Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01

THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01
Library	20th Century Fox Sound Effects Library
Created	1931
First Appearance	Winterset (1936)
Category	Weather

This sound effect can be found on the 20th Century Fox Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas.

Info

• First recorded: 1931
• Creator: Unknown
• Owner: Unknown (1930's-1995), Sound Ideas (1995-present)
• Origin: United States
• Year debut: Unknown
• First heard: Winterset (1936)
• Area used: Worldwide (Especially in the UK and Canada.)

This sound is known as an infamous variation of "castle thunder".

In 1995, Sound Ideas added this sound effect to the 20th Century Fox Sound Effects Library.

Similar Variations

• Rain Thunders, Thunders - Thunder Crack & Roll - Many Takes Various Dist'S - All Similar - Cracks Cracks / Roll Rolls
• Rain Thunders, Thunders - Thunder Crack. 01
• Rain Thunders, Thunders - Thunder Crack. 02
• Rain Thunders, Thunders - Thunder Cracks, Big And Small, Various Tail Offs.
• Rain Thunders, Thunders - Thunder Medium Close Up Gets Louder - Several Takes. Very Good
• Rain Thunders, Thunders - Thunder With Lots Of Pop & Hiss. Usable Very Long Order By Footage - Storm
• JET FLY BY THUNDEROUS A
• JET FLY BY THUNDEROUS B
• THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CRACK AND RUMBLE, WEATHER (A doubled version with an electrical crackle at the start.)
• Weather - Lightning strike 01
• WEATHER, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CLAPS

Used In

TV Shows

• The Addams Family (1992 Series)
• All-New Dennis the Menace (Heard once in "Wish You Weren't Here!".)
• The Angry Beavers (Heard once in "Specs Appeal".)
• Animaniacs (Heard in a high pitch.)
• Animaniacs (2020)
• Baby Looney Tunes
• The Backyardigans (Heard once in a low pitch in a low volume in "Viking Voyage".)
• Batman: The Animated Series
• The Batman (2004 TV Series)
• Being Ian (Heard once in "Cyrano de Mille".)
• Bill Nye, the Science Guy
• Bobby's World
• Braceface (Heard in a high pitch and in a normal pitch in "Brace Yourself".)
• CatDog
• Catscratch
• CBS Storybreak (Heard once in "Ratha's Creature".)
• Charlie and Lola (Heard once in "Thunder Completely Does Not Scare Me".)
• ChalkZone (Heard once in "The Heist" and "Disarmed Rudy".)
• Clarence (Heard once in "Man of the House".)
• DC Super Hero Girls
• Dexter's Laboratory (Heard in the 2001-2003 episodes only.)
• Dragon Tales (Heard once in "Big Funky Cloud".)
• Duck Dodgers
• Debbie in Session (Heard in "Storm Problem" and "Support It and It Will Follow".)
• Gadget & the Gadgetinis (Heard in "The Weather Machine".)
• Elena and the Secret of Avalor (2016)
• Fishtronaut (Heard once in "The Case of the Three Singers".)
• The Flintstone Comedy Show
• Fly Tales (Heard once in "Nightmare".)
• Full House
• G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983 TV series)
• Goof Troop
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
• Happy Days
• Harvey Beaks
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• Hey Arnold!
• Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Smells Like a Mystery".)
• The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV Series)
• Inspector Gadget
• Itsy Bitsy Spider (TV Series) (Heard once in "Sugar-Coated Spider".)
• Jellystone! (Heard once in "Mr. Flabby Dabby Wabby Jabby".)
• The Jim Henson Hour
• Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (Heard twice in "Switching Gears".)
• Little Bear (Heard several times in "Thunder Monster".)
• The Littles (Heard once in "The Lost City of the Littles".)
• Little House on the Prairie
• Lost in Space (1965 TV Series)
• The Looney Tunes Show (Heard once in "Peel of Fortune".)
• The Loud House (Heard in "Cover Girls".)
• Marsupilami
• The Magic School Bus
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Heard once in "Mickey's Monster Musical".)
• Moose and Zee (Heard twice in "Believe in Spring".)
• Muppet Babies (2018 TV Series) (Heard once in "Playground Pirates".)
• My Life as a Teenage Robot (Heard once in "Pest Control." and once in "Around the World in 80 Pieces.")
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Heard once in "Look Before You Sleep".)
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• Ozzy & Drix
• Pinky Dinky Doo (Heard repeatedly in "Pinky Dinky Doo and the Cloud People".)
• The Proud Family (Heard once in "Camping Trip".)
• The Powerpuff Girls (2016 TV Series) (thunder only; so far not used for the beam off)
• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
• The Ren & Stimpy Show (Heard once in "Black Hole" and "Stimpy's Invention".)
• Rescue 911
• Rocko's Modern Life
• Sanjay and Craig (Heard once in "Prickerbeast".)
• Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
• SpongeBob SquarePants (Heavy use of the sample when it's thundering, mainly heard in episodes from 1999-2005. However, it made a cameo in a 2007 episode called "A Flea in Her Dome; The Donut Shame; The Krusty Plate".)
• The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
• Star Trek: The Original Series
• Static Shock
• The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
• Talespin
• Thunderbirds (1965 TV Series)
• ThunderCats
• Tiny Toon Adventures (Heard only in a high pitch.)
• The Transformers (TV series)
• The Twilight Zone (1959 TV Series)
• The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
• Wander Over Yonder
• What's New, Scooby-Doo? (Heard once in "Fright House of a Lighthouse" and "The Vampire Strikes Back".)
• The Wild Thornberrys (Heard once in "Sir Nigel (Part 1)".)
• The Wild Wild West
• Zorro (1957 TV series)

