Pokémon

Air Date

Japanese version: April 1, 1997 - Present
English version: September 8, 1998 - Present

Also See

• Pokémon Mewtwo Returns
• Pokémon Chronicles
• Pokémon The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon
• Pokémon Origins
• Pokémon Generations

Description

The anime mainly uses Series 4000 and Series 6000 sound effects (along with a few Premiere Edition, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Trax Volume 1 and Skywalker Sound sound effects that were only heard in a few episodes), alongside using traditional anime sounds. Later seasons would use some more H-B and Skywalker Sound sound effects, but still not often used.

Sound Effects Used

• Anime Bamboo Sound
• Anime Bell Sound (heard in a low pitch)
• Anime Big Pop Sound (Used as its trademark for when a Pokéball is being thrown.)
• Anime Bird Chirp Sound 3
• Anime Body Fall Sound 28
• Anime Deep Hit Sound
• Anime Doom Stinger Sound 1 (High Pitched)
• Anime Electronic Sound 75
• Anime Fall Sound
• Anime High Pitched Miscellaneous Sound
• Anime Horror Stinger 3
• Anime Inflation Horn Sound (Often used for Jigglypuff when it gets angry.)
• Anime Phoenix Screech Sound (Often used for Ho-Oh but heard in -4 pitch.)
• Anime Pre-Explosion Glow Sound
• Anime Punch Sound 1
• Anime Rapid Laser Gunfire Sound
• Anime Rapid Swish Sound
• Anime Rattle Sound (Primarily used in earlier seasons whenever someone is struggling to move)
• Anime Sparkle Sound 6
• Anime Sparkle Sound 9
• Anime Sputter Down Sound
• Anime Sputter Up Sound
• Anime Stomach Growl Sound 4
• Anime Squeak Sound 15
• Anime Surprised Sound
• Anime Swish Sound 8
• Anime Swish Sound 45
• Anime Swish Sound 49
• Anime Twitch Sound 5
• Anime Zip Sound
• Bomb Drops - Falling from Distance
• Burp Sound 3 (Debut) (Heard once in Gulpin It Down) (Low Pitched)
• CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 2 (heard in “Clefairy and the Moon Stone”)
• Cuica 02
• Deep Boom
• Disney - SMALL BONK
• Dutch Sputter Sound
• Elektra Records, Metal Crash (Heard once in "Go West, Young Meowth.")
• Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl
• H-B HIT, CARTOON - HORN BONK (Heard once in "Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!".)
• Hollywoodedge, Ascending Whistles CRT057901
• Hollywoodedge, Air Horn Blasts Truck PE079701
• HollywoodEdge (Europe Edition), Roland UK - Baby Cries/Hollywoodedge, Baby Crying Slowly PE144001 (Heard once in "Imitation Confrontation.")
• Hollywoodedge, Bear Grizzly Roar Sin AT030301 (Used in early seasons as a voice/cry for some Pokémon, especially for Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Rhyhorn, and Rhydon. Was once used for Gyarados in "Talking a Good Game!". This sound effect was used until 2008.)
• Hollywoodedge, Bell Gong With Funny Whi CRT033006
• Hollywoodedge, Big Metal Clangthud CRT031902
• Hollywoodedge, Body Falls Wooden Flo PE107401
• Hollywoodedge, Car Crash Small 1 Shor PE111901 (Heard once in "Pokémon I Choose You!" and "A Scare in the Air".)
• Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Glass PE110801
• Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Glass PE110901
• Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110201
• Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110401
• Hollywoodedge, Crickets 1 BT020401/Hollywoodedge, Night Ambience Light PE011701
• Hollywoodedge, Doppler Car Horn By Ap PE077401
• Hollywoodedge, Electricity Arcing 3 PE200301
• Hollywoodedge, Elevator Bell DingsL PE192801 (Heard in "A Friend In Deed".)
• Hollywoodedge, Explosion Glass Deb EXP024201
• Hollywoodedge, Gnat By Low Fast Whist PE212201
• Hollywoodedge, Gong Hit Wring Stret CRT015603
• Hollywoodedge, Head Bonk Wbell Drum CRT031901
• Hollywoodedge, Head Bonk Wcymbal Cr CRT033004
• Hollywoodedge, Horn Honks Jeep Chero PE077301
• Hollywoodedge, Lightning 08 CloseG SIG012601/Pro Sound Effects, Thunder Clap, Big Crackly Explosion, Rolling Tail
• Hollywoodedge, Lincoln Town Car In Sk PE073501
• Hollywoodedge, Medium Explosion With Fi PE280301
• Hollywoodedge, Noisy Small EngineS CRT035201 (Heard once in "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City".)
• Hollywoodedge, Old Car Horns Single CRT021302 (Often used in a prototype version of "A Tag Team Battle Inspiration!")
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057501
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057502
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057504
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057505
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057506
• Hollywoodedge, Screams 2 Man Yell Scre PE134301
• Hollywoodedge, Screams 4 Man Gutwren PE134501
• Hollywoodedge, Stretch Whiz Bonkie CRT017901
• Hollywoodedge, Thunder Dry Rumbles PE050901
• Hollywoodedge, Wood Door OCSqueak PE180401
• Hollywoodedge, Wood Glass Crash PE113001 (Heard once in "A Scare in the Air".)
• HollywoodEdge (Europe Edition), Roland UK - Intense Firework Display
• HollywoodEdge (Europe Edition), Roland UK - Lincoln Town Car Tires Skids
• Miscellaneous Anime Sound 9
• Miscellaneous Anime Sound 123
• SKYWALKER, ALARM - REBEL'S SIREN
• SKYWALKER, BELL - BELL CHIMES RINGING
• SKYWALKER BIG METAL SQUEAKING 01 (Very high pitched; heard once in "Beauty is Only Crystal Deep!")
• SKYWALKER, BULLET - BULLETS STRIKING METAL
• SKYWALKER, BULLET - RAPID, LASER-LIKE RICOCHETS
• SKYWALKER, CAR - VARIOUS TIRE SCREECHING (very high pitched)
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE (Heard once in "Scary Hospitality!".)
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 01
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - AT-AT STOMP
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MEDIUM SET-OFF WITH WHISTLE (Heard once in "Pokémon Scent-sation" as Tangela does its cry after being released from its Poké Ball, but low-pitched and processed.)
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - POOF EXPLOSION
