Hollywoodedge, School Bell Long Ring PE193201

This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 1, which was made by Hollywood Edge. It is a recording of a Simplex Time Recorder 4090-2 6" 120 VAC bell ringing continuously and loudly. A similar sound effect, a low pitched version that is Sound Ideas, BELL, SCHOOL - SCHOOL BELL: INT: LONG RING can be found on the Series 6000 Extension I Sound Effects Library (produced by Sound Ideas).

Info

• First recorded: 1990
• Creator: Simplex Time Recorder Co.
• Owner: The Hollywood Edge (1990-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
• Origin: Simplex Time Recorder Co. 4090-6 vibrating 6" bell
• Year debut: 1990
• First heard: N/A
• Area used: Worldwide

Sound Effect Description

School Bell; Long Ring, Interior, Close Perspective.

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Trivia

This happens the be the most common and overused school bell sound effect that many sound companies are fond of using. There is a 99.9% chance you have heard this sound effect before. 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.

Used In

TV Shows

Note: Not all TV Shows use this school bell sound. For example, iCarly used Sound Ideas, BELL, SCHOOL - SCHOOL BELL: INT: LONG RING as it's main school bell sound, though there are some shows that often use both as it's main school bell sound in different episodes (such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Drake & Josh.)

• 2 Stupid Dogs/Super Secret Secret Squirrel (Heard once in "Show and Tell" and "Space Dogs.")
• AAAHH!!! Real Monsters (Heard once in "Monster Who Came in from the Cold".)
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Heard in "The Great Egg Heist", "Sheen’s Brain", and "The Trouble With Clones".)
• Adventures of T-Rex
• All Grown Up! (Heard once in "Memoirs of a Finster".)
• The Amanda Show
• The Amazing World of Gumball (Heard for Elmore Junior High's school.)
• American Dad! (Heard twice in "Bully for Steve".)
• Animaniacs
• Arthur (heard mostly in post-2005 episodes)
• Beavis and Butt-Head (Heard once in "Cleaning House" and "Wall of Youth".)
• Being Ian (Heard once in "Everykid 13".)
• 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".)
• 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".)
• Clarence (Heard once in "Field Trippin".)
• Codename: Kids Next Door
• Cory in the House
• Cow and Chicken
• Danny Phantom (Heard for Casper High's school bell.)
• Dexter's Laboratory (Heard once in "Chubby Cheese," "Streaky Clean" and "Trapped With a Vengance.")
• Dora the Explorer (Heard 5 times in a high pitch in "La Maestra de Musica".)
• Drake & Josh (Heard occasionally.)
• Elliot Moose (Heard once in "The Mystery of the Missing Chalk.")
• Elmo's World (Heard once in "School".)
• Everybody Hates Chris
• 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.)
• Fuller House (Heard once in "TBA?")
• Futurama
• Glee (TV Series)
• Goosebumps
• Hero Elementary (Heard once in "Saved By the Bell".)
• Hey Arnold!
• House M.D. (Heard once in "Pilot", "Heavy", and "Two Stories".)
• I Am Weasel (Heard once in "Back to School".)
• Jacob Two-Two (Heard once in "Jacob Two-Two and the Halloween Hullabaloo".)
• The Middle
• 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".)
• Kappa Mikey (Heard once in "Camp".)
• Key & Peele (Heard once in the Substitute Teacher skit.)
• Kim Possible
• King of the Hill
• Little Bill (Heard once in a high pitch in "The Meanest Thing to Say.")
• The Looney Tunes Show
• The Loud House
• Making Fiends (the Nick version only, in the original web show we hear a different bell.)
• Max & Ruby  (Heard once in "Ruby's Big Win")
• Mr. Pickles (Heard once in "Tommy Goes to School".)
• My Life as a Teenage Robot
• My Life Me
• The Middle
• Milo Murphey's Law (Heard once in "Sunny Side Up.")
• OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (Heard once in "You're a Good Friend, KO".)
• 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".)
• The Powerpuff Girls
• Recess
• 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
• Scooby-Doo!: Mystery Incorporated (Heard once in "Beware the Beast from Below" and "TBA?")
• Sesame Street
• Seven Seconds
• Shuriken School
• Sidekick (Heard once in "A XOX for Good".)
• The Simpsons (Used for Springfield Elementary's school bell in later seasons.)
• South Park (Used for South Park Elementary's school bell.)
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• 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".)
• 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 "Help!," "Larry and Steve" and "Kitchen Casanova.")
• Willa's Wild Life (Heard once in "Unbearable Bear".)
• 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

• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
• Air Bud (1997)
• Akeelah and the Bee (2006) (heard three times)
• Amityvile: The Awakening (2017) (heard twice)
• Atomic Train (1999) (used as an evacuation alarm)
• Bratz (2007)
• Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) (Heard twice.)
• Casper (1995)
• Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (used as a machinery alarm)
• 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)
• Mars Attacks! (1996) (used as a security 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)
• The Nutty Professor (1996)
• Ramona and Beezus (2010) (heard twice)
• Recess: School's Out (2001)
• Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (2003)
• Remember the Titans (2000)
• Ruby Bridges (1998)
• Scream (1996)
• Sing (2016)
• Small Soldiers (1998) (Unused, can be found on 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)
• Stuart Little (1999)
• Swing Kids (1993)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
• Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992)
• Toy Story 3 (2010)
• Tragedy Girls (2017)
• Transformers (2007)
• Twilight (2008) (heard twice)
• Wonder (2017)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Shorts

• DC Super Hero Girls
• DC Super Hero Girls: Super Shorts
• Inside-Out Boy
• Leo Little's Big Show
• Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020) (Heard in "Pest Coaster" in low volume as part of an amusement park ambience.)
• 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)
• Bullying - You Can Stop It (2014)
• Can You See Me? PSA (2018)
• 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)
• 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.)

Radio Spots

USA:

• Best Deals Online - 20% Off Offer (2017)
• During the New Messages #15 thread , I (Hotheart123) heard an advertisement on the radio about some kind of sales event, that played a trimmed down version of this sound twice for no reason. I can't tell what it is.

Video Games

Nintendo 64:

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Heard in the "School II" level.)

Nintendo GameCube:

• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies (Video Game)

PC:

• The (New) Way Things Work
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Heard in the "School II" level.)

PlayStation 1:

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Heard in the "School II" level.)

PlayStation 2:

• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies (Video Game)
• Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX 2

PlayStation 3:

• Tony Hawk's Project 8

Sega Dreamcast:

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Heard in the "School II" level.)

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.) 

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 (2017) (Heard once in "Tommy's Own School")
• history of japan
• Littlest Pet Shop: Popular
• The Nostalgia Critic
• SMG4 Videos
• Talking Tom and Friends (Heard once in "The Substitute Teacher".)
• Yo Mama (Heard once in "Yo Mama So Stupid, She Thought High School Was a School for Drug Addicts".)

Music

• Nicki Minaj - Anaconda (2014) (lower pitch)
• Rihanna - Birthday Cake (2012)
• Zara Larsson - Ain’t My Fault (2017) (the song starts with this SFX)
• There's a fourth song Jacobjohn55 says he heard with this SFX. I Hotheart123 will have him ask his brother.
• Melanie Martinez - Playdate (2015) (heard twice)

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
• School Bell Simulator Prank (iOS)
• SiriusXM (for certain drop-ins, IDs and promos on select stations)

Anime

• Bakuon!!
• Cells at Work!
• Sonic X

Image Gallery

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Audio Samples