Sound Ideas, CAT - DOMESTIC: SINGLE MEOW, ANIMAL 02

Sound Ideas, CAT - DOMESTIC: SINGLE MEOW, ANIMAL 02
Library	The General Series 6000 Sound Effects Library
Created	1991
First Appearance	Grown-Ups for a Day! (a Barney & Friends episode)
Arch-Nemesis of	CoolGamer23
Category	Cat meowing

This sound effect can be found on The General Series 6000 Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas.

Info

• First recorded: 1991
• Creator: Brian Nimens
• Owner: Sound Ideas (April 1992-present)
• Origin: Canada
• Year debut: October 6, 1993
• First heard: Grown-Ups for a Day! (a Barney & Friends episode)
• Area used: Worldwide

This sound was recorded in 1991 by Brian Nimens because The General Series 6000 Sound Effects Library was in the making at that time. Then, it debuted in the Barney & Friends season 2 episode, "Grown-Ups for a Day!" on October 6, 1993.

This is one of the most commonly used cat sounds in media from the 1990s to present. It is commonly heard in western animation shows and commercials during that time period, although it's not commonly used in video games and anime. If you were born in the 1990s, there's a possible chance you've probably heard this sound before.

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Used In

TV Shows

• The 7D (Heard once in "Cat on a Hot Grim Roof".)
• Adventure Time (Heard often in "The Box Prince" and once in "Sky Witch".)
• The Amazing World of Gumball (Heard once in "The Fight", "The Job" and "The Nest".)
• America's Got Talent (Heard in one of the episodes in 2018.)
• Anatole (Heard once in "Anatole's Persian Adventure".)
• Arthur (Heard once in "Arthur's Pet Business", "Law of the Jungle Gym" and "Arthur and the Haunted Treehouse"; twice in "Pet Peeved"; 6 times in "Buster Baxter, Cat Saver", the 6th time in a slow speed.)
• American Dad! (Heard once in a high pitch in "Scents and Sensei-bility".)
• Apple & Onion (Heard once in "Tips" and "Pulling Your Weight".)
• Baby Looney Tunes (Heard once in "Firehouse Frolics".)
• Barney & Friends (Debut, heard in:)
  • "Grown-Ups for a Day!" (twice during the song "Had a Little Rooster".)
  • "Camera Safari" (twice)
  • "Let's Build Together" (once during the song "This is the House That Jack Built".)
  • "Once a Pond a Time" (once during the song "Every Animal Talks in Its Own Special Way".)
  • "Sweet As Honey" (once during the song "Every Animal Talks in Its Own Special Way".)
  • ”Here, Kitty Kitty” (once when Barney talks about the different types of cats.)
• The Batman (Heard once in "The Cat and the Bat".)
• Bill Nye, the Science Guy (Heard thrice in "Fossils".)
• Beakman's World (Heard once in "Cats, Beakmania, & Dynamite".)
• The Berenstain Bears (2003 TV Series) (Heard once in "The Summer Job", "Lend a Helping Hand" and "Big Bear, Small Bear".)
• Between the Lions (Heard once in "I Wanna Iguana" and "Gawain's Word - kitty".)
• Blue's Clues (Heard once in "What Is Blue Afraid Of?" and "Blue's ABCs".)
• Bobinogs (Heard quadrice in "We Want A Pet".)
• Braceface (Heard once in "Mommy Nearest".)
• Breadwinners (Heard twice in "Substitute Breadwinner".)
• Bubble Guppies (Usually when a cat appears in the episode, the cat will make this sound, along with 01, 03, and 04.)
• Butterbean's Café (Heard once in "Cherry Delicious!", "Movie Night!", "Cookie Master!", "Puddle Scout Cookies!" and "Sleepy Bean!".)
• Caillou (Heard very often for Gilbert in later seasons.)
• Cats 101
• Charley and Mimmo (Heard often in "Charley's Kitten".)
• Charlie's Colorforms City (Heard once in "Charlie's Pet".)
• Chip and Potato
• Classical Baby (Heard once in "The Art Show".)
• Clifford the Big Red Dog (Heard once in "Boo".)
• The Closer (Heard once at the end of "The Custody".)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series
• Corduroy (Heard often in "Soap Flakes" and once in "Once, Twice, Ice" and "Party Plans".)
• Corn & Peg (Heard once in "Super Do-Gooder".)
• Corneil & Bernie (Heard once in "Fur Wars".)
• Craig of the Creek (Used once for JP Mercer's pet cat Goo Mercer when she meows.)
• Dexter's Laboratory
• The Digswell Dog Show (Heard once in "Funnybone".)
• Drake & Josh (Heard once in "Honor Council".)
• The Dog & Pony Show (Heard once in "The Vanishing Act!".)
• Dora and Friends: Into the City! (Heard once in "Trick or Treat".)
• Dora the Explorer (Heard often in "Rojo, the Firetruck".)
• Ed, Edd n' Eddy (Heard once in "Here's Mud in your Ed".)
• Elmo's World (Heard once in "Pets" in a low pitch, and "Games" and "Pets" in a high pitch.)
