This sound effect can be found on Animal Trax, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. It was originally a Valentino sound effect.
Info
- First recorded: 1958
- Creator: Thomas J. Valentino
- Owner: Major Records/Valentino (1958-1996), The Hollywood Edge (1996-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
- Origin: United States
- Year debut: March 14, 1966
- First heard: Born Free (a Columbia film)
- Area used: Worldwide
This sound is likely originally a Columbia Pictures and possibly an Major Records/Valentino sound effect called Bull Elephant Trumpeting, which can be found on Major Records - Sound Effects Volume 4 in 1958, except it is low-pitched. It first debuted in the Columbia film, Born Free on March 14, 1966.
This sound is referred to as "The Sesame Street Elephant Trumpet" due to being used as a phenomenon in Sesame Street, often heard heavily in this show, along with AT043801, and AT043901. This can be heard in high and low pitches. This sound is often used for Fluffy, the elephant that lives in Oscar's trash can. This also was used for many elephants in this show. They used this a lot, even in today's era of Sesame Street. The 1st time it was used on Sesame Street was in a skit featuring Grover and Simon Soundman at Charlie's Restaurant (though, it was more high pitched).
A low pitched version of this sound is included in Sound Ideas, ELEPHANT - TRUMPETS, VARIOUS, ANIMAL from The International Sound Effects Library in 1983. Even a low pitched and low quality version of this sound called ANIMAL, ELEPHANT - ELEPHANT AT ZOO exists and can be found in the Dimension Sound Effects Library. In 1996, The Hollywood Edge picked it up and add this sound from this library.
In 2014, after The Hollywood Edge went out of business due to its bankruptcy, Sound Ideas took over to acquire this sound.
This is the most popular elephant sound effect ever used by more than any other of these medias today, especially Sesame Street. There's almost a 99.9% that you've heard this elephant sound before.
Sound Effect Description
Elephant Trumpet. Single Classic Trumpet. Close Perspective.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Similar Variations
- Elephant, Trumpet, Short Bursts, Horn Toot, Several Versions, Creature Vocalizations 02 (included)
- ANIMAL, ELEPHANT - ELEPHANT AT ZOO (low-pitched and low-quality)
- ELEPHANT - TRUMPETS, VARIOUS, ANIMAL (low-pitched)
- Valentino, Bull Elephant Trumpeting (low-pitched)
Used In
TV Shows
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series (Heard once in "Good Neighbor Cruella".)
- 2 Stupid Dogs/Super Secret Secret Squirrel (Heard once in "Hollywood's Ark".)
- The 7D (Heard once in "Itsy Bitsy Spider Fighters".)
- AAAHH!!! Real Monsters (Heard once in "Spy vs. Monster".)
- Adventure Time (Heard once in "Something Big".)
- Animal Atlas (Heard once in "Savanna Safari".)
- Animal Crackers
- Arthur (Heard often in "Sue Ellen Adds It Up" and once in "Phony Fern".)
- Austin & Ally
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (Heard once in "Return to Omashu".)
- Babar and the Adventures of Badou
- Back at the Barnyard (Heard once in "Home Sweet Hole".)
- Barney & Friends (Heard once in "Bunches of Boxes".)
- Bear in the Big Blue House (Heard once in "Raiders of the Lost Cheese".)
- Between the Lions (Heard once in "Quest, Quest, Quest!.")
- Big City Greens (Heard often in "Uncaged".)
- Blaze and the Monster Machines (Heard once in "The Supersize Prize".)
- Brain Games (Heard twice in "Memory".)
- Brum (Heard twice in "Little Girl Lost".)
- Caillou (Heard once in "Where's Gilbert", "Caillou's Marching Band" and "Caillou's Camel Ride".)
- Camp Lakebottom (Heard often in "F.L.O.P.P.Y the Elephant".)
- Camp Lazlo
- Captain Flamingo (Heard once in "Saddle-Brained".)
- ChalkZone (Heard once in "Hole in the Wall", "Portable Portal" and "Taffy".)
- Chirp (TV Series) (Heard once in "Time Out".)
- Chowder (Heard primarily for Gazpacho's trumpet sounds.)
- Clarence (Heard once in "Zoo".)
- Class of 3000 (Heard once in "Peanuts!!!! Get Your Peanuts!!!!.")
- Codename: Kids Next Door (Heard once in "Operation: H.O.T.S.T.U.F.F.".)
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Dinosaur Train (Heard once in "Dinosaur Discoveries".)
- Doc McStuffins (Heard often in "Jungle Jumble".)
- The Dog & Pony Show (Heard once in "Have an Ice Day!".)
- Dora the Explorer (Heard once in "Dora Saves Three Kings Day".)
- Donkey Ollie (Heard once in "Circus Maximus".)
