This sound effect can be found on The Premiere Edition Volume 1, which was made by The Hollywood Edge. It debuted in Oliver & Company in 1988. It shouldn't be confused with ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARKS, CONTINUOUS ARCING, ELECTRICAL 03 from The General Series 6000 Sound Effects Library, which starts off sounding similar, or with ELECTRICITY - ELECTRIC HUM AND CRACKLE from the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library, which sounds like a high pitched version of this. Originally a Todd-AO effect.
Sound Effect Description
Electricity Arcing 1; Low Pitched Energy Hum With Zapping.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Similar Variations
- ELECTRICITY, ARCING - JACOB'S LADDER: LONG BUZZING ARCS, 3 TAKES (2nd take; low pitch)
- SoundDogs, Sci-Fi Eerie FX, Cool Stuff FX NBK - Eerie Electric Jacobs Ladder (included)
Used In
TV Shows
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Ben 10 (The last half of this sound is used quite often.)
- The Brothers Grunt (Heard only in "Paging Dr. Grunt".)
- Everybody Hates Chris (Heard once in "Everybody Hates Chain Snatching".)
- Extreme Ghostbusters
- Futurama
- Godzilla: The Series
- Grojband (Heard briefly once in "That's My Jam".)
- Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
- Johnny Test
- Justice League (Heard once in "The Brave and the Bold - Part 2".)
- Oggy and the Cockroaches
- Ozzy & Drix
- Parenthood (2010 TV Series) (Heard once from the TV in the background in "Man Versus Possum" and "Date Night".)
- Pocoyo (A slightly edited variant is heard once in "Pocoyo and The Space Circus" when the Angry Alien activates the "Ultra-Magnetic 3000 Magnet" to catch the vamoosh with Pocoyo and the alien brothers inside.)
- Primeval
- Regular Show
- Rick and Morty
- RoboGobo (Heard once in "Mammoth Meltdown".)
- Sesame Street
- Shaabiat Al Cartoon
- The Simpsons (one of their main electricity sounds)
- VeggieTales (Heard once in "Where's God When I'm S-Scared?".)
Movies
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)
- Eagle Eye (2008)
- Flushed Away (2006)
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible (2014)
- Oliver and Company (1988)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Toy Story 2 (1999)
Shorts
Video Games
3DS:
GameCube:
Genesis/Mega Drive:
Mobile:
- Angry Birds (Video Game) (Used often for Shockwave when it's electrifying the pigs.)
- Angry Birds Seasons (Used often for Shockwave when it's electrifying the pigs.)
N64:
- Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (Used for the beam sword ability (Cutter + Spark).)
Nintendo Switch:
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Used for the lightbulb Mouthful Mode ability.)
- Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
Online Games:
- WALL-E: Trash Tower (Heard in a low pitch.)
PC:
- Earthworm Jim 2
- Half-Life 2
- JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade (2002)
- JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain
- Kids On Site
- Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
- Living Books: D.W. the Picky Eater (Heard in a low pitch.)
- The (New) Way Things Work
- Richard Scarry's Busytown (Heard in the "Mr. Fixit" song.)
- Tonka Raceway
PlayStation:
PlayStation 2:
PlayStation 3:
Sega Mega-CD:
- Kids On Site
Sega Saturn:
SNES:
Wii:
- Kirby's Return to Dream Land (An edited version is used for the Flare Beam Super Ability.)
- Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
- Mario Party 8
Xbox:
Xbox 360:
Commercials
USA:
- Lunchables Brigade Commercials
- Pennzoil 400: Joey Logano is Ready for Vegas (2018)
Logos
- Mark Wesley Productions (2010)
- Xbox Live (2002)
Promos
- Mark Wesley Productions Show Reel (2010)
Music
- Information Society - 1,000,000 Watts Of Love (1992)
Miscellaneous
YouTube Videos
- Beanie Babies Families Galore (2021)
- ShapeTales Official (Heard once in "Where's The Lord When I'm A-Afraid?".)
- WhitneyGoLucky
Anime
- Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Heard in Episode 2.)
- Pokémon
Image Gallery
Audio Samples