• El Perro y El Gato (Heard once in the intro.)
• The Emperor's New School
• Fanboy and Chum Chum (Heard in "The Incredible Shrinking Fanboy".)
• Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman (Heard once in "Cats? I Thought You Said Kites!" and "That Doesn't Float My Boat".)
• Fireman Sam (Heard once in "Going Out with a Bang".)
• Fluffy Gardens (Heard once in a high pitch in "Paolo the Cat".)
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (Heard in "Eddie Monster".)
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
• Higglytown Heroes (Heard twice in "Flappy's Not Happy" and once in "First Snow", "Halloween Heroes", "Soup with Stars", "Sticky Situation", "Kip's Shadow" and "Say Cheese!".)
• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (Used for Jang Keng when he meows.)
• Hey Arnold! (Heard twice in "Friday the 13th".)
• iCarly
• The Incredible Dr. Pol (Heard once in a very low pitch in "I Love Moo".)
• Jacob Two-Two (Heard once in "Jacob Two-Two and the Pet Peeve".)
• Johnny Bravo (Heard once in "Scoop Bravo", "Traffic Troubles", "The Hunk at the End of This Cartoon", "The Time of My Life" and "Run Johnny Run".)
• Johnny Test (Heard once in "99 Deeds of Johnny Test".)
• Katie and Orbie (Mainly used for Furrball in newer seasons.)
• Kerwizz
• Kipper (Used for Jake's kitten in "Kipper the Hero".)
• Lalaloopsy
• Little Bear (Heard once in "Birthday Soup".)
• Little Bill (Heard twice in "The Best Way to Play" and heard once in "Monty Joins the Class".)
• Little Star (Heard in the end credits.)
• The Loud House (Heard once in "No Place Like Homeschool".)
• Luo Bao Bei
• Maya & Miguel (Heard once in "La Calavera".)
• Men in Black: The Series
• Mentor High School (Heard once in "Eric's Last Day".)
• Milly, Molly  
• Mr. Bean
• Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (Heard multiple times in a low pitch in "Cat Sitting".)
• Mr. Pickles (Heard in "Coma".)
• My Cat From Hell
• My Life as a Teenage Robot
• Ned's Newt (Heard once in "Mall Good Things Come to an End".)
• Oggy and the Cockroaches (Heard once in "For Real")
• Olivia (Heard once in "Olivia's Dogwash".)
• Oobi (Heard once in "Cat!".)
• Pepper Ann
• Peter Rabbit (TV Series) (Heard once in "The Tale of the Start of Spring".)
• Pets 101
• Pinky Dinky Doo (Heard once in "Pinky and the Big Rainy Day".)
• The Powerpuff Girls (Heard often in "Cat Man Do".)
• QI (Alan Davies' buzzer in the episode "Discovery".)
• Rabbids Invasion
• Regular Show
• Remy & Boo (Heard once in "Invisiboo".)
• Robot Chicken (Heard once in "Your Mouth is Hanging Off Your Face".)
• Rocket Power
• Sanjay and Craig (Heard once in "Birds of a Feather".)
• Sesame Street (Heard once in the "Fear" cartoon.)
• Seven Little Monsters (Heard once in "The Nose Knows".)
• Shimmer and Shine (Used twice for Nahal in "The Sweetest Thing".)
• South Park
• Super Why! (Heard in high and low pitches in "Dr. Dolittle". Heard in a normal pitch in "The Boy Who Drew Cats".)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard once in a low volume in "Grooming Gary".)
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil
• Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (Heard once in "The Stranger".)
• Stickin' Around (Heard once in "Jumbo Frank".)
• The Stuffed Animal Show
• Tales from the Cryptkeeper (Heard once in "So Very Attractive".)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) (Heard once in "Mazes & Mutants".)
• Teen Titans Go! (Heard in "Caramel Apples".)
• Three Delivery (Heard once in "Shape Shifter".)
• Tiger King (Heard once in "Dethroned".)
• Thomas & Friends (Heard once in "Rosie is Red".)
• Team Umizoomi (Heard once in "The Ghost Family Costume Party".)
• Teen Titans
• Teen Titans Go!
• Tig N' Seek (Mainly used for Gweeseek.)
• The Tom and Jerry Show (Heard once in "FrankenKitty".)
• The Toothbrush Family (1998 TV Series) (Heard thrice in "Max Can Talk".)
• Total Drama Action (Heard once in "Masters of Disasters".)
• Total DramaRama (Heard once in "Germ Factory".)
• Topsy and Tim (Heard once in "Emergency Rescue" and "Remember This".)
• Uncle Grandpa (Heard once in "Belly Bros" and "Jorts".)
• VeggieTales (Heard once in "Abe and the Amazing Promise", in the song "Sneeze If You Need To".)
• Wayside
• What About Mimi?
• X-Men Evolution (Heard once in "The Cauldron".)
• Yo Gabba Gabba! (Heard once in "Green".)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Heard once in "Tales of Innocence".)
• The Zimmer Twins (Heard once in "Joyride" movie starter and "Mystery Man X" short by kasem.)

