Hollywoodedge, Bird Duck Quacks Clos PE020501

This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 1, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. It shouldn't be confused with BIRD, DUCK - SINGLE DUCK QUACKING, ANIMAL on the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library, or Ducks Quacks Duck Qua AT085201 on the Animal Trax library.

Info

• First recorded: 1960
• Creator: Thomas J. Valentino
• Owner: Major Records/Valentino (1960-1990), The Hollywood Edge (1990-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
• Origin: United States
• Year debut: October 31, 1961
• First heard: Sycamore Lodge (a Calvin and the Colonel episode)
• Area used: Worldwide

It was originally a Major Records/Valentino Sound Effect called "Single Duck", which can be found on Major Records - Sound Effects Volume 6, except it is higher-pitched and extended. It's first known appearance was in a Calvin and the Colonel episode called "Sycamore Lodge".

In 1990, The Hollywood Edge added this sound to The Premiere Edition Volume 1 library. In 2014, Sound Ideas acquired it after the bankruptcy of The Hollywood Edge.

Today, it's used in more than 100 pieces of media.

The sound effect comes from a female duck.

Sound Effect Description

Bird, Duck; Quacks, Close Perspective, Debuted in Calvin and the Colonel in 1961.

Trivia

• This sound effect is known for its use for character takes in Spongebob Squarepants, usually in a high pitch. It was used for takes and random movements in a similar fashion in The Ren & Stimpy Show's Horta Editorial episodes.
• According to a reply to omelettecounty on Tumblr, Maxwell Atoms described of this sound: "There were effects that I came to ask for by name, like “the duck”, “the baby goat”, “the gurgle” (I think that’s the one you’re asking about), and many more."

Variations

• J14 DUCK SOLO QUACK SQUAWKING (high pitched and extended)
• Single Duck (high pitched and extended)

Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect

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Used In

TV Shows

• 101 Dalmatians: The Series
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Heard once in “Safety First".)
• Adventure Time
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (Heard once in "Robotnik's Rival".)
• The Amazing Race (American TV Series) (Heard once in "You're the Apple in My Eye".)
• The Amazing World of Gumball (Heard once in "The Shippening".)
• America's Funniest Home Videos (Heard often in Episode 2 of Season 11 in a high pitch.)
• The Angry Beavers (Heard once in "Yak in the Sack".)
• Arthur
• The Baby Huey Show
• Back at the Barnyard (Heard once in "Brave Udders".)
• Barney & Friends (Heard in:)
  • "Down on Barney's Farm" (thrice)
  • "Hop to It!" (twice during the song "Animals in Motion".)
  • "Keep on Truckin" (once during the song "Old McDonald Had a Farm".)
  • "You Can Count On Me!" (twice)
• Beakman's World (Heard once at the beginning of "Soap, Beakmania, and Auto Engines" and in "Earwax, Beakmania & Rocket Engines".)
• Bear in the Big Blue House
• Bill Nye, the Science Guy (Heard once in "Biodiversity".)
• Blue's Clues (Heard mostly in "Blue's Favorite Song" and "Blue Wants to Play a Game", once in "What Did Blue See?" and "What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day?" and thrice in "Look Carefully...".)
• Blue's Clues & You! (Heard once in "Magenta's Case of the Giggles".)
• Blue's Room (Heard twice in "Alphabet Power!".)
• Bob the Builder (2015) (Heard once in "Aqua Ducks".)
• Breadwinners
• The Brothers Grunt (Heard twice in "The Ceremony".)
• Brum (2016) (Heard once in "Brum Learns Old McDonald Had a Farm".)
• Bubble Guppies (Heard often in "Ducks in a Row", and "Bubble Duckies"; once in "The New Year's Dragon!" "Swimtastic Check-Up!", and "Running of the Bullfrogs".)
• Calvin and the Colonel (Debut. Heard in "Sycamore Lodge".)
• Camp Lazlo (Heard once in "The Nothing Club".)
• CatDog (Heard once in "Vexed of Kin".)
• Catscratch (Heard once in "Duck and Cover".)
• ChalkZone (Heard once in "The Wiggies".)
• Charlie and Lola (Heard once in a high pitch in "I Am Really, Really, Really Concentrating".)
• Chowder (Heard once in "The Froggy Apple Crumple Thumpkin", "The Bruised Bluenana" and "The Birthday Suits".)
• Clarence (Heard once in "Goldfish Follies" and "Clarence for President".)
• Clifford's Puppy Days (Heard once in the Speckle story from S1E2.)
• Connie the Cow (Heard once in "Connie Wants to Be Different" and "The Grumpy Fox".)
• Corduroy (Heard once in "Clean Up".)
• Corn & Peg (Heard once in "Super Do-Gooder".)
• Curious George (Heard once in "Water to Ducks", "Up, Up and Away" and "George and the Jug Owl".)
• Dexter's Laboratory (Heard in "My Dad vs. Your Dad".)
• Disney's House of Mouse
• The Dog & Pony Show (Heard once in "The Main Mane!".)
• Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (Heard once in "Transport".)
• Ed, Edd n' Eddy (Heard once in "Hot Buttered Ed" and "An Ed is Born".)
• El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
• Elmo's World (Heard often in various pitches in "Babies," and once in "Birds".)
• The Fairly OddParents (Heard once in "Dream Goat!" and "Fairly OddLympics"; heard in "Abra-Catastrophe!" in a high pitch.)
• Family Guy (Heard in "Screwed the Pooch".)
• Fanboy & Chum Chum (Heard once in "Igloo of Irritation" and "The Cold Rush".)
• Fetch the Vet (Heard in "Froggatt in a Flap" and "The Duckhurst Monster".)
• Fish Hooks (Used for takes.)
• Franklin (Heard once in "Franklin is Lost" and in "Franklin and the Duckling".)
• Friends
• Full House (Heard twice in "Spellbound".)
• Future-Worm!
• Gabby's Dollhouse (Heard once in "Kitty Rangers".)
• Gawayn
• Gaither's Pond
• George Shrinks (Heard once in "Hound of the Bath-ervilles".)
• Get Ace (Heard once in "Save the Crystal Cat".)
• Gilmore Girls (Heard once in "Lost & Found".)
• Go Away, Unicorn! (Heard once in "Stop Stirring the Pot, Unicorn!".)
• Goliath (Used in S1 E4.)
• Green Balloon Club
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Used for takes.)
• Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (Heard once in "The Outside".)
• Hee-Haw
• Henry's Amazing Animals (Heard once in "Slimy Animals" and "Animal Eggs".)
• Hey Arnold! (Heard once in "Tour de Pond" and "Love and Cheese".)
• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (Heard once in "Ami Ami" and "Trouble with Mimes".)
• Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Flappy's Not Happy", "Calling All Ducks!", "The Totally Secret Valentine" and "Happy Flappy Birthday".)
• Human Prey (Heard once in "Killers of the Savannah".)
• Imagination Movers (Heard in "A Little Elf Esteem" and "Uffle-Fluffs".)
• Iris, The Happy Professor (Heard once in "The Farm" and "Garbage" and often in "Ducks".)
• Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (Used in a high pitch for various impacts.)
• Kenan & Kel
• Kim Possible (Heard once in "Team Impossible".)
• Kipper (Heard often in "The Umbrella", "Pig's Cousin", and "The Big Freeze".)
• Life After People (Heard twice in "The Capital Threat"; once in "Waves of Destruction".)
• Little Bear (Heard once in "Little Bear Meets Duck".)
• Little Einsteins (Heard once in "Melody, the Music Pet" and twice in "The Great Schubert's Guessing Game".)
• Littlest Pet Shop (2012) (Heard once in a high pitch in "Blythe's Pet Project".)
• The Loud House (Heard once in "Get the Message".)
• Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (Heard once in "Nedley's Glasses".)
• The Magic School Bus
• Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse (Heard often in "Little Olaf".)
• Max & Ruby (Heard often in "Max's Ride".)
• Megaminimals (Used for Pickle's footsteps.)
• Meg and Mog
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Heard several times in "Donald's Ducks".)
• Mickey Mouse Roadster Racers & Mixed-Up Adventures (Heard once in Mickey and the Roadster Racers intro, "Tea Time Trouble!", "Cuckoo in Paris" and "Duck, Duck Geese!".)
• Mickey Mouse Works (Heard once in "How to Be a Baseball Fan".)
• Mighty Express (Used for the ducks in multiple pitches.)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Heard often in "Peace, Love, and Woe".)
• Modern Family
• Mr. Bean
• Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (Heard once in "In the Wild".)
• Muppet Babies (2018)
• The Office
• Oggy and the Cockroaches (Heard once in "Occupied" and "Duck Soup".)
• Oh Yeah! Cartoons (Heard once in "Jamal the Funny Frog: Milk Dreams".)
• OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (Used for takes.)
• Oswald (Heard once in "The Giant Egg" and "The Big Balloon Rescue".)
• The Patrick Star Show (Used in a high pitch for takes.)
• Pee-wee's Playhouse
• Peppa Pig (Heard in a wide variety of episodes.)
• Phred on Your Head Show (Heard once in "Gilbert".)
• Pinky Dinky Doo (Heard often as a running gag for Season 2 episodes only.)
• Play with Me, Sesame (Heard once in "Ernie Says: Rubber Duckie Says".)
• Pocoyo (Often used in a low pitch for Pato's quack sounds.)
• Polaris: Player Select
• The Powerpuff Girls (2016) (Same "Quack!" as used in SpongeBob SquarePants, heard once in "Cheep Thrills" and "The Bubbles Sitters Club".)
• Primos
• Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty (Heard once in "Scaredy Cat".)
• Regular Show (Heard once in "Go Viral".)
• The Ren & Stimpy Show (Heard once in "Sven Höek" and "Man's Best Friend"; twice in "In the Army".)
• Riders in the Sky (Heard once in "Horsenapped".)
• RoboGobo (Heard once in "Birdbath Blizzard", "No Platypus Like Home" and "Frost-ival of Lights".)
• Robot Chicken
• Rocko's Modern Life
• Rugrats (Heard once in "Chuckie's Duckling", "Faire Play" and "America's Wackiest Home Movies".)
• Ryan Defrates: Secret Agent (Heard in "Mega-Moo and the Grumpy Ducks".)
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch
• Samurai Jack (Heard in EPISODE XCIV.)
• Sarah & Duck (Used for the titular character.)
• Sesame Street (Heard once in a Season 1 segment about sounds, Numerosity: Number 7, Episode 1663/1899, and Episode 2876/3175 in a high pitch.)
• Seven Little Monsters (Heard often in "Drip! Drip! Drip!" and "Are You My Family?".)
• Shaun the Sheep
• The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show
• The Simpsons
• Sitting Ducks
• South Park
• Special Agent Oso (Heard once in "Goldenfly" and "Drink Another Day" (used for Geese).)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (Used often for characters' takes and impacts, usually in a higher pitch.)
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil (Heard in "Just Friends", normal and elongated edits.)
• Steven Universe (Heard once in "Lars and the Cool Kids".)
• Tea Town Teddy Bears
• Teen Titans Go!
• Thomas & Friends (Heard twice in "Mucking About", and once in "The Missing Breakdown Train" and "Thomas and the Royal Engine".)
• Tig N' Seek (Heard once in "Fretting Zoo".)
• Timon & Pumbaa (Heard once in a high pitch in "Stay Away from My Honey!".)
• The Tom and Jerry Show
• Tom and Jerry Tales (Used for a momma goose in "Tom Cat Superstar".)
• Totally Spies!
• Tuca & Bertie
• Uncle Grandpa
• Unikitty (Heard in "Film Fest", "Kitty Court" and "Kitty and Hawk".)
• Upin & Ipin
• Wander Over Yonder
• Wayside (Heard several times in "Le Race".)
• We Bare Bears (Heard once in "Hot Sauce".)
• What If...? (TV Series)
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?
• Wizards of Waverly Place (Heard once in "Rock Around the Clock".)
• WordWorld (Used for Duck's hurt or fall down takes.)
• Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (Used for seagulls at the beginning of "Walden on the Beach" and for ducks in "Daizy's Favorite Place".)
• Zack & Quack
• Zig & Sharko