- Drake & Josh (Heard once in "Drew and Jerry".) - (Heard from the TV.)
- Drawn Together (Heard once in "Requeim for a Reality Show".)
- Edgar & Ellen (Heard once in "Wax Removal".)
- Ed Edd n Eddy
- Elmo's World (Heard once in "Exercise", "Flowers, Plants and Trees", and "Weather", in a normal pitch, "Feet" in a low pitch and "Wild Animals", in a high pitch.)
- The Fairly OddParents
- George of the Jungle (2007 TV Series) (This sound is only used in Season 2.)
- Go, Diego, Go! (Heard in "Gorilla Fun" and "Diego's Safari Rescue".)
- GirlStuff/BoyStuff (Heard once in "Lip Gloss Queen" and "Cram Session".)
- Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs (Heard once in "When I Grow Up...".)
- Harvey Girls Forever!
- Henry's Amazing Animals
- Hercules: The Animated Series (Heard in "Hercules and the Secret Weapon".)
- Higglytown Heroes
- Horrid Henry (Heard once in "Horrid Henry's Zoo Trip".)
- Iggy Arbuckle (Heard once in "Fish and Chip off the Old Block".)
- Jim Henson's Animal Jam (Used for Bozark.)
- Jim Henson's The Hoobs (Heard once in "Bedtime Story".)
- Johnny Bravo (Heard once in "Double Vision" and "The Hunk at the End of This Cartoon.")
- Johnny Test (Heard once in "Here, Johnny! Here Boy!", "Johnny's Keys to Success" and "Johnny on the Clock".)
- JoJo's Circus (Heard once in "Try These On for Boing!" and "The Un-Average Day.")
- Jungle Cubs (Heard once in "Trunks for the Memories".)
- Jungle Junction (Used sometimes for Ellyvan's trumper sounds.)
- Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (Heard once in "There Will Be Nachos" and "Things That Make You Go Boom!".)
- Kuu Kuu Harajuku (Heard often in "Trust Your Inner Uniphant".)
- Muppet Babies (2018 TV Series)
- Lalaloopsy
- Little Big Awesome (Heard once in "Gotta Get a Gimmick.")
- Little Bill (Heard three times in "The Zoo"; once in "Elephant on the Loose" and "The Car Keys".)
- Little Einsteins (Heard a few times in a normal pitch in "Jump for Joey", heard once in "Annie, Get Your Microphone!" and "Animal Snack Time", and heard more than once in a higher and normal pitch in "Little Elephant's Big Parade".)
- The Little People Zoo Show (Villa Park, Illinois)
- Little Roy (Heard once in "Stuck to the Remote".)
- The Loud House
- Max & Ruby (Heard twice in "Ruby's Solar System".)
- Mickey and the Roadster Racers/Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures (Heard often in "A Gollywood Wedding".)
- Mickey Mouse
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Heard once in "Donald's Big Balloon Race" and "Clarabelle's Clubhouse Carnival".)
- Mixels (Heard once in "Every Knight Has It's Day".)
- Monster Clubhouse (Heard often whenever the monsters get chased by an elephant; Joined by the 8th trumpet of PE024801 in "Dance Until You Hear the Bell".)
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- The New Fantastic Four
- Noah's Ark/Story of the Biblical Flood by Scott Cawthon
- Nom Noms (TV Series) (Heard once in "Never Touch In Nom Valley". This is heard behind a tree.)
- Oggy and the Cockroaches
- Oswald (Heard once in "Sleepover".)
- PAW Patrol (Heard three times in "Pups Save an Upset Elephant".)
- The Penguins of Madagascar
- Pinky Dinky Doo (Heard once in "Pinky and the Pink Phenomenon" when Pinky screams "PINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNK!!!!!!!", and "Pinky Dinky Doo and the Cloud People" when Pinky and Mr. Guinea Pig are hiding in the blanket. Also heard in "Dragon Needs a Sippy Cup" and "Boom Sonic Boom!".)
- The Planet's Funniest Animals
- Pocoyo
- The Powerpuff Girls (Heard once in "The Rowdyruff Boys".)
- Prehistoric Park (Heard once in "A Mammoth Undertaking".)
- The Problem Solverz (Heard once in "Time Twister".)
- The Proud Family (Heard once in "It Takes a Thief".)
- Power Rangers
- Pumper Pups (Heard often in "Grouch".)
- Rescue Heroes (Heard twice in "Wildfire".)
- RoboRoach (Heard once in "Santa's Bitter Helper".)
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Rugrats
- Rusty Rivets (Heard once in "Rusty's Big Top Trouble".)
- Robot Chicken
- Samurai Jack (Heard once in a normal pitch in EPISODE LI: "Young Jack in Africa"; twice in a high pitch and once in a higher pitch in EPISODE XXVII: "Chicken Jack".)
