Hollywoodedge, Head Bonk CRT2016604

This sound effect can be found on Cartoon Trax Volume 2, which was made by The Hollywood Edge.

Info

• First recorded: 1970s
• Creator: Tom Clack
• Owner: Clack Studios (1970s-2006), The Hollywood Edge (2006-2014), Sound Ideas (2014-present)
• Origin: United States
• Year debut: 1991
• First heard: Nickelodeon ID - Heathcliff Next (1991)
• Area used: Worldwide

This sound effect was created by Tom Clack likely sometime in the 1970s, first used in most of his work sometime in that same decade. It would also find its way into Nickelodeon, having premiered its' first earliest known usage at the end Heathcliff's next ID sometime in 1991. It would later be used in other studios like Disney, Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures. Its' first non-Clack Studios usage was in The Simpsons episode, "Black Widower" released on April 9, 1992. It's still often used in modern media today, like in the Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil episode "Dead Man's Drop".

Sound Effect Description

Head Bonk.

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Used In

TV Shows

• The Angry Beavers (Heard once in "Ugly Roomers".)
• The Backyardigans (Heard once in a low pitch in "It's Great to Be a Ghost!" and in a normal pitch in "Viking Voyage" and "Eureka!".)
• Bratz (Heard once in a high pitch in "Not So Hot for Teacher".)
• Codename: Kids Next Door (Heard once in "Operation: H.A.M.S.T.E.R.".)
• Corneil & Bernie (Heard once in a slightly high pitch in "Love at First Sight".)
• Darkwing Duck (Heard twice in "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlatan".)
• Franklin (Heard once in "Franklin Rides a Bike".)
• Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (Heard once in "Dead Man's Drop".)
• Max & Ruby (Heard once in a high pitch in "Quiet, Max!" and "Max's Check-Up".)
• Ni Hao, Kai-Lan (Heard twice in a high pitch in "Hoho's Big Flight".)
• Parenthood (2010) (Heard once from the TV in the background in "Date Night".)
• The Simpsons (Heard in "Black Widower".)
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Wonder Pets! (Heard once in a slightly low pitch in "Save the Bengal Tiger!".)

Movies

• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
• The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
• The Cat in the Hat (2003)
• Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
• Despicable Me 2 (2013)
• Despicable Me 4 (2024)
• Flushed Away (2006)
• Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
• Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
• Madagascar (2005)
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
• Megamind (2010)
• Minions (2015)
• Monsters, Inc. (2001)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
• Over the Hedge (2006)
• The Peanuts Movie (2015)
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits / The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
• Shark Tale (2004)
• Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
• Shrek (2001)
• Shrek 2 (2004)
• Shrek the Third (2007)
• Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
• The Wild (2006)
• Zootopia 2 (2025)

Shorts

• Chibi Tiny Tales (Heard once in "Donald on Ice".)
• Disney Fairies (Heard once in a very high pitch in "A Fairy Cherry Tree" when Tinker Bell bumps a tree with her bum.)
• Once Upon a Studio (2023) (Low volume.)

Video Games

PC:

• Living Books: Arthur's Birthday (slightly low pitched)

Videos/DVDs

• Nickelodeon Favorites: Sisters and Brothers (2011) (high pitched)

Bumpers/Interstitials/Station IDs

• Nickelodeon ID - Heathcliff Next (1991)

Web Originals

• The Amazing Digital Circus
• Murder Drones

Anime

• Himouto! Umaru-chan (high pitched)
• Yuru Yuri♪♪ (high pitched)

Image Gallery

• Hollywoodedge, Head Bonk CRT2016604/Image Gallery

Audio Samples