This is the sound of an inertia starter from the Warner Bros. Sound Effects Library, known best for being the sound of Taz spinning.
Info[]
- First Recorded: 1935
- Creator: Treg Brown
- Owner: Warner Bros. (1936-1992), Sound Ideas (1992-present)
- Origin: United States
- Year Debut: March 9, 1936
- First Heard: The Fire Alarm (a Looney Tunes short)
- Area served: TBA
The sound was first used in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons since the 1930's, and were used as its trademark for anything spinning or for a machine running. The sound was also used in some of WB's live-action movies. It was later used as Taz's trademark tornado sound since "Bedeviled Rabbit" in 1957. Some studios would later use the sound in their animated and live-action projects like DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (DFE), Chuck Jones Enterprises, Walt Disney Television Animation, and many more.
Although the sound isn't available on any sound effects library, it's been used in modern animation in some occasions. A sped up portion of it, Hollywoodedge, Short Rapid Electri CRT035802, can be found on Cartoon Trax Volume 1. The whole version can be heard mixed with Sound Ideas, MOTOR, CARTOON - SPACEY MOTOR: START UP, RUN 02 on the Warner Bros. Sound Effects Library. DigiPost.TV and sometimes Disney tend to use it in some of their projects to this day.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link To The Sound Effect[]
Used In[]
TV Shows[]
- Action League Now!
- Aladdin: The Series (Heard once in "Never Say Nefir".)
- The All-New Pink Panther Show
- Animaniacs
- The Angry Beavers (Heard once in "Enter the Daggett" and "The Day the World Got Really Screwed Up".)
- Baby Looney Tunes
- Baggy Pants & the Nitwits
- Bailey's Comets
- The Barkleys
- Bobby's World
- Bonkers
- Bugs Bunny Builders
- The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour
- The Bugs Bunny Show
- CatDog
- The Cleveland Show (Heard once in "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta?".)
- Dexter's Laboratory (Heard once in "Monstrosi-Dee Dee".)
- Doctor Snuggles (Heard once in "The Fearful Miscast Spell of Winnie the Witch".)
- Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
- Family Guy (Heard once in "Farmer Guy" and "Grimm Job".)
- Freakazoid!
- Gadget Boy
- Garfield and Friends (Heard once in "The Monster Who Couldn't Scare Anybody".)
- The Get-Along Gang (Heard briefly in the pilot.)
- Hanazuki Full of Treasures (Heard once in "Homesick".)
- Here Comes the Grump
- The Houndcats
- The Incredible Hulk (1982 TV series)
- Inspector Gadget
- Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
- Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
- Krypto the Superdog (Heard twice in a low and normal pitch in "Super-Flea".)
- Lilo & Stitch: The Series
- The Little Mermaid: The Series (Heard once in "Island of Fear".)
- Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020)
- The Looney Tunes Show
- The Mask: Animated Series
- Meg and Mog
- The Merrie Melodies Show
- Mickey Mouse Works
- The New Fantastic Four
- The New Pink Panther Show
- The Oddball Couple
- Pepper Ann (Heard in "The Big Pencil" and "Snot Your Mother's Music".)
- Pingu (Could be heard in Seasons 5-6.)
- The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show
- The Pink Panther Show
- The Powerpuff Girls (Heard once in "Save the Date".)
- The Powerpuff Girls (2016 TV Series) (Heard once in "Save the Date".)
- The Ren & Stimpy Show (Heard in "Monkey See, Monkey Don't".)
- Return to the Planet of the Apes
- The Road Runner Show
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (Heard once in "Ollie Ollie In-come Free!", "The Tao of Scoob!" and "Cher, Scooby and the Sargasso Sea!".)
- Sesame Street (Heard in the end of "J Train".)
- Sidekick
- The Snoopy Show
- Spider-Woman
- Spliced
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard in several episodes.)
- The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- The Super 6
- Super President
- TaleSpin (Heard once in "I Only Have Ice for You"?)