TV Specials

• Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (1996)
• Care Bears Nutcracker Suite (1988)
• Elena and the Secret of Avalor (2016)
• The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (2020)
• Liberty and the Littles (1986)
• A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
• Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021)
• My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Rollercoaster of Friendship
• Puff the Magic Dragon (1978)
• Really Rosie (1975)
• Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975)
• Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! (1989)
• The Tin Soldier (1986)

Movies

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000)
• An American Tail (1986)
• The Aristocats (1970)
• Addams Family Values (1993)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Balto II: Wolf Quest (2000)
• Beethoven (1992)
• The Beyond (1981)
• Big (1988)
• Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
• Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
• Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)
• Child's Play (1988)
• Child's Play 2 (1990)
• Child's Play 3 (1991)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Dolls (1987)
• Don't Look Under The Bed (1999)
• Finding Neverland (2004) (Heard once, briefly, in low volume)
• Felix the Cat: The Movie (1988)
• Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
• Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• The Good Earth (1937)
• The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
• The Great Outdoors (1988)
• Happily Ever After (1993)
• Halloween (1978)
• Hey Arnold: The Movie (2002)
• Jaws 3-D (1983) (Used as an explosion)
• The Land Before Time (1988)
• The Lord of the Rings (1978)
• Minutemen (2008)
• The Mouse and His Child (1977)
• The Muppet Movie (1979)
• The Peanuts Movie (2015)
• The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
• The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
• Popeye (1980)
• Robin Hood (1973)
• Rock & Rule (1983)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
• Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019)
• Short Circuit (1986)
• The Sound of Music (1965)
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
• Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) (Used as an explosion.)
• Teddy Girls (1969)
• Teen Beach 2 (2015)
• Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992)
• Volcano (1997)
• Winterset (1936)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• You Only Live Twice (1967)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)

Shorts

• DC Super Hero Girls: Super Shorts
• Frankenweenie (1984) (Short)

Video Games

PC:

• Everquest
• Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3-D
• Oregon Trail II

Xbox 360:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

PlayStation:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
• NASCAR Rumble

PlayStation Portable:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

PlayStation 3:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

PlayStation 4:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

PlayStation Vita:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Saturn:

• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

N64:

• Banjo-Kazooie
• Banjo-Tooie
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

GameCube:

• Mario Superstar Baseball

GBA:

• Metroid: Zero Mission

Videos

• Baby Einstein
  • World Music (2009) (Videos)
• Golden Book Video (Heard once in "Learn About Living: Never Talk To Strangers".)
• The Safe Side: Stranger Safety (2005) (Videos)

Commercials

• Cici's Pizza: The Meltdown (2012)
• M&M's - Billboard (1998)
• M&M's - Pungi (2008)
• Skittles: "Yodeling Rabbit"
• Teddy Ruxpin: Mad Scientist (1986)

Logos

• Cinemagroup F.D. (1980s) (Logos)

Trailers

• Furby Island (Teaser Trailer) (2005)
• The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) (Trailers)

YouTube Videos

• Beanie Babies 3 (2015)
• The Best Pals Hand Show
• Best Pals Hand Toons
• The Best Pals Haunted House (2019)
• Bo Gehring Demo Reel 1983
• Calling All Engines from Tomorrowland
• The Webkinz Christmas Carol (2016)
• Webkinz 3: Furrier Moment (2019)
• Webkinz
• Wileyk209zback's 3DMM Videos

Other Media

• The Aristocats Read-Along (1987)
• Timon and Pumbaa's Virtual Safari (Other Media) (The Lion King Platinum Edition DVD)
• Timon and Pumbaa's Virtual Safari (Other Media) (The Lion King 1½ DVD)
• Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day Read-Along (1978)

Anime

• Bug tte Honey (1986)
• Dragon Ball Z
• How clumsy you are, Miss Ueno.
• Super Gals!
• Urusei Yatsura

Image Gallery

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External Links

Wikipedia entry for this sound effect