Movies

• About a Boy (2002)
• The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1989)
• The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
• Animal Farm (1999)
• Babe (1995)
• Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
• Because I Said So (2007)
• Charlotte's Web (2006)
• The Daydreamer (1966)
• Despicable Me 2 (2013)
• Down on the Farm (2017)
• Duck Duck Goose (2018)
• Dutch (1991)
• Elizabeth (1998)
• The Emoji Movie (2017)
• The Expendables 2 (2012)
• Firehouse Dog (2007)
• Funny Farm (1988)
• Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
• Home on the Range (2004)
• Hotel Transylvania (2012)
• Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
• Kung Fu Panda (2008)
• Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
• Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
• Lalaloopsy Girls: Welcome to L.A.L.A. Prep School (2014) (Used in a very high pitch for Swan in the "Tippy Tumblelina" character intro.)
• Little Manhattan (2005) (Heard once in a low volume.)
• The Little Rascals (1994)
• March of the Penguins (2005)
• Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
• Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
• Mirror Mirror (2012)
• Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
• Norbit (2007)
• Open Season 2 (2008)
• The Pacifier (2005)
• Plankton: The Movie (2025)
• Radioland Murders (1994)
• Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) (Heard when the runaway tractor chases the ducks.)
• Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
• The Smurfs 2 (2013)
• Son in Law (1993)
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
• Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012)
• Tommy Boy (1995)
• The Wacky World of Mother Goose (1967)
• The Wild (2006)

Shorts

• 1000 Times No (2009)
• Boo Boo Runs Wild (1999)
• Cartoon Cartoons (Heard once in "Buttons' Gamezone".)
• Day & Night (2010) (Shorts)
• Funny Face (Heard once in "Back to Nature".)
• Good Manners with Max (Heard once in "Saying Excuse Me!".)
• Ice Age: The Meltdown: Scrat's Piranha Smackdown Sound Effects Lab
• Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go Shorts
• Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008) (Short)

Video Games

NES:

• Tiny Toon Adventures: Cartoon Workshop

Arcade:

• Dinosaur King (Used for Gallimimus.)

DVD:

• Barnyard: Where's Maddie?

Nintendo Switch:

• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Sampled in the "Duck, Duck, Pie!" level soundtrack.)

Online:

• Arthur: George's Moving Art Machines
• Jack's Big Music Show: Jack's Big Animal Jamboree (8th and 9th quacks only)
• Miami Shark
• Prehistoric Shark
• Stanley: Farm Fresh Stanley

PC:

• Disney's Activity Center: Toy Story
• Jay Jay the Jet Plane: Jay Jay Earns His Wings
• Muppet Babies: Animals in Nature
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Sampled in the "Duck, Duck, Pie!" level soundtrack.)
• SimCity 3000 Unlimited
• Two Worlds

PlayStation:

• Zoboomafoo: Leapin' Lemurs!

PlayStation 4:

• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Sampled in the "Duck, Duck, Pie!" level soundtrack.)

PlayStation 5:

• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Sampled in the "Duck, Duck, Pie!" level soundtrack.)

Xbox 360:

• Two Worlds

Xbox One:

• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Sampled in the "Duck, Duck, Pie!" level soundtrack.)

Xbox Series X:

• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Sampled in the "Duck, Duck, Pie!" level soundtrack.)

Videos/DVDs

• Baby Einstein
  • Baby Mozart (1998) (Videos)
  • Baby Shakespeare (1999) (Videos) (Used for the Duck Puppet's laugh in a high pitch.)
• The Baby Society (2006) (Videos)
• Barney - Let's Go to the Farm (2005) (Videos)
• Blue's Room - Alphabet Power (2005) (Videos) (Heard twice in "Alphabet Power!".)
• Blue's Clues: Stop, Look and Listen! (2000) (Videos)
• Brainy Baby: Laugh and Learn (2004) (Videos)
• Brainy Baby: Left Brain (2000) (Videos)
• Brainy Baby: Peek-a-Boo (2004) (Videos)
• Brainy Baby: Right Brain (1999) (Videos) (Heard in the 2002 version.)
• Fun Time DVD Library (Explorer Series) (2004) (Heard twice in "Let’s Talk To The Animals (Volume 1)".)
• Golden Book Video (Heard once in "Mrs. Mooley".)
• Kidsongs (Heard in "If We Could Talk to the Animals" during the song "Over in the Meadow".)
• Kidzup: Mi Futuro Genio - El mundo de los Animales (2006) (Videos)
• Life at the Pond (Videos)
• Lil'K
• Nickelodeon Favorites: All About Fall! (2008) (Videos)
• Noodlebug: Animal Friends (2002) (Videos)
• Preschool Prep Company
  • Meet the Colors
• Rock 'N' Learn
  • Rock 'N' Learn: Dance With the Animals (2006) (Videos)
• Start Smarter: First Words - Shapes and Everyday Objects
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple
• The Wiggles: Cold Spaghetti Western (2004) (Videos)

