A Gif of the robot probe's eye.
This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect, created by Ben Burtt and/or Randy Thom for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). It was used extensively by Ethan Van der Ryn for the Robot Probe from Monsters vs. Aliens (2009).
Used In
TV Shows
- 12 oz. Mouse
- The Amazing World of Gumball
- Amphibia
- Arcane League of Legends
- Battle Kitty
- Ben 10
- Big City Greens
- Big Hero 6: The Series
- Gravity Falls
- Hazbin Hotel (Used for Shock.wav.)
- Regular Show
- Star Wars: Rebels
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2D Animated Series)
Movies
- The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
- Big City Greens: The Movie: Spacecation (2024)
- Big Hero 6 (2014)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
- Despicable Me (2010)
- Despicable Me 3 (2017)
- Despicable Me 4 (2024)
- Dog Man (2025)
- The Electric State (2025)
- Elio (2025)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
- Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
- Hitpig! (2024)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
- The Incredibles (2004)
- The Lego Movie (2014)
- The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) (Robot dog only.)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Megamind (2010)
- Minions (2015)
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
- Nimona (2023)
- Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie (2013)
- Osmosis Jones (2001)
- Pixels (2015)
- Ready Player One (2018)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Robots (2005)
- Sketch (2024)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Spies in Disguise (2019)
- Star Trek (2009)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (debut)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Titan A.E. (2000)
- Transformers (2007)
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
- Transformers One (2024)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
- Ultraman: Rising (2024)
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
- WALL-E (2008)
- The Wild Robot (2024)
- Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
Shorts
- Hubert's Brain (2001) (Shorts)
- Megamind: The Button of Doom (2011)
- Star Wars: Squadrons - Hunted (2020)
Video Games
N64:
PC:
- Star Wars Battlefront (2015 Video Game)
- Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Star Wars: Squadrons
PlayStation 4:
Stadia:
Xbox One:
Xbox Series X/S:
Mobile:
Image Gallery
Audio Samples
(Original variant from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.)
(Eye opening variant.)
(Eye closing variant.)
(Hum only.)
(Spies in Disguise variant.)
(Mars Attack variant.)
(Five Nights at Freddy's Variant)