This is a rare sound effect used in Canadian animation, so named for its frequent use in Nelvana productions.
Used In
Note: An italicized entry indicates that the production wasn't made by Nelvana.
TV Shows
- 6teen (Heard once in "Kylie Smylie", twice in "Deadbeat Poets Society", and often in "Quit It", "The Khaki Girl", "Silent Butt Deadly", and "The One with the Text Message".)
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (TV Series) (Heard once in "The Hounds of D'Urbervilles".)
- The Adventures of Sam and Max: Freelance Police (Heard once in "Max's Big Day" and "Little Bigfoot".)
- Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe (Heard twice in "Happy PURSTgiving".)
- Almost Naked Animals (Heard often in "Veggie Beast".)
- Atomic Betty (Heard once in "Beach Blanket Betty".)
- Babar and the Adventures of Badou (Heard often in "The Brave Guy", once in "Blacktrunk's Magic Stone" and twice in "Grotto for One" and "Chocolate and Banana Soup".)
- The Backyardigans (Heavy use of this sample.)
- Best & Bester (Heard quadrice in "Sing For Your Supper".)
- Best Ed (Heard 5 times in "Lost In Place", but the growls are slightly high pitched.)
- Big Blue (Heard twice in "Let's Get Kraken".)
- Braceface (Heard quadrice in "Skin Deep" from Sharon and once in "Vegging Out" and "The Good Life" from Leena.)
- Bubble Guppies (Heard once in "Only the Sphinx Nose!" and often in "Swimtastic Check-Up!".)
- Busytown Mysteries (Heard in "Mystery of the Unbreakable Bread" and "The Red Spot Painter Mystery".)
- Captain Flamingo (Heard twice in "The End".)
- Camp Lakebottom (Heard often.)
- Charlie's Colorforms City (Heard twice in "Charlie the Pancake Chef".)
- The Dog & Pony Show (Heard once in "Complete Tandemonium!" "Unicity on Parade!", and "Lift Off!"; often in "Baby Pony!".)
- Doki (Heard once in "Doki and the Dholki", "My Fair Fico", "Doki Digs to China", "The High Life", and "The Sky's The Limit". It was also heard thrice in the special "Team Doki: From Past to Presents".)
- Donkey Kong Country (TV Series) (Heard once in "Bad Hair Day".)
- Eek! The Cat (Heard once in "MiserEEK!".)
- Esme and Roy (Heard five times in "Lunch Crunch".)
- Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman
- Franklin (Heard often when Bear's stomach growls and once in "Franklin's Picnic" from Snail.)
- Funpak (Heard twice in "Martini & Meatballs: X-mas Salmon" and once in "Martini & Meatballs: Hiccups Begone".)
- Gerald McBoing Boing (2005) (Heard once in "Swings, Cans & the Flying Ace".)
- George and Martha (Heard once in "The Sweet Tooth".)
- George Shrinks (Heard once in "Becky in Wonderland".)
- Go Away, Unicorn! (Heard once in "Smarten Up, Unicorn!".)
- Grossology (Heard often in "When Ya Gotta Go" and "Yack Attack" from Abby and "Sloppy Joe to Go" from Ty.)
- Handy Manny (Heard often in "Breakfast for Champions".)
- Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs (Heard once in "Join the Parade" and "What's for Breakfast" in a low pitch, and thrice in "What's Thunder?" [one of the growls is in a high pitch].)
- Iggy Arbuckle
- Inspector Gadget (2015 TV Series)
- Jacob Two-Two (Heard once in "Jacob Two-Two and the Pet Peeve".)
- Jane and the Dragon (Heard once in "Dragonphobia", "Knight Light" and "Foul Weather Friends".)
- Johnny Test
- Justin Time
- Kody Kapow
- Kuu Kuu Harajuku (Heard once in "Pamperlona" and twice in "Clueless in Sweetropolis".)
- Let's Go Luna! (Heard twice in "The Potato King" and once in "Glocken Around the Clock".)
- Little Bear (Heard twice in "A Flu" and "Little Bear's New Friend", once in "Emily's Visit", "Little Bear's Egg" "Party at Owl's House" and "Little Sherlock Bear", and often in "Little Bear's Sweet Tooth".)
- Little Charmers (Heard often in "Frankenflare" from Flare.)
- Luna Petunia
- Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (Heard often in "Icing on the Cake", twice in "The Missing Spot" and once in "Sailing Away".)
- Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse (Heard often in "Gone Fishin'" and once in "Marvin and Eddy in the Middle of Nowhere".)
- Max & Ruby (Heard once in "Max's Fireflies" and "Ruby's Horn of Plenty".)
- Mecha Builders (Heard once in "Nat in the Dark!".)
- Mike the Knight (Heard thrice in "The Fireless Dragon".)
- Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (Heard often in "Stalking the Beanstalk" when Snake's stomach starts to growl with jumping beans inside the stomach and once in "A Bug-A-Boo Day Play" when Bounce ate too much honey that made Bounce's stomach hurt. It was also used in "Taste-Bugs".)
- My Big Big Friend (Heard once in "Food's Up!".)
- My Friend Rabbit (Heard once in "A Sticky Situation", and quadrice in "Honey and Berries".)
- Mysticons (Heard once in "An Eye for an Eye".)
- Naughty Naughty Pets (Heard once in "The Dog Who Cried Wolf".)
- Ned's Newt (Heard once in "New Improved Zippo" and "Newton Falls in Love".)
- The Neverending Story (TV Series) (Heard once in "The Dreaming Fields".)
- Nina's World (Heard twice in "The Mysterious Food Truck".)
- Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion (Heard a couple of times in "The Royal Flush" and also in "The Future Is Now" and "Lost in the Hood".)
- PAW Patrol (Heard 5 times for Cali in "Pups Save a Train". Also heard in "Pups Save a Talent Show" for Zuma, few times for Rubble in "Pups get a Rubble", "Pups Saves the Treats", "Pups Saves a Pizza", "Pups Save a Mud Monster", "Pups and the Ghost Cabin", and few times in "The New Pup" on Everest's first appearance; used for bear and thunder noises.)
- Peep and the Big Wide World (Heard twice in "The Sounds of Silence Part 1")
- Peppa Pig (Heard once in "Grandpa Pig's Greenhouse".)
- Pet Squad (Heard often in "Archille's Heel", "Drop-in Sometime" and "Skunk Funk", and once in "Saving Pepe" and "Ironduck".)
- Pikwik Pack (Heard once in "Kip in the Caboose".)
- Piñata Smashlings
- Planet Sketch
- Ranger Rob (Heard twice in "The Woolly Wiligo of Big Sky Park".)
- Rolie Polie Olie (Heard often in "Unruly Polie Olie" when Olie and Billy got a tummyache from eating too much candy (edited) and "The Bump"; used for that mysterious sound that the Polies heard, which turns out to be Spot's stomach growling. It was also heard twice in "Rolie Polie Pop Tops" and "Lunchmaster 3000", once in "We Scream for Ice Cream" when Olie's dad was sick from the spinning bowl ride and eating too much ice cream, and "Little Bot Zoo" when Binky's stomach growled. It was also heard often in "To Space and Beyond" when the kids were dizzy. The last official time this sound was heard in Rolie Polie Olie was in the movie "The Baby Bot Chase" when Coochie and Coo's stomachs growled.)
- Ruby Gloom (Heard in "Tooth or Dare" and "Hair (Less) The Musical, Pt. 2".)
- Rupert (Heard twice in "Rupert and Ping Pong" and often in "Rupert and the Crocodiles".)
- Rusty Rivets (Used once for Rusty in "Rusty and the Camp Bandit".)
- Scaredy Squirrel (Heard quadrice in "The Madness of King Nutbar".)
- Seven Little Monsters (Heard often in "Good Night!".)
- Sidekick (Heard twice in "Four's a Crowd" and once in "The Dingalingish Parent" and "Internal Affairs".)
- Stickin' Around (Heard once in "Jumbo Frank".)
- Stoked (Heard thrice in "Endless Bummer" and "A Boy Named Leslie".)
- Sunny Day (Used once for Doodle in "Friendship Day" and for Blair in "Sleepover Surprise".)
- Super Why! (Heard once in "Tilden the Caterpillar".)
- Team Umizoomi (Used once for Geo's stomach in "The Milk Out!" and for Little Joe the Panda's stomach in "Little Panda Joe".)
- Toot & Puddle (Heard once for Opal in "Swing Shift".)
- Top Wing (Used once for Penny in "Penny Rescues a Treasure")
- Total DramaRama (Heard often in "The Date", "Cone in 60 Seconds" and "Total Eclipse of the Fart" and once in "The Prince of Advice" and "Paint That a Shame".)
- Trolls: TrollsTopia (Heard twice in "Domin-Uh-Ohs".)
- True and the Rainbow Kingdom (Heard once in "Bartleocchio".)
- Turbo Dogs
- Wayside (Heard once in "Todd Falls In Love" from Todd and in "Slow Mo Mo" from Maurecia.)
- We Baby Bears
- Weird Years (Heard twice in "Zozo Stewart".)
- Wild Kratts (Heard quadrice in "Baby Tooth & Kid Husky", and once in "Honey Seekers".)
- Willa's Wild Life (Heard twice in "Little Miss Fitness".)
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (Heard twice in "Too Much of a Doodle Thing!" and once in "Wubb Girlz Rule".)
- Yam Roll
Movies
- An Angel For Christmas (1996)
Shorts
- DC Super Hero Girls: Super Shorts (Heard often in "#TacoTuesday" and "#CandyCrushed".)
Videos/DVDs
- The Backyardigans: High Flying Adventures (2008) (Videos)
- The Backyardigans: Into the Deep (2007) (Videos)
- The Backyardigans: It's Great to Be a Ghost! (2005) (Videos)
- The Backyardigans: The Legend of the Volcano Sisters (2007) (Videos)
- The Backyardigans: Mighty Match Up (2008) (Videos)
- The Backyardigans: Polka Palace Party (2006) (Videos)
- The Backyardigans: The Snow Fort (2005) (Videos)
- Max & Ruby: A Merry Bunny Christmas (2007) (Videos) (Heard once in "Max's Fire Flies" when Louise's stomach growls.)
- Nick Jr. Favorites Vol. 2 (2005) (Videos)
- Nick Jr. Favorites Vol. 3 (2006) (Videos)
- Nick Jr. Favorites Vol. 4 (2006) (Videos)
- Nick Jr. Favorites Vol. 5 (2007) (Videos)
- Nick Jr. Favorites Vol. 6 (2007) (Videos)
- Nickelodeon Favorites: Celebrate Fall! (2015) (Videos)
Promos
Canada:
- Adult Swim Channel Promo - Burger King Stomach Growling (2019) (Heard several times.)
YouTube Videos
- Brawlhalla Short Skits
- HourofPoop (Heard once in "Hark's Tyrannical Tasks".)
- Hozzy & Friends
- Object Show Shorts
- WhitneyGoLucky (Heard often when a character's stomach growls.)
- Zeeno Productions (Heard in some videos.)
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