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These are Skywalker Sound sound effects of sparks chirping, clicking, hissing, etc. Most of these sounds / sound effect clusters/combos were probably designed by Ben Burtt.
One of the spark chirps, SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SINGLE SPARK CHIRP 02 (see first audio sample), debuted in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); possibly created by Ben Burtt.
Info
- First recorded: 1980
- Creator: Ben Burtt
- Owner: Skywalker Sound (1980-present)
- Origin: United States
- Year debut: May 6, 1980
- First heard: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Area used: TBA
Similar Variations
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - ARTOO'S ELECTRIC ZAP
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - GLITCHY ELECTRICAL STATIC
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SINGLE SPARK CHIRP 02
Used In
TV Shows
- Amphibia
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Heard in "Hands on a Hamburger".)
- Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (Heard as the Bee Miraculous gains its energy when either Chloé or Zoe transforms.)
- Pet Alien
- Regular Show
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch
- Star Wars: Clone Wars
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Star Wars: Droids
- Star Wars: Rebels
- Star Wars: Resistance
- Wander Over Yonder (Heard in "The End of the Galaxy".)
- What If...? (TV Series)
Movies
- 9 (2009)
- 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
- Abominable (2019)
- Altered (2006)
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
- Ant-Man (2015)
- Armageddon (1998)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Backdraft (1991)
- Bad Boys II (2003)
- Bee Movie (2007)
- Big Hero 6 (2014)
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- Catwoman (2004)
- Chicken Little (2005)
- Dante's Peak (1997)
- Despicable Me (2010) (An edited version of this sound is used as Gru electrically shocks Vector off of his rocket.)
- Despicable Me 2 (2013)
- Despicable Me 4 (2024)
- Dracula 2000 (2000)
- The Electric State (2025)
- Elio (2025)
- The Equalizer (2014)
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
- Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
- Flushed Away (2006)
- F/X2 (1991)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
- Guardians of the Lost Code (2010)
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
- Hellboy (2004)
- Hercules (1997)
- Hulk (2003)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
- Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) (A spark chirp is used once when Sid hits two stones with each other, which creates a spark that lights up the Fire King monument.)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Jurassic World (2015)
- Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
- KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
- The Incredibles (2004)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- The Iron Giant (1999)
- Iron Man (2008)
- The Island (2005)
- Lake Placid (1999)
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
- The Little Prince (2015)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021)
- Moana (2016)
- Monster House (2006)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- Monsters University (2013)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
- Over the Hedge (2006)
- Paul (2011) (Heard once when a Crown Victoria crashes through a barbed wire fence.)
- Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
- Regular Show: The Movie (2015)
- The Ring (2002)
- Rio (2011)
- Rock Dog (2016)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Scream 4 (2011)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
- The Simpsons Movie (2007) (Two spark chirps are heard as the Simpsons house gets sucked underground by the magic sand pit.)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Space Cowboys (2000)
- Spark: A Space Tail (2016)
- Spawn (1997)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
- Spies in Disguise (2019)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (debut)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Forces Awakens (2015)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
- The Terminator (1984) (Audio Restoration and Re-Mixing)
- Thor (2011)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Titan A.E. (2000)
- Titanic (1997)
- Tomorrowland (2015)
- Transformers (2007)
- Twice Upon a Time (1983)
- Twisters (2024)
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
- Volcano (1997)
- What Lies Beneath (2000)
- The Wild Robot (2024)
- The Willoughbys (2020)
- Willow (1988)
- Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Video Games
PC:
- Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 Video Game)
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Xbox 360:
Xbox One:
PlayStation 3:
PlayStation 4:
PlayStation Vita:
Wii:
Wii U:
Shorts
- The Moving Pyramid (2001) (Heard briefly during the credits)
Theme Parks
Trailers
Image Gallery
Audio Samples
(9 variant)
(Iron Man variant)
(The Iron Giant variant)