of Higher Learning", during "Seuss or Sauce".)
- Paper Port (Heard in "La niña pez".)
- Pecola
- Pepper Ann
- Phineas and Ferb (Heard once in "Swiss Family Phineas" and "Lawn Gnome Beach Party".)
- Pickle and Peanut
- Polaris: Player Select (Sometimes used to censor foul language, possibly as an allusion to its usage in SpongeBob.)
- The Powerpuff Girls (Heard once in "All Chalked Up" during the chalk dream.)
- The Powerpuff Girls (2016 TV Series)
- Power Rangers
- Puppy Dog Pals (Heard once in "Turkey on the Town".)
- The Replacements
- Rescue Heroes (Heard thrice in "Tidal Wave".)
- RoboRoach (Heard once in "Fitness Bug".)
- Robot Chicken
- Rocket Power (Heard once in "Kayaks Amok".)
- Sanjay and Craig (Heard once in "Be Like Tufflips".)
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (Heard once in "The Feast of Dr. Frankenfooder!".)
- Sesame Street (Heard once in "My Animal Books" and "Circus Alphabet".)
- Sonny With a Chance
- South Park
- The Simpsons
- Spliced
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard in a wide variety of episodes, like in "Sailor Mouth" and "Karen's Baby" when a teenage Chip blurts out dozens of swear words.)
- Squirrel Boy
- Stanley (Heard thrice in "Dolphin Talk".)
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil (Heard twice in "Royal Pain"; heard once in "Diaz Family Vacation"; used for Johnny Blowhole in "The Bounce Lounge".)
- Steven Universe Future
- Super Mario World
- Teen Titans Go! (Heard once in "Pyramid Scheme" and "Pirates".)
- Total Drama Island (Heard briefly in "Brunch of Disgustingness".)
- Totally Spies!
- Unikitty (Heard often in "Pool Duel" and once in "Welcome to the Unikingdom".)
- Wacky Races (2017 TV Series) (Heard once in "Space Race".)
- What a Cartoon! (Heard once in "Sledgehammer O'Possum in: Out and About".)
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (Heard once in "Moo-Moo's Snoozity Snooze".)
- Zig and Sharko
- Zoey 101
Movies
- A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (2012)
- Aquaman (2018)
- Barbie as the Island Princess (2007) (Heard in normal and high pitches.)
- Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia (2006)
- Big Fish & Begonia (2016)
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) (Used as sounds for Bananostriches.)
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (Heard once in a low pitch during the song "Toxic Love".)
- The Final Destination (2009) (Used when the stock car slips on oil.)
- Flipper (1963) (debut)
- Flipper's New Adventure (1964)
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
- Inside Out (2015)
- The Karate Kid (2010) (Heard once from the television showing the Chinese-dubbed version of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III".)
- Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
- The Lego Movie (2014)
- The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
- The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
- The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) (normal pitched and high pitched)
- The Little Mermaid (1989)
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)
- Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)
- Love Wrecked (2005)
- Madagascar (2005)
- Madeline in Tahiti (2007)
- Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
- My Little Pony Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow (2006)
- My Little Pony: Friends Are Never Far Away (2005) (high pitched)
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
- Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020) (Used for dolphins chirping from a television screen or in audio mode.)
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
- Storks (2016)
- Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (2018)
- The Three Stooges (2012)
- Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2000)
- Zootopia (2016)
Video Games
Arcade:
- Cruis'n World
GameCube:
GBA:
Mobile:
- Dumb Ways to Die 2: The Games
Nintendo Switch:
Online:
PC:
- LEGO The Incredibles
- My First Incredible Amazing Dictionary
- Plants vs. Zombies (Heard when the Dolphin Rider Zombie shows up; also heard during "There's a Zombie on Your Lawn".)
- Playskool Puzzles
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
PlayStation 2:
PlayStation 4:
Xbox:
Xbox 360:
- Dead or Alive 4 (Heard once in Kasumi's ending.)
Xbox One:
Commercials
New Zealand:
- Kia Ora from Kaikoura (2017)
- New World - BagVote.co.nz (2017)
USA:
- Dairy Queen - Guitar That Sounds Like Dolphins (2011)
- Hotwire (Commercials) (Heard often in "The Hotwire Effect - Beach".)
- Planters Rebirth (Heard with random chirps mixed up.)
Shorts
- Day & Night (2010) (Shorts)
- DC Super Hero Girls: Super Shorts
- Treevenge (2008) (Shorts)
Trailers
- G-Force (2009) (Trailers)
- Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) (Trailers)
- Madagascar (2005) (Trailers)
- Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (2018) (Trailers)
TV Spots
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) (TV Spots)
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) (TV Spots)
Music
- Kill The Noise - Dolphin On Wheels with Dillon Francis
Music Videos
- Major Lazer - Bubble Butt (feat. Bruno Mars, 2 Chainz, Tyga & Mystic)
Video & DVD Previews
- KidVision VHS Preview (1995)
Logos
- Hiroshima Home TV Closedown (2000-2006)
- TMS Entertainment (1999-2009) (Logos)
Online Videos
Miscellaneous
- Microsoft Plus! 95
- Microsoft Plus! for Kids
- Microsoft Plus! 98
- Noisy Animals (Sound Book)
- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Resource Kit
YouTube Videos
- Angry Video Game Nerd (Heard once in "Ecco the Dolphin".)
- Best Disney and Pixar Vines of 2016
- The Best Pals Hand Movie (2018)
- Best Pals Hand Toons
- EmpLemon
- Ironmouse
- Kids Learning Videos (Heard once in "Learning Animals for Children - Animal Sounds" and "Wild Animal Sounds! Learning Zoo Animal Sounds for Kids".)
- Martinez Twins Series
- MrKoolTrix (Heard twice in "Just Being Zany".)
- NathanSaturnBOi (Used for censor bleeps.)
- PaperLuigi99 (Used for censor bleeps.)
- Schaffrillas Productions (Used for censor bleeps.)
- SML Videos (Heard often in "Bowser Junior's Big Vacation!" and "Bowser Junior's Crazy Sleepover!" where it was used as censor bleeps.)
- The Webkinz Movie (2012)
- Webkinz
- WhitneyGoLucky (Heard in a very low pitch, slowed down.)
Other Media
Image Gallery
Hollywoodedge, Dolphin Chirps Vocal PE024601/Image Gallery
Audio Samples
(A low pitched and slowed down version of the sound.)