- Taz-Mania
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
- Teen Titans
- Timon & Pumbaa
- Tiny Toon Adventures (varying pitches.)
- Tiny Toons Looniversity
- The Tom and Jerry Show
- The Tom & Jerry Kids Show (heard once in "I Dream of Cheezy".)
- Tom and Jerry Tales (used frequently in "Catch Me Though You Can't".)
- Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production (Brief selections only.)
- What's New, Mr. Magoo?
- Wizards of Waverly Place
- The Wombles (1973 TV Series)
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (Heard once in "The Nasty Nose".)
TV Specials[]
- Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
- The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head (1974) (Heard often.)
- Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (1980)
- Sonic Christmas Blast (Sonic Spin)
Movies[]
- An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000)
- The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1999) (Heard when Wittgenstein is sending the animal deportation message to Rob.)
- Cats Don't Dance (1997)
- Fantastic Four (2005)
- The Great Race (1965)
- Gremlins (1984)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) (Heard after Bugs Bunny spins Daffy with the 1936-1964 MM rings stuck to his waist.)
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
- Rock & Rule (1983)
- Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024)
- Scoob! (2020)
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
- Space Jam (1996)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (Heard briefly when David Hasselhoff is preparing to launch SpongeBob and Patrick into the ocean.)
- The Thief and the Cobbler
- Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Shorts[]
- 90 Day Wondering
- Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962)
- The Ant and the Aardvark Cartoons
- DePatie-Freleng Cartoons
- Hoot Kloot Cartoons
- Inacio Studios Media
- Look Before You Beep (Shorts)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
- Looney Tunes Webtoons
- Misterjaw Cartoons
- Pink Panther Cartoons
- Superior Duck (1996) (Short)
- Tijuana Toads Cartoons
- Tom and Jerry (Heard once in "Puss 'n' Boats" and "Surf Board Cat" in reverse.)
Video Games[]
GameCube:
Nintendo Switch:
Online:
PC:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Used improperly for a meteor in the mission "Turbulence".)
- Legoland (Used as the startup sound for Professor Voltage's time machine.)
- Looney Tunes Assorted Nuts Animated Jigsaws
- Looney Tunes Cosmic Capers Animated Jigsaws
- Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports
- Looney Tunes Wuv & Marriage Animated Jigsaws
- M.U.G.E.N
- MultiVersus
- Taz: Wanted
PlayStation:
PlayStation 2:
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) (Video Game)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (Video Game)
- Taz: Wanted
PlayStation 3:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Used improperly for a meteor in the mission "Turbulence".)
PlayStation 4:
PlayStation 5:
Wii:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Used improperly for a meteor in the mission "Turbulence".)
Xbox:
Xbox 360:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Used improperly for a meteor in the mission "Turbulence".)
Xbox One:
Xbox Series X/S:
Videos/DVDs[]
- Barney's Dino Dancin' Tunes (2000 video) (Heard briefly.)
Commercials[]
UK:
- Walkers Crisps - Looney Tunes Commercial (1999)
USA:
- Apple Jacks (1965)
- Crunch Toons (2003)
- Geico - Tazmania Devil (2014)
- Kentucky Fried Chicken Mega Meal (1994)
- Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Ad - Looney Tunes (2000)
- Tornado Taz Toy Commercial (1993)
Logos[]
- Datasat Digital Entertainment
Promos[]
Trailers[]
Music Videos[]
- Touch and Go - Would You...?
Newgrounds Videos[]
- SebastianLopez
- VicHD
YouTube Videos[]
- Best Pals Hand Toons
- LuigiFan00001 (Heard once in "Danger Above".)
- Nostalgia Critic (Heard once in "Scooby Doo 2".)
- Pencilmation
- SMG4 Videos (Heard briefly in "SMG4 Movie: Revelations".)
- ToucanLDM (Heard once in "Sailor Moon meets My Little Pony (2/2)".)
- Webkinz (Low Volume; Heard once in "The Clyde Slide")
- WhitneyGoLucky
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