Hollywoodedge, Factory Site Whistle PE275901

Factory Site Whistle PE275901
Library	The Premiere Edition Volume 2
Created	1963
First Appearance	Choo Choo Chase (a Go Go Gophers episode)
Category	Whistles

This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 2, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. This sound effect is the same as Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, STEAM - FACTORY WHISTLE, LARGE FACTORY. Originally an Elektra Records sound effect.

Info

• First recorded: 1963
• Creator: Elektra Records
• Owner: Elektra Records (1964-1983), Network Sound Effects Library (1983-present), Series 1000 (1983-present), The International (1983-1992), The Hollywood Edge (1992-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
• Origin: United States [Recorded in Argentina]
• Year debut: 1966
• First heard: "Choo Choo Chase" (a Go Go Gophers episode)
• Area served: Worldwide

It's mainly used when somebody loses their temper and gets really mad/angry. But it can also be used for realistic factory whistles, sometimes as train whistles, and sometimes as boat whistles, as well. It can also be used when somebody eats really hot food.

It was originally an Elektra Records sound effect, back in 1964. Its earliest known usage is in "Choo Choo Chase" (a Go Go Gophers epsiode), and later, it would probably find its way into the TV Spots library, It was also first used in the Billy Joel music video, "Allentown", in September of 1982. It also appeared on TV bumpers. Its' first known usage of the sound was on a Disney Channel bumper called "Mickey's Scary Ride", first broadcast on October 24, 1987. It would later find its way into many TV shows as well, and its' earliest usage in TV shows, was the Bobby's World episode "Me and Roger", first broadcast on November 3, 1990, and would be used on other shows & cartoons, and the sound also made its way to other studios like Disney, Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures. It is often used in modern media today.

This sound was originally part of Elektra Records, Factory Whistle, as heard on the Elektra Records Sound Effects Library. Another version of this sound effect can be found on Classic TV Sound Effects Library, called Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, FACTORY - FACTORY WHISTLE BLOW TWICE. There are also more versions called Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, FACTORY - STEAM WHISTLE: TWO BLASTS, INDUSTRY 01 and Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, STEAM - FACTORY WHISTLE, LARGE FACTORY. Also, it is used as the first sound in Hollywoodedge, Musical Boinks Whist PE941301.

Sound Effect Description

Factory Site Whistle; Classic Factory Whistle, Two Times, Isolated, Medium Perspective.

