This sound effect can be found on Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas. It was originally a Warner Bros. sound effect which perhaps debuted in the Looney Tunes short "Bunker Hill Bunny" (1950) and used in few MGM shorts afterward. Additionally, it's often used in Cinemassacre's Angry Video Game Nerd as its trademark explosion sound (along with 03 for anything that explodes.
Similar Variations
- SoundDogs, Explotions - Explosion In Water - Depth Charge. (included)
- SoundDogs, Explotions - Grenade Explosions With Debris Distant Crackley Sounding Explosions - With Debris (same, multiple takes)
- SoundDogs, Explotions - Medium Heavy Explosion - Tail Wiped. (same)
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - ARMY JEEP LIGHT AND EXPLODE (included)
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - MEDIUM EXPLOSION 05 (H-B) (Slightly muffled version.)
Used In
TV Shows
- The Addams Family (1964 Series)
- Brain Stew
- Gilligan's Island
- Gosei Sentai Dairanger (1993) (used every time an Enlargement Bomb explodes)
- Harvey Street Kids
- Inspector Gadget (Heard in the intro and in "Gadget in Winterland.")
- The Magic School Bus
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (Heard once in "The Schnook who Took My Comic Book".)
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (Heard once in "A Run Cycle Through Time!")
- The Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Movies
- Bonestyx's Return (2020)
- The Living Daylights (1987)
- Minions (2015)
- Return of the Black Thrasher: The Movie (2009)(2017 Improved Edition only)
- Wings (1927) (2012 version)
- Wizards (1977)
Shorts
- Looney Tunes Cartoons (Shorts) (Debuted in "Bunker Hill Bunny"?)
- MGM Cartoons (Shorts) (Heard in "Good Will to Men (1955)")
- Tom & Jerry Cartoons (Shorts) (Heard once in "Barbeque Brawl (1956)")
Video Games
Arcade:
- Puzzle Bobble 2 (Used often alongside Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - LARGE EXPLOSION 03 (H-B) every time you destroy bubbles. Can only be heard in the international version of the game.)
PC:
- Castle Totenkopf: SDL Edition (Video Game)
- Microsoft Fighter Ace
- Fortress 2: Blue (2001) (Video Game)
- Microsoft 3D Movie Maker (PC Game, 1995)
- Microsoft Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker
Game Boy Advance:
PlayStation 1:
PlayStation 2:
Nintendo Gamecube:
Xbox:
Android:
- Dragon Ball Legends
- Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
iOS:
- Dragon Ball Legends
- Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
Commercials
Trailers
- Die Hard (1988) (Trailers)
- Die Hard 2 (1990) (Trailers)
- Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995) (Trailers)
- Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) (Trailers)
- The Last Boy Scout (1991) (Trailers)
YouTube Videos
- Angry German Kid and the Ice Cream Truck (2012) (Shorts)
- The Angry Video Game Nerd (Used often for explosions.)
- WhitneyGoLucky
Anime
- City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba (1999)
- Gunsmith Cats
- Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Heard once in Episode 13.)
Image Gallery
Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - LARGE EXPLOSION 01 (H-B)/Image Gallery
Audio Samples