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - SHARP, MUFFLED BLAST
• SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED CLUSTERING BIG BOULDER CRACKLE SOUND
• SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED MONSTER SQUEALING SOUND
• SKYWALKER, JET - FAST PASS BY 01
• SKYWALKER LIGHTSABER SOUND
• SKYWALKER, METAL - WEIRD CLANK (Heard once but differently in "Bye Bye Butterfree".)
• SKYWALKER POWERLINE SNAPPING SOUND
• SKYWALKER PUNCHING SOUNDS
• SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - ION CANNON GUN
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - ELECTRONIC JUMP
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - INDY'S WHIP CRACKS
• Sound Ideas, ANIMAL, CREATURE - LARGE ANIMAL DEATH SCREAM (Typically used for Gyarados and a few other Pokémon.)
• Sound Ideas, AUTO, CRASH - SKIDS AND CRASHES 03
• Sound Ideas, BELL, FIGHT - BOXING RING FIGHT BELL: SINGLE RING, SPORTS
• Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG CHOMP
• Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BONE BITE (Heard once in a Black & White season and the Sun & Moon episode "Mallow and the Forest Teacher!".)
• Sound Ideas, BOMB, WHISTLE - BOMB FALLING: WHISTLE-BY 01
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - SPACE BOING, HIGH
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - STRING PLUCK (Heard once in "Ash Catches a Pokémon".)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - THIN METAL PING AND WARBLE 01
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - THIN METAL PING AND WARBLE 02
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - THIN METAL PING AND WARBLE 04
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, GONG - SHORT HIT WITH SMALL GONG, MUSIC, PERCUSSION, CRASH (often higher-pitched)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - BICYCLE HORN, THREE QUICK TOOTS
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FALL WHISTLE, LONG (Used every time Team Rocket gets blasted off.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FALL WHISTLE, SHORT
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - VERY QUICK
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - BIG CAR CRASH
• Sound Ideas, DOOR, WOOD - OPEN 02
• Sound Ideas, FANFARE - THEME 2A: FULL MIX, MUSIC
• Sound Ideas, FANFARE - THEME 6: FULL MIX, MUSIC (Heard once in "Beauty and the Beach.")
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 01
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 02
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 11
• Sound Ideas, HORN, BOAT - STEAM WHISTLE: SINGLE BLAST
• Sound Ideas, HORSE - INTERIOR: WHINNY, ANIMAL 02
• Sound Ideas, INSECT, CRICKET - SINGLE, ANIMAL
• Sound Ideas, KETTLE, STOVE TOP - HEAT WATER, BOIL, STEAM WHISTLE IN STOVE TOP KETTLE
• Sound Ideas, MAGIC - GLISTEN (Heard twice in "Strategy Begins at Home!")
• Sound Ideas, PLUCK, CARTOON - VAROOP
• Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - TEMPLE BLOCK RIOT, SHORT (Heard once in "Pokemon Shipwreck" and "A Real Cleffa-Hanger".)
• Sound Ideas, SIREN - SIREN, POLICE, AMBULANCE, FIRE TRUCK 01 (Heard once in "The Bridge Bike Gang.")
• Sound Ideas, SIREN - 'WAIL' SIREN, POLICE, AMBULANCE, FIRE TRUCK 01 (Heard once in "Hatch Me If You Can.")
• Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BROKEN SKID (Heard once in "Primeape Goes Bananas" and a Black & White season.)
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (Series 6000)
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 02 (Series 6000)
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 04
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP, LOTS OF CRACKLE, WEATHER
• Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 04
• Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 06
• Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 07
• Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 10
• Sound Ideas, WIND - DESERT WIND, LONELY, HAUNTING, OMINOUS, WEATHER
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT (Heard in two Black & White seasons only. It was last heard in "Baffling the Bouffalant!".)
• Stomach Growling

Image Gallery

• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 1: Indigo League
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 2: Adventures on the Orange Islands
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 3: The Johto Journeys
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 4: Johto League Champions
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 5: Master Quest
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 6: Advanced
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 7: Advanced Challenge
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 8: Advanced Battle
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 9: Battle Frontier
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 10: Diamond and Pearl
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 11: Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 12: Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 13: Diamond and Pearl: Sinnoh League Victors
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 14: Best Wishes: Black & White
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 15: Best Wishes: Black & White: Rival Destinies
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 16: Best Wishes: Black & White: Adventures in Unova
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 17: Best Wishes: Black & White: Adventures in Unova and Beyond
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 18: XY
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 19: XY: Kalos Quest
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 20: XY: XY & Z
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 21: Sun and Moon
• Pokémon/Image Gallery/Season 22: Ultra Adventures

Audio Samples

(The low pitched version of Anime Phoenix Screech Sound, Often used for Ho-oh.)