This sound effect can be found on Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas. It's Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, SINGLE PROP - TBF: EXT: POWER DIVE blended with a STUKA SIREN imitation, which were originally Universal Studios sound effects. This is the same sound effect as Elektra Records, Dive Bomber.
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This is the most famous imitation of the Stuka's siren. It was originally a Universal sound effects and exists in lower pitches, though it's usually used in this pitch.
Unlike most Stuka siren imitations; the siren is drowned out by the roar of the engine quickly breaking dive, before the siren wails down.
The recording of only the engine's roar exists, with the "siren" out, on the Universal Studios Sound Effects Library: Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, SINGLE PROP - TBF: EXT: POWER DIVE.
Similar Variations
- Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, SINGLE PROP - TBF: EXT: POWER DIVE (with Stuka siren out)
- Sound Ideas, Explosions - Plane shot and diving out of control . . . whine and explosion (incorporated into a plane crash sequence)
- Sound Ideas, ZOOM, CARTOON - BROOM TAKE OFF (tail end)
- Elektra Records, Dive Bomber
Used In
NOTE: Expect not this sound to accompany all aircraft diving or about to crash; not all TV shows or movies use this recording. However, in the event of non-jet airplanes diving or about to crash, particularly in older films/programs, an imitation of the Stuka siren should often be expected, although it is then used outside of historical context.
TV Shows
- 12 oz. Mouse (Heard once in "Meaty Dreamy"; used incorrectly for a helicopter.)
- Action Dad (Begins after the opening part.)
- Action Man (2000 TV Series)
- The All-New Pink Panther Show
- The Angry Beavers
- Arthur (Heard once in "Brain Sees Stars".)
- Beany and Cecil (Heard once in "The Capture of Thunderbolt the Wondercolt".)
- Between the Lions
- Bonkers
- CatDog
- Chalkzone (2nd half heard in a +1 pitch in the opening of "Rudy's First Adventure".)
- Courage The Cowardly Dog
- Cow and Chicken
- Darkwing Duck
- Dexter's Laboratory (Also sometimes accents characters running fast, i.e. "Sdrakcab" and "Mom and Jerry".)
- DuckTales
- El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
- The Fairly OddParents
- Foyle's War (First half heard once in "Eagle Day"; used incorrectly as a Spitfire is shot down.)
- The Huckleberry Hound Show
- Garfield and Friends (Heard 3 times in "Box O'Fun"; used incorrectly as Garfield's box airplane appears to be of the U.S. army.)
- Goof Troop
- Gumby
- Human Target (2nd half heard once in one episode; used incorrectly as an uncontrolled delivery plane is assumed to dive.)
- Family Guy (This or a similar Stuka siren warm-up heard in "Halloween on Spooner Street" as Glenn Quagmire dives a WW2 bomber to a navy vessel.)
- I Am Weasel
- Johnny Bravo (Also some SSN 1 episodes use this in higher pitches.)
- The Littles
- Mickey Mouse
- My Life as a Teenage Robot (Heard once in "Unlicensed Flying Object" with Hollywoodedge, Sky Rocket Loud High TE021701.)
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Heard once in "The Good, The Bad and the Tigger".)
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies
- The New Three Stooges (Heard once in "Badmen in the Briny".)
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show
- Nightmare Ned (Heard once in "House of Games" near the end as the titular character falls off of a building.)
- Pink Panther and Sons
- The Powerpuff Girls (Heard once in "Ice Sore" after Blossom freezes a meteor, and "A Very Special Blossom" for Professor's falling groceries [heard with Sound Ideas, WHINE, CARTOON - SHELL SCREAMING WHINE DOWN], among other episodes.)
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
- Ren & Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon (Heard once in "Stimpy's Pregnant".)
- The Ren & Stimpy Show (Heard once in "Untamed World", "Rubber Nipple Salesmen", the "Flod" segment of "Stimpy's Cartoon Show", "Hard Times for Haggis", "Blazing Entrails" and "A Scooter for Yaksmas"; twice in "I Love Chicken" for camera pans and "Double Header" for an approaching bus; and several times in "Fire Dogs", among other episodes.)
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Samurai Jack (Seasons 1-4 only: Heard once in EPISODE II and most often in EPISODE XLVII.)
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
- Sesame Street
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard once in "Club Spongebob", "Squilliam Returns", "Have You Seen This Snail?" [roar only], "Mrs. Puff You're Fired", "Sing a Song of Patrick", "What Ever Happened to Spongebob?", "Ghoul Fools", "Walking the Plankton", and "Patrick's Staycation", among other episodes.)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2nd half's siren warm-up briefly used once in "Holocron Heist", "Cat and Mouse" in a +12 pitch from a missile, and "Crisis on Naboo" in reverse as a gunship goes down in flames.)
