
An example of the actual bell (on the left)
This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 1, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. It is a recording of a Simplex Time Recorder 4090-2 6" 120 VAC bell ringing continuously and loudly. It's similar to, but should not be confused with BELL, SCHOOL - SCHOOL BELL: INT: LONG RING.
Info[]
- First recorded: 1986
- Creator: Simplex Time Recorder Co.
- Owner: Animation City Editorial Services, Inc. (1987-1990), The Hollywood Edge (1990-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
- Origin: United States (it was a Simplex Time Recorder Co. 4090-2 vibrating 6" bell)
- Year debut: April 25, 1987
- First heard: Popples (1986 TV series) episode "Funhouse Folly"
- Area used: Worldwide
Sound Effect Description[]
School Bell; Long Ring, Interior, Close Perspective.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect[]
Trivia[]
This happens the be the most common and overused school bell sound effect that many sound companies are fond of using. There are even some schools in real life that use this actual bell, mostly in school buildings built between the early 1970s and the mid-1980s, typically those built with Simplex master clock and bell systems that are still in use.
Used In[]
TV Shows[]
- 2 Stupid Dogs/Super Secret Secret Squirrel (Heard once in "Show and Tell", "Let's Make a Right Price" and "Space Dogs".)
- 13 Reasons Why
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (Heard once in "Monster Who Came in from the Cold".)
- Absentia
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Heard in "The Great Egg Heist", "Sheen’s Brain", and "The Trouble With Clones".)
- The Adventures of T-Rex
- All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (Heard in "Miss Guidance".)
- All Grown Up! (Heard once in "Memoirs of a Finster" and "Bad Blood".)
- All That
- The Amanda Show
- The Amazing World of Gumball (Heard for Elmore Junior High's school.)
- American Dad! (Heard twice in "Bully for Steve".)
- American Horror Story
- Animaniacs
- Animaniacs (2020) (Heard once in "Reichenbrain Falls".)
- Arthur (Heard mostly in post-2005 episodes.)
- Beakman's World
- Beavis and Butt-Head (Heard once in "Cleaning House" and "Wall of Youth".)
- Being Ian (Heard once in "Everykid 13".)
- Ben 10 (Heard once in "And Then There Were 10".)
- Bob's Burgers (Heard once in "Prank You for Being a Friend" and "Tweentreprenuers", and heard twice in "The Secret Ceramics Room of Secrets".)
- Bobby's World (Heard once in "Cooties".)
- Boy Meets World
- Braceface
- Brum (Heard once in "Brum and the Kitten Rescue" and "Brum and the Heavy Safe" as a fire alarm and a dynamite clock's bell, respectively.)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Bunsen Is A Beast! (Heard once in "Remote Outta Control".)
- Captain Planet (Heard once in "'Teers in the Hood".) (Used as a fire alarm.)
- CatDog
- ChalkZone (Heard once in "Rudy's First Adventure".)
- Chip and Potato
- Clarence (Heard once in "Field Trippin".)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series
- Codename: Kids Next Door
- Corneil & Bernie (Heard once in "Love at First Sight".)
- Cory in the House
- Cow and Chicken
- Craig of the Creek
- Cross Flash (Used for Lumière Academy's school bell.)
- Danny Phantom (Heard for Casper High's school bell.)
- Dexter's Laboratory (Heard once in "Chubby Cheese," "Streaky Clean" and "Trapped With a Vengance".)
- Dino Dan (Heard once in "Model Dino".)
- Dinosaurs
- Dora the Explorer (Heard 5 times in a high pitch in "La Maestra de Musica".)
- Drake & Josh (Heard in some episodes.)
- Droopy, Master Detective (Heard once in "The Case of the Snooty Star".)
- Elliot Moose (Heard once in "The Mystery of the Missing Chalk".)
- Elmo's World (Heard once in "School".)
- Everybody Hates Chris
- F Is for Family
- The Fairly OddParents (Heard mainly for the school bell in Timmy's school.)
- Family Guy (Heard once in "The Peter Principal" and "Connie's Celica".)
- Figure It Out (Heard at the end of each slimeless round.)
- Fireman Sam (Used as the station's alarm bell in Season 6-present.)
- Fuller House (Heard once in "TBA?".)
- Futurama
- Gilmore Girls
- Glee
- Goosebumps
- Hero Elementary
- Hey Arnold! (One of the main school bells at P.S. 118.)
- Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Signs of Spring" and "Spell It Safe".)
- High Guardian Spice
- House M.D. (Heard once in "Pilot", "Heavy", and "Two Stories".)
- I Am Weasel (Heard once in "Back to School".)
- iCarly (Heard once in "iTake on Dingo".)
- Jacob Two-Two (Heard once in "Jacob Two-Two and the Halloween Hullabaloo".)
- Johnny Bravo (Heard once in "Traffic Troubles".)
- Johnny Test (Heard once in "Johnny's Pet Day", "Johnny of the Jungle", "Johnny Test in Black and White" and "Johnny Smells Good".)