- Sesame Street (HEAVIEST USE OF THIS SAMPLE! Often heard in various pitches, including high and low, used for Fluffy and other elephants, from 1974-2006)
- Sheep in the Big City (Heard once in "The Wool Is Not Enough".)
- The Simpsons
- Sofia the First (Heard once in "A Royal Mess", "Blue Ribbon Bunny" and "Two to Tangu".)
- South Park
- Spliced
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard once in "Bubblestand" (low pitched), "Walking Small", "I'm With Stupid", "The Secret Box", "No Weenies Allowed", "Love That Squid", "Big Sister Sam", "Old Man Patrick" and "Who R Zoo?".)
- Stanley (Heard once in "Show-&-Tell Shark", "Rabbit Habit", "Remembering with Elephants", "The Big Spill", "A Little Squirrel Music", "Tasmanian Tantrum", "Horsepower", and "Stanley's Great Big Book of Adventure".)
- Stuck in the Middle
- The Stuffed Animal Show (Reed Brunson City Studios)
- Supernoobs (Heard once in "The League of Noob Doominators".)
- Super Why! (Heard once in "The Big Banana Mystery".)
- Takeshi's Castle
- Teletubbies (Heard once in "Animals 4-Fish".)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
- Teen Titans (Heard once in "Employee of the Month".)
- Teen Titans Go!
- That's So Raven (Heard once in "Unhappy Medium".)
- Tinga Tinga Tales (Used for Elephant when he trumpets.)
- The Tom and Jerry Show
- Toot & Puddle
- Ultraman Tiga (Used as Gatanothor's roar.)
- Uncle Grandpa (Heard once in "Brain Game".)
- Unwrapped (Heard once in "Pucker up".)
- VeggieTales (Heard twice in "Noah's Ark".)
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (Heard once in "The Sounds All Around".)
- Walking with Beasts
- Wally The Tuxedo Cat (Reed Brunson City Studios)
- Wander Over Yonder (Heard once in "The Bounty".)
- Wild Grinders (Heard only in "The Lost Skate Spot".)
- The Wild Thornberrys
- Woody Woodpecker (2018 TV Series)
- Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (Heard once in "I Am Arthur Ashe".)
TV Specials
- Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (1980) (Heard in a low pitch.)
Movies
- Animals United (2010)
- Babar: King of the Elephants (1999)
- Born Free (1966) (Debut)
- Brother Bear (2003)
- The Care Bears Movie (1985)
- Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True (2002) (Heard once in a high pitch.)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) (Used in a low pitch for the Watermelophants.)
- Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) (Heard in a low pitch.)
- The Emoji Movie (2017)
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
- The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)
- Furry Vengeance (2010)
- Gods of Egypt (2016) (Heard in a low pitch.)
- Horton Hears a Who (2008)
- Ice Age (2002)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
- Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)
- The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
- The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)
- The King and I (1999)
- The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997) (Used a few times in a slower and low pitch for Chomper's parents.)
- The Lion King (2019)
- The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)
- The Lion King 1½ / The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata (2004)
- Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005) (Heard once to accent US torpedoes about streak by; modified.)
- The Love Guru (2008)
- Night at the Museum (2006)
- Ninja Kids!!! (2011)
- Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005)
- The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie: Rebellion (2013)
- Racing Stripes (2005)
- Rebirth of Mothra (1996) (Used as Desghidorah's roar.)
- The Simpsons Movie (2007)
- Smallfoot (2018) (Heard briefly at the beginning.)
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) (Heard once in a low pitch.)
- Tarzan (1999)
- The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
- Zookeeper (2011)
Websites
- Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Website
- Starfall.com (2002-present)
Commercials
USA:
- Cadbury Bunny Commercial - Cadbury Bunny Try-outs (Heard once in a low pitch.)
- Chase Bank commerical (2010)
- Lego Duplo Zoo Commercial
- McDonald's Ad - Birthday World Video (2001)
- McDonald's Ad - The Zoo (2000)
Japan:
- Choco Ball Commercial - Safari
Argentina:
- Caramelos Lick - Tarzan (1993) (Heard in a lower pitch.)
Logos
- Coliseum Film (Thailand) (1984)
- Vision Park (2001)
Video Games
3DS:
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Sampled in the aircheck version of K.K. Oasis.)
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Sampled in the aircheck version of K.K. Oasis.)
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Used for the woolly mammoth in the Ice Age Exhibit in the 5th mansion.)
- WarioWare Gold
GameCube:
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Oddly enough, a very high pitched version is used for ReDeads.)
Nintendo Switch:
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Sampled in the aircheck version of K.K. Oasis.)