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
- The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
- Talespin
- The Tom & Jerry Kids Show
- Tom & Jerry Special Shorts (Heard once in "The House That Cat Built" with Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, PROP - LONG DIVE 01.)
- Top Wing
- Underdog (Heard once in "The Witch of Pickyoon".)
- Wander Over Yonder
- What a Cartoon!
- The Yogi Bear Show (Heard once in "Batty Bat".)
TV Specials
- Daffy Duck's Easter Show (1980)
- A Johnny Bravo Christmas (2001) (Heard during the majority of the time that the [jet] airplane falls/dives, even as Santa's reindeer stop it from diving, as an aural gag)
- Liberty and the Littles (1986)
- Pink Panther in the Olym-pinks (1980)
Movies
- Airplane! (1980)
- Barney's Great Adventure (1998)
- The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998) (Barely audible for 7 seconds due to the roar of the engine after Blanky turns off Microwave.)
- Flubber (1997)
- Here Come the Littles (1985)
- The Incredibles (2004) (Only the siren's warm-up is heard once sped-up, from a velocipod as Dash is running out of the jungle.)
- The Little Mermaid (1989)
- The Longest Day (1962)
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) (Used twice for the airplane falling/diving.)
- Mais où est donc passée la 7ème compagnie? (aka Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to?) (1973)
- Midway (1976) (Used improperly as pretty much any airplane dives.)
- Midway (2019)
- Mulholland Falls (1996)
- Pearl Harbor (2001) (heard twice in reverse and processed into a very high pitch.)
- Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016)
- Planes (2013)
- The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
- Rio (2011) (1st half used improperly for a non-Stuka airplane, after Nigel is caught in one of the engines, when Tipa says "We're going down!")
- Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie (2001) (Heard once as a flying vehicle split in half dives down.)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (Heard once as a Clone Fighter is hit into a dive; only on one of the L/R channels. It might've been heard when Plo Koon's Jedi Starfighter goes down too, but is barely audible.)
- Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) (Heard in a very low volume as Dr. Applecheeks in the ice cream cart rides down a hill and falls through a hole in a bridge.)
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
- The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
- Von Ryan's Express (1965)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (Heard briefly in the deleted "Pig Head" scene.)
- Wings (1927) (May've been used once in the 2012 version, barely audible due to the roar of the engine, I BigIdeas70258 think, the 2nd time a biplane dives?)
Shorts
- Disney Cartoons
- DePatie-Freleng Cartoons (Heard in the Blue Racer cartoons "Blue Aces Wild," "Aches and Snakes," and "Snake Preview." (1973)
- DreamWorks Dragons: Book of Dragons (2011) (once, only the tail end/roar of the engine. The Stuka siren is barely audible, but a slightly higher-pitched version of the highly processed Warner Bros. siren plays with this sound)
- Pink Panther Cartoons (Heard once in "Cat and the Pinkstalk", captioned by Turner Networks as "[ ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! ]".)
- Malice in Wonderland (1982) (Shorts) (Heard in the opening and closing credits.)
- Tom & Jerry Cartoons (Shorts) (heard once in "Much Ado about Mousing" and either "Guided Mous-ille" or "O-Solar Meow" in a higher pitch)
- Whizzard of OW! (2003 Short)
Commercials
- Eggos Cereal "Falling Bowl" (Heard as the bowl falls, except when the shadow stops to follow him, along with the air whistling (Sky Rocket Loud High, I think) which is the only sound the captions mention.)
Trailers
- The Longest Day (1962) (Trailers) (May've been used once in a -12 pitch.)
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) (Trailers)
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) (Trailers)
Logos
- Camp Video (1986-1990's) (Logos) (Heard in poor, deteriorated quality as the logo/comet flies around the Earth.)
Other Media
- Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1995
- Golden Book Video (Heard once in "3 Sesame Street Stories" and "5 Sesame Street Stories".)
- Hanna-Barbera Records - Drop-Ins Volume One (1965) (Others Media)
YouTube Videos
- Beanie Babies Families Galore (2021)
- The Best Pals Hand Movie (2018)
- Golden Book Video Killers
- Smosh Videos
- Webkinz 3: Furrier Moment (2019)
- WhitneyGoLucky
- 12 Bar Blues
Video games
Anime
- BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (Heard briefly in "The View at 14"; sampled as a background street sound.)
- Cyborg 009: Monster Wars
- Digimon Adventure 01 (Heard once in "Forget About It!" in the English dub after DemiDeviMon gets pummeled by Patamon's Boom Bubble attack in the sky while on a rollercoaster uphill.)
- Dragon Ball (first part only)
- Dragon Ball Z (Heard for a very short time in "Evil Lives On".)
- Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantarō Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan (2011)
- Patlabor: The Movie (Heard for a very short time when helicopters fly.)
- Sonic X (Heard once in "Satellite Swindle".)
Image Gallery
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Audio Samples