- Just Jamie (Heard quadrice in "Horoscopes Gone Haywire!".)
- Kappa Mikey (Heard once in "Camp".)
- Key & Peele (Heard once in the Substitute Teacher skit.)
- Kim Possible
- King of the Hill
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- Little Bill (Heard once in a high pitch in "The Meanest Thing to Say".)
- LoliRock
- Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020) (Used in "Pest Coaster" in low volume as part of an amusement park ambience and loudly in "Mummy Dummy" and "Feline Lucky" as slot machine bells.)
- The Looney Tunes Show
- The Loud House
- Making Fiends (TV Series)
- Martin Mystery (Heard once in "Terror from the Sky".)
- Max & Ruby (Heard once in "Ruby's Big Win".)
- Monster Buster Club
- The Middle
- Milo Murphey's Law (Heard once in "Sunny Side Up".)
- Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
- My Life as a Teenage Robot
- My Life Me
- The Nanny (Heard once in "Fransom".)
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show (Heard once in "Country Fair Clam-ity".)
- Oggy and the Cockroaches (Heard once in "Christmas Spirit".)
- OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (Heard once in "You're a Good Friend, KO".)
- Pepper Ann
- Pet Alien
- Pinky and the Brain (Heard often in "Dangerous Brains".)
- Pinky Dinky Doo (Heard in a high pitch in "Where are My Shoes?" and heard in a normal pitch in "Always Ask First", "Stinky Pinky Doo", and "Ponytail Power".)
- PINY: Institute of New York (Heard once in "To Tutor or Not to Tutor" in a high pitch; "Fad In" and "Looking for Dory".)
- Popples (1986 TV series) (Debut, heard once in "Funhouse Folly".)
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Pretty Little Liars
- Recess (Heard as the main school bell at Third Street School, in most cases.)
- Regular Show (Heard once in "Hello China".)
- Rick and Morty (Heard once in "Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat".)
- Riverdale
- Robot Chicken (Heard once in "In a DVD Factory".)
- Rolie Polie Olie (Heard once in "Olie Unsproinged", "Magnetitus", "Hands Across Polieville", "Zowie's School Daze", "Beacon Blinkin' Day" and "Straighten Upper-Er to the Rescue".)
- Rugrats Preschool Daze
- Sabrina's Secret Life (Heard once in "Green-Eyed Monster".)
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (Heard once in "The Dreaded Remake of Jekyll & Hyde!")
- Scooby-Doo!: Mystery Incorporated (Heard once in "Beware the Beast from Below" and "TBA?".)
- Sesame Street (Heard once in "Some Enchanted Lunchtime" and "Professor Grover: Escula".)
- Seven Seconds
- Shuriken School
- Sidekick (Heard once in "A XOX for Good".)
- The Simpsons (Used for Springfield Elementary's school bell and fire alarm in later seasons.)
- The Snoopy Show
- South Park (Used for South Park Elementary's school bell.)
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Staines Down Drains (Heard once in "Choo-Choo Drain".)
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil
- Stranger Things
- Teacher's Pet (Heard once in "Movin' on Pup".)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
- Teen Titans Go! (Heard once in "Power Moves".)
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Tiny Toons Looniversity
- Toopy and Binoo (Heard often in "Recess".)
- The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (Heard once in "News Blues", used as a bank alarm.)
- The Umbrella Academy
- Unfabulous
- Vampirina (Heard three times in "Hiccupire".)
- We Bare Bears (Heard once in "Teacher's Pet".)
- What a Cartoon! (Heard once in "Jof: Help?", "Awfully Lucky", "Kitchen Casanova" and "Larry and Steve".)
- Willa's Wild Life (Heard once in "Unbearable Bear".)
- Wish Kid
- The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
- Young Sheldon
TV Specials[]
- Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (1996)
- A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (2011)
- Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie (2017)
- The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour (2004)
Movies[]
- 13 Going on 30 (2004) (Heard once at the beginning.)
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
- Air Bud (1997)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011) (Used as a casino slot machine.)
- Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
- Amityvile: The Awakening (2017)
- Atomic Train (1999) (Used as an evacuation alarm.)
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)
- Bolt (2008) (low-pitched, used as a TV station bell.)
- Bratz (2007)
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
- Casper (1995)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) (low pitched; needs clarification.)
- Cyberbully (2011)
- The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (Used as a machinery alarm.)
- Ed, Edd n' Eddy's Big Picture Show (2009)
- Garfield: The Movie (2004) (Heard once, along with Hollywoodedge, Alarm 4 Contemporary TE012301.)
- Groove Squad (2002)
- Guardians of the Lost Code (2010)
- Hairspray (2007)
- Halloween (2018)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (Used as a burglar alarm.)
- Home Beyond the Sun (2004)
- Inside Out (2015) (Heard during the credits.)
- Jack Frost (1998)
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
- Kindergarten Cop (1990) (Also sounded on the Temporal Code as a fire alarm.)