TV Specials

• Spooky Bats and Scaredy Cats (2009)

Movies

• Buddy (1997)
• Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
• Despicable Me 3 (2017)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• Evan Almighty (2007)
• General Education (2012)
• Home Alone 3 (1997)
• Men in Black (1997) (Used several times in the film. In one key scene, the sound effect was heard right after Gentle Rosenburg dies. His dying words are "The galaxy is on Orion's Belt", and that the cat's name is Orion, the use of the sound effect foreshadows that it is actually the galaxy on the cat's belt.)
• The Missing Lynx (2008)
• Nine Lives (2016)
• Polly Pocket 2: Cool at the Pocket Plaza (2005)
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys (2001) (Used for a wind-up mouse.)
• Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans (2019)
• Toy Story 4 (2019) (Used for Dragon.)

Shorts

• The Cat That Looked at a King (2004) (Shorts) (Heard once in a high pitch.)
• DreamWorks Dragons: Book of Dragons (2011)
• Mickey Mornings (Heard once during the Black Cat Boogie.)
• Partly Cloudy (2009) (Shorts) (Heard once in high pitch.)

Commercials

Australia:

• Dell Computers (1996)

New Zealand:

• Toyota Corolla - Cat (2012)

UK:

• Fire Kills - Smokey (1994)
• Transport for London - Hashtag Journey (2016, radio)

USA:

• Adult-Swim Website (2015)
• Animal Planet’s The Spot (15-second version)
• Dairy Queen - Kitten Bubbles (2011)
• Dogz/Catz on Nintendo DS & GameBoy Advance (2006)
• Hill's Transforming Lives (2020)
• It's A Trap - Smoking (2015)
• Remax Agent Cat Commercials (2018)
• Subway (2005)
• Temptations - Keep Them Busy (2016)
• Zoomer Kitty (2015) (Commercials)

Vietnam:

• Comfort Aromatherapy (2012)

Video Games

3DS:

• Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Heard in a high pitch in the music that plays when the player plants a tree.)
• Paper Mario: Sticker Star
• WarioWare Gold

DS:

• Big Brain Academy
• Feel the Magic: XY/XX
• New Super Mario Bros. (Heard in the "Loves Me...?" minigame when the player gets the "Loves Me Not" ending.)
• Super Mario 64 DS (Heard in the "Loves Me...?" minigame when the player gets the "Loves Me Not" ending.)

GameCube:

• Animal Crossing (Heard in varying high pitches in the 1 PM music.)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (high pitched)
• Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers

GBA:

• Fullmetal Alchemist: Sonata of Memories (high pitched)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Stray Rondo (high pitched)

Nintendo Switch:

• Super Mario Maker 2 (Oddly enough, used as a noteblock instrument for Red Koopa Troopas jumping on it.)