Toys

• Kung Zhu (Used as one of Yama's sounds.)

Commercials

• Toilet Duck (2006)

Radio Spots

New Zealand:

• Blackley Construction (2019)

Bumpers/Interstitials/Station IDs

• NBC Peacock (1993)
• Noggin ID: This Show Was Made for Noggin, by Nick Jr. (1999-2002 version only.)

Logos

• Klasky-Csupo (1998) (Logos)
• Klasky Csupo (2016-Present) (Logos)

Music

• Babu - Ds3 Intro (2008)

Special Features

• Charlotte's Web: Meet the Animals (1973) (Special Features)

Trailers

• Evan Almighty (2007) (Trailers)
• Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) (Trailers)

TV Spots

• The Pacifier (2005) (TV Spots)

DVD Menus

• The Pacifier (2005) (DVD Menus)

Websites

• Brain Pop Jr. (Heard in "Possessive Nouns", "Nouns", "Plot", and the "Migration" game.)
• GoNoodle (Heard once in "Can You Run the Red Carpet".)
• Julia's Rainbow Corner
• Reflection.it Animal Sounds
• StoryPlace
• Toopy and Binoo (Website)
• Tynker (Heard in a higher pitch.)

Web Originals

• Cat Burglar (2022)
• Lego Friends (Webisodes)

Newgrounds Videos

• Bigfoot3290

TVB Shows

• The File of Justice V

YouTube Videos

• Aphmau
• Awful Fawful
• Barney YTPs (Heard once in "YTP: Benny Gets Fingered by Black People".)
• The Best Pals Hand Show
• The Best Pals Hand Show Thanksgiving Day (2017)
• Brooklynn The Cartoon Girl
• cartoonlover98
• CyrilNation (Heard once in the Klasky Csupo Inc. (1998-2012) logo in "Reaction: The Most Unsettling Creepy Logos of All Time Part 4".)
• Duck Call Room
• Hazbin Hotel
• HellaveresFan2009
• Inacio Studios Media
• James A Williams Videos (Heard once in "My Thoughts On The Pingu Series".)
• The Kirby Collab 3
• Klasky Csupo Effects Videos (Heard in various pitches.)
• Kyano
• Lockstin & Gnoggin (Heard once in "Was Clefairy the Original Mascot Pokemon Before Pikachu?|Gnoggin".)
• LittleEinsteinsFan2003 (Heard in high and normal pitches in "Five Little Ducks (With Annie and June)".)
• missoliverandblossom
• MrKoolTrix (Heard quadrice in various pitches in "(YTP) Touch, Touch!".)
• Olivier Hatta (Heard once in "One has experienced more than enough interruptions".)
• Pasty's Bakery
• Rarity Vrymer Collective
• Rarity Vrymer Collective (TV Official)
• RoccoTheBlue'sClues&OtherShowsFanatic3000
• Saberspark
• Sonic Shorts (Heard once in "Vol. 6".)
• SpaceHamster
• Summer Break Beanie Babies (2017) (Heard once as Quackers' Noise)
• Taylor Was Here Again
• Teachmmobile Videos
• Thinknoodles
• Toy Story YTPs (Heard once in "YTP: You are still a Sad, Strange Little Man".)
• Webkinz (Heard once in "When Webkinz Have Fun".)
• WhitneyGoLucky
• YTP: YouTube Pooh and Christmas Who? (2015)

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