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Used In

TV Shows

• 101 Dalmatians: The Series (Heard once in "Good Neighbor Cruella".)
• Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (Heard once in "Monsters, Get Real!".)
• Adventures in Odyssey (Heard once in a high pitch in "A Fine Feathered Frenzy")
• Adventures in Wonderland
• ALF: The Animated Series
• America's Funniest Home Videos
• Angela Anaconda (Heard once in "My Fair Lulu".)
• Beakman's World
• Bear in the Big Blue House
• The Berenstain Bears (1985 TV Series) (Heard in a very high pitch in "The Bigpaw Problem".)
• Between the Lions
• Big Block SingSong (Heard once in a high pitch in "Mad".)
• Bobby's World (Heard once in "Me and Roger".)
• Braceface (Heard once in "The Meat of the Matter".)
• Bubble Guppies (Heard once in "Bubble Scrubbies!".)
• Budgie the Little Helicopter (Used as a bulldozer whistle.)
• Breadwinners
• Camp Lazlo
• The Care Bears Family
• CatDog
• The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (Heard once in a high pitch in "I See Seeds", "Itty Bitty Water", "Hooray for Hair", "The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Space!" and "The Holes Story".)
• Chuggington (Heard once in "First Responder Calley", "Delivery Challenge", "The Extra Mile", "Not From Around Here", "Sleepyhead Koko", "The Zephie Express" and "You for a Day".) (Used as Vee's wake-up alarm.)
• Clarence
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series (Heard once in "Total Samesies".)
• Codename: Kids Next Door (Heard once in "Operation: R.E.C.R.U.I.T.".)
• Construction Site (Heard once in the 2001-2003 intro, and twice in "Mid Mileage Crisis".) (Used for the site whistle in the 2001-2003 series.)
• The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (Heard once in a low volume in "The Mouse-tache Marauder".)
• Crashbox (Heard only in "Psycho Math".)
• Darkwing Duck (Heard in "Monsters R Us".)
• Dino Babies
• Dino Dan (Heard in the Season 2 intro and "A Roaring Good Time".)
• Donkey Kong Country (TV Series)
• Doug (Heard once in "Doug is Quailman" and "Doug's Runaway Journal".)
• Dragon Tales (Heard once in a high pitch in "The Fury is Out on This One".)
• DuckTales
• Dumb Bunnies (Heard once in "Stressed to Impress".)
• Elliot Moose (Heard once in "The Marshmallow Express".)
• Elmo's World (Heard once in a high pitch in “Food”.)
• El Chavo Animado
• The Fairly OddParents (Heard once in "Shelf Life".)
• Family Guy
• Fanboy & Chum Chum (Heard in "Monster in the Mist".)
• Fraggle Rock
• Go Go Gophers (Debut, Heard once in "Choo Choo Chase".)
• Grojband (Heard once in "Smash Up-Terby".)
• Handy Manny (Heard once in "Mr. Lopart's Mother".)
• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (Heard once in "Sitcomi Yumi".)
• Higglytown Heroes (Heard twice in "A Really Hot Day".)
• The Hoobs (Heard once in "Motorette Magic".)
• I'm a Monster (Shortened; heard once in "Centaur".)
• Jacob Two-Two (Heard once in "Jacob Two Two vs. the Hooded Fang".)
• Johnny Test (Heard once in "Old-School Johnny".)
• Journey to Ernie
• KaBlam! (Heard once in "Harold's Glow-in-the-Dark Brand Butter" and "The New Class".)
• Kappa Mikey (Heard once in "The Bracemaster".)
• Kenny the Shark
• Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (Heard once in "For the Love of Gunther" and "Stumped Again".)
• Lalaloopsy (Heard shortened in a high pitch when fire burps out from Cactus's mouth after he tastes the hot sauce in "Life of the Parties".)
• Lilo & Stitch: The Series (Heard once in "Checkers".)
• Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020)
• The Loud House (Heard once in a high pitch in "No Guts, No Glori".)
• Marsupilami (Heard once in "Someone's in the Kitchen with Mars".)
• Maya & Miguel (Heard once in "The Cheery Chipper Cupid Sisters.")
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Heard once in "Minnie's Bee Story" (high pitched), and thrice in "Mickey's Handy Helpers" (high pitched).)
• Mickey Mouse Roadster Racers & Mixed-Up Adventures
• Mickey Mouse Works
• Mighty Express (Used as Build-It Brock's whistle.)
• Monster Clubhouse (Used in a high pitch, usually indicating Snack Time.)
• The Mr. Men Show (Heard once in "Canned Goods", "Toys" and "Post Office".)
• Muppet Babies (1984 TV Series) (Used as a train whistle in "Fozzie's Family Tree".)
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• Muppet Babies (2018 TV Series)
• My Life as a Teenage Robot
• My Pet Monster (1987 TV Series) (Heard once in "Goodbye Cuffs, Goodbye Monster".)
• Pig Goat Banana Cricket
• Pink Panther and Pals (Heard once in "Pink Up the Volume" and "A Pinker Tomorrow".)
• Popples (1986 TV series)
• The Price is Right (1972 Game Show)
• Puppy Dog Pals (Heard once in "A Christmas Mission in Toyland".)
• Random! Cartoons (Heard in various pitches in "Giovanni and Navarro: The Dangerous Duck Brothers".)
• Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
• The Ren & Stimpy Show (Heard once in "Stimpy's Invention", "Stimpy's Cartoon Show", "Jerry the Belly Button Elf", "Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman" and "Hair of the Cat".)
• Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1980 TV series) (Heard once in a "Treasure Chest" segment.)
• Rocko's Modern Life (Heard once in "Pipe Dream" and "Dear John".)
• Rolie Polie Olie (Heard once in "Just Like Dad", "Chili's Cold" and "Follow Yer Nose".)
• Ruby Gloom
• Sabrina: The Animated Series (Heard once in "Key to My Heart".)
• Seven Little Monsters (Heard twice in "The Bad Word".)
• Sesame Street
• Sidekick (Heard once in "Maxum Man Mark 2", "Hello Dolly", and "Mandy-o and Eric-et".)
• The Simpsons
• Sitting Ducks (Heard once in "Iced Duck" and "Aldo's Uncle Artie".)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard once in "Shanghaied" in a low pitch; "Squiliam Returns", "Professor Squidward", "Krusty Krushers", "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?", "Bottle Burglars" and "Swamp Mates" in a normal pitch; thrice in "My Leg!" in a high pitch.)
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil
• Stickin' Around (Heard once in "Stacy and Bradley Sittin' in a Tree".)
• Tales from the Crypt
• Taz-Mania
• Team Umizoomi (Heard once in "Umi Egg Hunt".)
• Thomas & Friends (Can be heard in a higher pitch in "Home at Last".)
• Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
• Timon & Pumbaa (Heard once in a high pitch in "French Fried".)
• Tiny Toon Adventures
• Tiny Toons Looniversity
• Titipo Titipo (Used once as Manny's horn in "There's Something about Manny".)
• Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (Heard once in "The Giver".)
• Uncle Grandpa
• The Underdog Show
• VeggieTales (Heard once in "Abe and the Amazing Promise".)
• VeggieTales in the House
• Viva Piñata (TV Series) (Heard once in "Mouse Flap".)
• Wander Over Yonder
• Wayside (Heard once in "Le Race".)
• What a Cartoon! (Heard once in "Pfish and Chip in: Short Pfuse".)
• Wheel 2000 (Blasted thrice short. Used for the final spin sound cue.)
• Wish Kid
• WordWorld
• The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
• Zeke's Pad (Heard once in "Picture of Paradise".)
• The Zula Patrol

TV Specials

• Care Bears Nutcracker Suite (1988)
• Frosty Returns (1992)
• Little Golden Book Land (1989) (high pitched)
• The Santa Claus Brothers (2001)
• The Tin Soldier (1986)