Online:

• Milk Quest (Heard once on Level 18.)

PC:

• The Berenstain Bears Learning at Home: Volume 2
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Just Me and My Mom
• Grand Theft Auto IV (Heard once at the end of one of the radio jingles for Vladivostok FM.)
• I Spy Fantasy
• I Spy Mystery
• JumpStart 1st Grade (Used in a very high pitch for a kitten.)
• JumpStart Preschool (1995)
• Microsoft Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker
• Monopoly CD-Rom

PlayStation 2:

• Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream Carnival
• Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers

PlayStation 3:

• Grand Theft Auto IV (Heard once at the end of one of the radio jingles for Vladivostok FM.)

PlayStation 5:

• Cyberpunk 2077

Wii:

• Fullmetal Alchemist: Prince of the Dawn (high pitched)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Unused, but a high pitched version can be found in the game's files.)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (high pitched)
• Wii Party (Heard in the minigame "Animal Tracker".)

Wii U:

• Super Mario Maker (sped up)

Xbox:

• Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers

Xbox 360:

• Grand Theft Auto IV (Heard once at the end of one of the radio jingles for Vladivostok FM.)

Xbox One:

• Cyberpunk 2077

Logos

• Jessebean, Inc. (Logos)

Promos

• Nick Jr.: Face (Promos) (Heard once in "Nick Jr. Face Has A Kitten, A Puppy and A Goldfish" in a high pitch.)
• Nickelodeon - Travel Through Cable (1995) (Promos)
• Noggin Feetface (Heard once in "Next: Little Bear".)

Videos

• Arthur: Arthur Saves The Day (2004) (Videos) (Heard 6 times in "Buster Baxter, Cat Saver".)
• Baby Einstein
  • Animals Around Me (2010) (Videos)
  • Baby Beethoven: Symphony of Fun (2002) (Videos)
  • Baby Dolittle: Neighborhood Animals (2001) (Videos)
• Barney - Barney's Sense-Sational Day (1997 video)
• Barney - It's Time for Counting (1998)
• Barney's Adventure Bus (1997) (Videos)
• Blue's Clues: ABC's and 123's (1999) (Videos) (Heard once in "Blue's ABCs".)
• Blue's Clues - Playtime with Periwinkle (2001) (Videos)
• Nickelodeon Favorites: Go Green! (2010) (Videos)
• Pet Party (2012)
• Richard Scarry's Best Silly Stories and Songs Video Ever! (1994) (Videos)

Trailers

• The Animal (2001) (Trailers)
• Home (2015) (Trailers)
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) (Trailers)

TV Spots

• Night at the Muesum: Secret of The Tomb (2014) (TV Spots
• PBS Kids - The Mystery Box (2000)
• Puss in Boots (2011) (TV Spots)

Home Videos

• FHE on DVD: Family Home Easy (Heard once in "Prayer: Where Are Ben's Glasses?".)

YouTube Videos

• Beanie Babies Families Galore (2021)
• The Best Pals Hand Show
• Best Pals Hand Toons
• Jack Sablich Videos (Heard once in "PBS Kids Dash ID 1999 Bloopers".)
• LEGO Batman goes to the bathroom
• My Magic Pet Morphle
• Olivier Hatta (Heard once in "Afternoon Hangout 6/24/15 (feat tylertristar2isback).")
• RARE NICK EXTRA BUMPER (2005?) [INCOMPLETE]
• STEVE AND ALEX’S EPIC QUEST
• Titanic - Parody by Cats
• Webkinz
• Webkinz Go to the Doctor (By Strawberry516)

Miscellaneous

• BrainPop
• CBeebies Bedtime Stories
• Disney Channel: What A Life (Miscellaneous)
• Google Home (Heard in the Mystery Sounds game if they give you an animal sound question.)
• Scratch (Used as the default sound.)
• Snap! (Coding Website)
• Taylor Swift Music Videos (Heard faintly during the intro sequence of "ME!")
• Yamaha PSR-E323
• Yamaha YPT-310

Anime

• Clannad
• Digimon Adventure 01 (Only heard in a very low volume along with other cat meowing sounds in the Episode 12 recap in the English and Dutch dubs.)
• Fairy Tail
• Flint: The Time Detective (Heard once in "TBA".)
• Ghost Stories
• Himouto! Umaru-chan

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