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Image of the Censor Screen for the sound.

Image of the Censor Screen for the sound.


Image of the Censor Bar for the sound.

Image of the Censor Bar for the sound.

The Censor Bleep is a common sound effect that was notably used in various media to censor bad words. This sound is usually heard as a singular 1000Hz/1kHz sine wave frequency. It also appears under the name "Reference Tone" as the first track of every pre-1997 Killer Tracks music library CD album and the last track of selected RCAL CD albums.

Info

Info
  • First recorded: N/A
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Owner: Unknown
  • Origin: United States
  • Year debut: Pre-1997
  • First heard: Every pre-1997 Killer Tracks music library CD album and selected RCAL CD albums
  • Area used: Worldwide

Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect

Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect

Variations

Variations

Used In

Used In

TV Shows

TV Shows

TV Specials

TV Specials

Movies

Movies

Shorts

Shorts
  • Bluey Minisodes (Heard in "Muffin Unboxing"; shortened.)
  • Calambur. Fool's Village (Heard in "Recipe-book".)
  • DePatie-Freleng Cartoons (Heard in "The Pink Phink (1964)" when The Little Man shoots Pink Panther's tail.)
  • Meet the Team (Heard in "Meet the Demoman", "Meet the Scout" and "Meet the Spy".)
  • Mister Magoo Cartoons (Heard in "Magoo's Moose Hunt".)
  • Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005) (Only heard in the commentary version of the short on The Incredibles blu-ray.)
  • Pink Panther Cartoons (Shorts) (Heard in "The Pink Phink" when White Man shoots Pink Panther’s tail.)
  • Save Ralph (2021)
  • The Simpsons: May the 12th Be With You (2024) (Shorts) ((SPOILER AHEAD) Used for Stewie Griffin from "Family Guy" swearing.)
  • UPA Cartoons (Heard in "Magoo's Moose Hunt".)

Video Games

Video Games

Arcade:

  • DANCERUSH STARDOM (Heard in "Crackin (Martin Garrix Edit) / Bassjackers".)
  • MaiMai DX (Heard in "Apocalypse Rebellion".)
  • Pop'n Music 5 (Heard in "INNOVATION".)
  • SOUND VOLTEX IV Heavenly Haven (Heard in "Technical Master".)

GameCube:

Mobile:

  • Amy
  • Andy
  • Angry Gran Run
  • Annie
  • Appy Christmas
  • Backman
  • Bah Humbug
  • Bike Blast
  • Blondie
  • Blondie 2
  • Chant Back
  • Comedy Show
  • Done Drinking
  • Done Drinking Deluxe
  • Dork
  • Dork 2
  • Drum N Beat
  • Fruntastic Squad Run
  • Heavy Metal
  • Heavy Metal By Metal Hammer
  • Kimmy
  • Laugh Out Loud
  • Max & Molly
  • Miitomo
  • Mobobo Bike Blast
  • Mobobo Bike Blast 2: Tipsy Tourists
  • Office Jerk
  • Petra
  • Petra HD
  • Raychel
  • Run & Gun: Banditos
  • Shoot and Run: Western
  • Skyline Skaters
  • Steve
  • Talking Boys
  • Talking Lab
  • Talking Lab HD
  • Talking Tom & Ben News

N64:

Nintendo Switch:

PC:

PlayStation:

PlayStation 2:

Playstation 3:

PlayStation 4:

  • Final Fantasy VII Remake (Heard multiple times in one cutscene in the Japanese version.)
  • Mortal Kombat 11
  • Tales from the Borderlands

PlayStation Portable:

Saturn:

  • Jung Rythm

Wii:

Wii U:

Xbox:

Xbox 360:

  • Just Dance 4 (high pitched; heard in "Hot For Me".)
  • Tales from the Borderlands

Xbox One:

  • Tales from the Borderlands

Videos/DVDs

Videos/DVDs

Commercials

Commercials

Belgium:

  • Zazoo Condoms - "Little Boy" (2003)

Canada:

  • Scotts EcoSense's Weed B Gon "Prickly" (2016)

USA:

  • Frank's RedHot - Every Food (2019)
  • GEICO - Blooper fit (2013) (a shortened double edit version heard twice when a take is cut to the next)
  • Malibu - "Brian Cox Clocks Off" (2025)
  • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) (Commercials)
  • Nicorette - Let's Be Honest (2019)

Trailers

Trailers

TV Spots

TV Spots
  • Deadpool 2 (2018) (TV Spots) (Heard in the "Once Upon a Deadpool" TV spots.)

DVD Menus

DVD Menus

Music Videos

Music Videos
  • August Alsina - Lonely
  • Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman (2015)
  • Flux Pavilion - Bass Cannon (2011)
  • Marshmello & Anne-Marie - FRIENDS (low pitched)
  • MKTO - Thank You (2012)
  • OutKast - Hey Ya! (2003) (high pitched)
  • Pitbull - Hotel Room Service (2009)
  • Touhou - Chirumiru Cirno

Music

Music
  • Anderex - Text to Speech
  • Kid Rock - American Bad Ass (2000) (Alternate clean version only; used in a low pitch as a censor for the word "ass" during the second verse, and the words "hoes" and "pissed" during the third verse.)
  • The Living Tombstone - Globglogabgalab Remix (Blue)
  • Marshmello & Anne-Marie - FRIENDS (A lower-pitched version is used as a censor for Anne-Marie saying "f***" in the uncensored version of the song.)
  • mirrorimage98 - Sparta Crash Remix (Used in various pitches)
  • Neil Cicierega - Fredhammer (2020)
  • OogaBooga - Someday
  • The Pussycat Dolls - Beep ft. will.i.am

Websites

Websites

Newgrounds Videos

Newgrounds Videos

YouTube Videos

YouTube Videos

Toys

Toys
  • Marvel Legends - (Heard in "Deadpool Interactive Head".)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
  • Analog TV Shutdown
  • Google Assistant (Heard whenever Assistant voices saying bad words it censors it out.)
  • Midland NOAA Weather Alert Radios
  • TV Test Patterns (Heard in a continuous sustained tone as a sound test.)
  • NASCAR Racer radio (heard when a Racer says a bad word on the radio.) (TV hearings only)

Web Originals

Web Originals

Abridged Anime

Abridged Anime

Anime

Anime

Image Gallery

Image Gallery

Censor Bleep/Image Gallery

Audio Samples

Audio Samples

  • shortened double edit

  • longer version