Movies

• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
• An American Tail (1986) (Heard once in 2004-present printings.)
• The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
• Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World (1998) (Heard once in "The Broken Wing" when Mrs. Potts blows her steam to get the utensils' attention.)
• Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
• City of Ember (2008)
• Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone (2005)
• Dog Man (2025)
• The Emoji Movie (2017)
• An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000)
• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
• Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (Heard 6 times in a high pitch when Scamp and Angel we're escaping a train.)
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
• Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999)
• Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) (Heard once in "Mickey and Minnie's The Gift of the Magi" when Pete's pants gets caught on fire.)
• Muppets from Space (1999)
• The Peanuts Movie (2015)
• Scary Movie 4 (2006) (Heard in a high pitch.)
• Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
• She's Having a Baby (1988)
• Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
• Shrek 2 (2004)
• Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
• Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002)
• The Wild (2006)
• The Wolfman (2010)
• Wonder Park (2019)

Shorts

• The Bathroom (1972)
• Big Block Sing Song (Heard once in a high pitch in "Mad".)
• Chip 'N' Dale's Nutty Tales (Heard once in an ascending pitch in "Goofy's Corny Concerto".)
• Choo Choo Soul (Heard once in a high pitch in "123".)
• Discover Chuggington: All Aboard! (Heard once in "Roundhouse Song" and "A Day in the Life of a Chugger".) (Used as Vee's wake-up alarm.)
• Funny Face (Heard once in "Roadkill" and "Daydream Crashers".)
• Inacio Studios Media
• Minnie's Bow Toons (Heard thrice in "Mechanical Mayhem".)
• The Mouse That Soared (2009)
• Trail Mix-Up (1993)

Documentaries

• Wood Stork - Barometer of the Everglades (1987)

Video Games

• Annie: The Age of Annie
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy Underground
• Monopoly GO!
• Shrek 2: Gingy's House of Games
• Shrek 2: Interactive Map of Far Far Away
• SpongeBob SquarePants Saves the Day
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Heard at the start of the "Victory Road" remix.)
• Thomas & Friends: Magical Tracks (Used as Farona and Frederico's Horns)

Videos/DVDs

• Baby Einstein
  • On the Go: Riding, Sailing, and Soaring (2005) (Videos)
• Disney's Sing Along Songs (Heard once in "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah".)
• Elmo’s Magic Cookbook (2001) (Videos) (high pitched)
• Elmo’s World: Food Water and Exercise! (2005) (Videos) (high pitched)
• Elmo's World: The Street We Live On (2004)
• Elmo’s World: Wild, Wild West! (2001) (Videos) (high pitched)
• Golden Book Video

Commercials

• Cheetos Flamin' Hot Commercial (1999) (high pitched)
• Chuck E. Cheese (2019-Present) (Commercials)
• Kool-Aid - Kool-Aid man V.S. Soda man Commercials (Heard once in "Baseball".)

Bumpers

• Disney Channel ID - Scary Ride (Heard once in a high pitch.)
• MTV ID - Frying Pan (Heard once in a high pitch.)
• The Movie Channel Feature Presentation ID (1990)

Logos

• Canter/Krask Industries (2013) (Logos)
• Cross Creek Pictures (2014-Present) (Logos) (Unused; heard thrice in various pitches.)

Trailers

• The Adventures of Thomas (Trailers)
• Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) (Trailers) (Heard once in the second international theatrical trailer.)

Music

• Extreme - Little Girls (1989)

Music Videos

• Billy Joel - Allentown (1982)
• Thomas & Friends - Sounds (2004)

DVD Menus

• Walt Disney's Funny Factory (DVD Menus)

Other Media

• Disney Discovery Series
• Elektra Records - Authentic Sound Effects Volume 4
• Golden Book Video
• Pittsburgh Pirates Rally Train (Heard quadrice in a high pitch.)
• Wetzel's Lemonade (Wetzel's Pretzels video)
• Wetzel's Wetzel Dog (Wetzel's Pretzels video)

YouTube Videos

• The Best Pals Hand Show
• Best Pals Hand Toons
• EricScotsman72
• Gregory DiBruno
• Happy Easter, Beanie Babies! (2018) (Used as a Lunch Whistle)
• Jack Sablich Videos (Heard once in "Olin for Hire", "Uva Misbehaves at Chick-fil-A/ Destroys Chick-fil-A/ Arrested!", "Cuckoo Misbehaves at Hardee's/ Grounded!" and "Farewell Hand Puppets".)
• The MilanToon Channel (Used as Tootle's whistle in a high pitch and heard once in "Brewster's Ballast" in a normal pitch and Used as Tower's whistle.)
• Shelly and Terry: The Big League (2024)
• Webkinz (Used as a factory whistle.)
• WhitneyGoLucky
• William Vaulter (Heard once in "Rosie Misbehaves at the Road Trip to Pensacola FL/Grounded".)

Miscellaneous

• Disney Channel: What A Life (Miscellaneous)

Image Gallery

• Hollywoodedge, Factory Site Whistle PE275901/Image Gallery

Audio Samples