PC:
- The Berenstain Bears Learning at Home: Volume 2
- Living Books: Ruff's Bone
- Playskool Puzzles
- Riders Republic (Sampled in the song "Something New" by Def Bananas.)
- SimSafari
- Zoo Tycoon
PlayStation 2:
- Splatter Master (Used for Train to Hell.)
PlayStation 3:
- Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (Heard during the Ms. Decibel boss fight.)
- Soulcalibur IV
PlayStation 4:
- Riders Republic (Sampled in the song "Something New" by Def Bananas.)
PlayStation 5:
- Riders Republic (Sampled in the song "Something New" by Def Bananas.)
View-Master Interactive Vision
Wii:
- Mario Strikers Charged (Heard in the stage "The Sand Tomb".)
- Wii Party (Heard in the minigame "Animal Tracker".)
Xbox 360:
Xbox One:
- Riders Republic (Sampled in the song "Something New" by Def Bananas.)
Xbox Series X:
- Riders Republic (Sampled in the song "Something New" by Def Bananas.)
Promos
- Every Day on Playhouse Disney - Promo (Disney Channel Middle East 2004)
- Universal Studios (2001) (Promos)
- The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) (Promos)
Shorts
- Minnie's Bow Toons (Used once for Ellie when she trumpets in "Primped Up Pachyderm"; it's also heard in "Alarm Clocked Out".)
- Nina Needs to Go! (Heard once in "Parade".)
Videos
- Disney's Sing Along Songs (Heard in "Let's Go to the Circus" and "Flik's Musical Adventure".)
- Elmo's World: Elmo Has Two! Hands, Ears and Feet (2004) (Heard once in "Feet".)
- Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas and More (2000)
- Elmo's World: Food, Water and Exercise! (2005)
- Holiday Express (2009) (Videos) (Heard in the "Sodor Sounds" DVD Game)
- If I Ran the Zoo (1992)
- Imagine That (1996) (Videos)
- Rock 'N' Learn: Colors, Shapes and Counting (1997) (Videos) (Heard once in a low pitch.)
- Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986) (Videos) (Heard 3 times in a high pitch.)
- What's Happening to Me (1986) (Videos) (Heard once in a low pitch.)
Trailers
- Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011) (Trailers)
- Zookeeper (2011) (Trailers)
TV Spots
- The King & I (1999) (TV Spots)
- The Lion King (2019) (TV Spots)
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) (TV spots)
Theme Parks
Disneyland:
- Tarzan's Treehouse
Walt Disney World:
- Fantasmic! (Heard once in a low pitch in the Florida version.)
- Rafiki's Planet Watch
- Rainforest Cafe
- Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom
Other Media
- Teletubbies - Kiddie Ride
- Timon and Pumbaa's Virtual Safari (Other Media) (The Lion King 1½ DVD)
- Timon and Pumbaa's Virtual Safari (Other Media) (The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Special Edition DVD)
YouTube Videos
- Cats Don't Dance 2: Lost In The Rainforest - Scary Moment (Heard once in a low pitch.)
- The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
- The Jungle Book YTPs (Heard once in Leo Koutakis' "The Jungle Book (1967) Craziness".)
- The Lion King ytps (Heard once in Leo Koutakis' "Simba really worked on his roar YTP The Lion King Craziness".)
- Kids Learning Videos (Heard once in "Wild Animal Sounds for Children" and "Animal Video for Kids".)
- Larry's Surprise Eggs (Heard once in a low pitch.)
- Little Bible Heroes (Heard once in "Noah".)
- MTEmerald Videos (Heard once in "Patrick That's a Fist".)
- TED-Ed (Heard once in "How do animals experience pain?".)
- They Will Kill You Videos (Heard once in "When Animal Taming Goes Wrong" in a low pitch.)
- Trainlover476 Videos (Heard once in "Troublesome Engines trilogy redub part 1".)
- Webkinz
Music
- Def Bananas - Something New (2018)
Music Videos
- 5 Seconds of Summer - She's Kinda Hot (Music Videos)
- OutKast ft. Sleepy Brown - The Way You Move (2003)
Apps
- Preschool Memory Match
Audiobooks
- The Lion King Read-Along Storybook and CD (Heard twice in a low pitch.)
- The Original Story of Winnie the Pooh
Anime
- Actually, I Am.../My Monster Secret
- A Bridge to the Starry Skies
- Clannad
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Kira
- Jewelpet
- Mr. Osomatsu
- Pani Poni Dash!
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
- Seitokai Yakuindomo
- The World of Narue (Heard a few times in "The Pool: Clear Danger!" in a low volume.)
Image Gallery
Audio Samples
(Regular version) (A compressed version of the sound.) (A very low pitch and slowed down version as used for a Heffalump's trumpet in Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005).)