This is a sound effect originating in Pac-Man in 1980.
Used In
TV Shows
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Heard once in "Ultra Sheen".)
- Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
- Starcade
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (Heard four times in "Dash For Dolly".)
Movies
- Colour Old Master Q (Heard in Ending 01.)
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) (Heard once during the end of the arcade scene.)
- Footloose (1984) (Heard once after Reverend Shaw stops the tape playing the song "Dancing in the Sheets" by Shalamar.)
- Grown-Ups (2010)
- Pixels (2015) (Heard when Pac-Man dies.)
- Tapeheads (1988)
- Tron (1982)
Video Games
Arcade:
- Mario Kart Arcade GP
- Pac-Man (Debut; heard when Pac-Man loses a life. Appears different on some other ports)
- Pac-Man Plus (Heard when Pac-Man loses a life.)
- Pac-Man Smash (Air Hockey)
- Pac & Pal
- Super Pac-Man
PC:
- Super Smash Flash 2 (Heard when Pac-Man gets KO'd)
Xbox 360:
- Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 (Heard once in "Less Than Three (Ricardo Autobahn Remix)"; high-pitched and sped-up version.)
Mobile
- Pac-Man 256
Nintendo Switch:
Commercials
- Red Bull - Pac-Man (2018)
Music
- Buckner and Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (1981)
- Nitro Fun - Dragonfly (2015)
- Tyga - Haute (ft. J Balvin, Chris Brown) (2019)
Other Media
- Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus: The Greatest Show On Earth (Heard once)
- Video Game Director's Cuts (VGDC)
YouTube Videos
- Camera Escondida Prank Videos
- DoujinPixation
- The Kirby Collab 3
- The Angry German Kid Show
- Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures parody: Pac-Man and the zoo
Image Gallery
Pac-Man Death Sound/Image Gallery
Audio Samples