- Leo (2023 American film)
- The Little Engine That Could (2011)
- Mars Attacks! (1996) (Used as a security alarm.)
- Max Keeble's Big Move (2001)
- Mean Girls (2004) (Used as a fire alarm.)
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) (Used as a work shift bell.)
- The Muppets (2011) (Higher pitched at first, then normal near the end of the film.)
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (2013)
- Norbit (2007)
- Norm of the North: King Sized Adventure (2019)
- The Nutty Professor (1996)
- The Peacemaker (1997)
- PollyWorld (2006)
- The Power of One (1992)
- Ramona and Beezus (2010)
- Recess: School's Out (2001)
- Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (2003)
- Remember the Titans (2000)
- Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)
- Ruby Bridges (1998)
- Sabrina: Friends Forever (2002)
- The Saint (1997)
- The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
- Scream (1996)
- Sing (2016)
- Small Soldiers (1998) (Heard once in a deleted scene.)
- Sky High (2005)
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
- Speak (2004)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Stuart Little (1999)
- Suicide Squad (2016)
- Swing Kids (1993)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992)
- Tragedy Girls (2017)
- Transformers (2007)
- Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (2022)
- Turning Red (2022)
- Twilight (2008)
- Wonder (2017)
- X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Shorts[]
- Dancing Sushi
- DC Super Hero Girls
- DC Super Hero Girls: Super Shorts
- Good Manners with Max (Heard once in "Being a Good Sport".)
- Inside-Out Boy
- Leo Little's Big Show
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks Shorts
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Summertime Shorts
Commercials[]
New Zealand:
- Cigna (2018)
USA:
- Ad Council - Bullying Prevention - Lockers (2012)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizon (2020)
- Bullying - You Can Stop It (2014)
- Can You See Me? PSA (2018)
- Chase Banking: One Bank For Both (2023)
- Cheetos Twisted: School (2003)
- Cookie Crisp: School (1999)
- Cottonelle Toilet Paper (2017)
- Danimals XL (2005)
- Disney's One Saturday Morning (1998) (Used as an alarm clock.)
- Lunchables: Feed Your Great Ideas (2012)
- Nick.Com (2000)
- OntarioGov PSA - Stop Sexual Violence #WhoWillYouHelp (2015)
- Oscar Mayer Wieners (2006): Oh I Wish... Playground
- Porsche - 911 Carrera (2006)
- Some other commercial (2019)
- Stop Bullying (2011)
- The Story of Vans (2016)
- Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (1999)
- Super Mario All-Stars Mail-In Commercial (1994)
- UCP PSA: School Cafeteria (2004)
- Under Armour - Will Finds a Way (2018)
- Values.com - Just Say Hi! (2000)
- Vigilante 8 (1998) (Slightly pitched.)
Promos[]
USA:
Radio Spots[]
USA:
- Best Deals Online - 20% Off Offer (2017)
- Some other podcast radio commercial (2024)
Logos[]
- Animal Planet Original Movies (1996-2002) (Logos)
Video Games[]
Nintendo GameCube:
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies (Video Game)
PC:
- KinderVentures: The Wanderoos Go to Town
- The (New) Way Things Work
PlayStation 2:
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies (Video Game)
- Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX 2
PlayStation 3:
Music Videos[]
- Anne-Marie - 2002 (2018)
- The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car) (2007)
- Jake Paul - My Teachers (Feat SUNNY & AT3) (2018) - (Heard in the beginning of the music video at a lower volume.)
- New Kids on the Block - Boys in the Band (2019)
Trailers[]
- Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016) (Trailers)
- Night School (2018) (Trailers)
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) (Trailers)
Websites[]
- BrainPop (Heard once in "Winter Holidays".)
YouTube Videos[]
- The Best Pals Hand Show (Heard once in "Tommy's Own School".)
- Brooklynn The Cartoon Girl
- history of japan
- Littlest Pet Shop: Popular
- My Magic Pet Morphle
- Nostalgia Critic
- NxTOONS
- PghLFilms (Heard once in "Baldi gets bullied, but with extra keyframes.".)
- SMG4 Videos
- Talking Tom and Friends (Heard once in "The Substitute Teacher".)
- Xploshi (Heard once in "Baldi gets bullied".)
- Yo Mama (Heard once in "Yo Mama So Stupid, She Thought High School Was a School for Drug Addicts".)
Music[]
- Melanie Martinez - Playdate (2015)
Educational Media[]
- Common Psychological Disorders of Adolescence
- Get Street Smart: A Kid's Guide To Stranger Dangers (1995)
Real Life[]
- Edgar B. Davis K-8 School, Brockton MA
Other Media[]
- 93.1 Jack FM
- 103.5 KOST
- Dragon Link (Slot Machines)
- Lightning Link (Slot Machines)
- School Bell Simulator Prank (iOS)
- SiriusXM (for certain drop-ins, IDs and promos on select stations)
Anime[]
Image Gallery[]
Audio Samples[]