A picture of a lion, the species responsible for the recording.
This sound effect can be found on The General Series 6000 Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas.
A low quality version can be found on Partners in Rhyme as tiger-5.
The sound effect should not be confused with LION - ROARING, INTERIOR, ANIMAL, CAT on The International Sound Effects Library due to having a similar title.
Variations
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Used In
TV Shows
- The Addams Family (1992 Series) (Debut; heard once in "The Day Gomez Failed," "N.J. Addams" and "Addams Family PTA".)
- The Adventures of Blinky Bill (Used once sped-up for an offscreen lion roaring in "Baby Elephant Walk".)
- The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers (Used often for T-Rex in "Monster of Mayhem!".)
- The Baby Huey Show
- Baby Looney Tunes
- Blue's Clues (Heard once in "Animals in Our House?" as one of the interruptions during the Mailtime song.)
- Bonkers
- Camp Lazlo
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (Heard once in a song about animal noises.)
- Charlie and Lola (Heard in "But That is My Book" and "I Am Collecting a Collection".)
- Chowder
- Clarence (Used twice for a cougar in "Rise 'n' Shine".)
- Crashbox
- Darkwing Duck
- Dinosaur Train (Used in one Dinosaur Discoveries segment about T. Rex.)
- Doug (Heard once in "Doug's Best Buddy", when Bobby Bodingo burps in Chalky Studebaker's face.)
- The Fairly OddParents (Heard once in "Sooper Poof".)
- The Garfield Show
- The Ghost and Molly McGee
- Goof Troop
- Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids (Used once for the sabertooth tiger in "The Weather Witch".)
- Growing Up Creepie (Heard once in "The Case of the Mysterious Moth".)
- Hero: 108 (Used twice for the baboons in "Baboon Castle".)
- Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Eubie's Ele-Fantastic Adventure".)
- Human Prey (Used as a bear sound in "Killer Bears".)
- Iris, The Happy Professor (Heard in "Jungle Animals".)
- KaBlam! (Heard in the Seasons 1 and 2 intros.)
- Kino's Storytime (Heard once in a Halloween Episode.)
- Life After People (Used twice in "Holiday Hell".)
- Lil' Elvis and the Truckstoppers (Heard in a high pitch in "Big Top Brouhaha - Haha".)
- Littlest Pet Shop (2012) (Heard once in "What's So Scary About the Jungle? Everything!".)
- The Loud House
- Mickey Mouse (an edited version can be heard twice in "New York Weenie".)
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Heard in a high pitch and sped up in "Donald's Lost Lion"; used for Sparky.)
- The Mouse and the Monster
- Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (Heard once in "Neighbourly Bean" where it was used for a lion and in "Egg and Bean", where it was used for a dinosaur.)
- Mr. Meaty (Used for the bear in "Mama's Boy".)
- The Mr. Men Show (Heard in "Adventure".)
- Muppet Babies (2018 TV Series)
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- My Life as a Teenage Robot
- PAW Patrol
- The Penguins of Madagascar (Heard once in "Operation: Antarctica".)
- Pink Panther and Pals (Heard once in "Z is for Aardvark".)
- Pinky Dinky Doo (Heard twice in "Pinky Dinky Doo and the Missing Dinosaurs".)
- PJ Masks
- Polly Pocket
- The Powerpuff Girls
- The Powerpuff Girls (2016 TV Series)
- Power Rangers (Used for Lion Thunderzord.)
- The Proud Family
- Puppy Dog Pals
- The Ren & Stimpy Show (Heard twice in "Aloha Höek" and once in "No Pants Today".)
- Rob the Robot (Heard thrice in "Funky Monkey".)
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Seinfeld (Heard once in "The Gymnast".)
- Sesame Street (Heard in the "Acrobatic Pigs" segments in a normal pitch and "Find My Voice" in a high pitch.)
- The Shapies (Heard often in "Circus Day".)
- Sitting Ducks
- South Park (Used once for a tiger in "Cartmanland".)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard once in "The Thing".)
- Stanley (Heard twice in "Living with Leopards" and once in "Tiger Hunt".)
- Superbook (2011) (Heard once in "A Giant Adventure!".)
- Team Umizoomi (Used once for the dinosaurs in "Movie Madness!".)
- Teen Titans
- Teen Titans Go!
- The Tom and Jerry Show
- Total Drama
- Uncle Grandpa
- Vitaminix
- Walking with Beasts (Heard once in "Sabre Tooth".)
- What a Cartoon! (Heard once in "Malcom and Melvin" and "George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular".)
- The Wild Thornberrys (Heard once in "Eliza Unplugged".)
- WordGirl (Heard once in "Tobey's Tricks and Treats".)
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (Heard in "The Blag-Bludder Beast".)
- Yin Yang Yo!
- Zoo Mix (Heard twice in "Simba the Lion".)
TV Specials
- Ed, Edd n' Eddy's Hanky Panky Hullabaloo (2005)
- Spunky's Circus Adventure (1998) (Heard in various pitches.)
Movies
- Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006)
- The Lion King (1994)
- The Lion King 1½ (2004)
- Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) (Briefly heard; used once during Mufasa and Taka's encounter with the Outsiders.)
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
- The Fearless Four (1997) (Used for Buster when he turned rabid, despite the fact that Buster is a dog.)
Shorts
- The Banana Splits (2008) (Heard in "The New Mascot"; normal and shortened edits used.)
- Good Night, Gorilla (1998)
Documentaries
- L.A. 10,000 BC (2004) (Used for a Smilodon.)
Video Games
Apple:
- Rye Science - Dinosaurs (Used for the "Staurikosaurus, Brachiosaurus and Tarbosaurus".)
Arcade:
- Jurassic Park Arcade (2015) (Used for the Spinosaurus boss.)
DVD:
Genesis/Mega Drive:
Minecraft Addons:
Minecraft Mods:
- Fossils & Archaeology (Used when a smilodon dies.)
N64:
- Conker's Bad Fur Day (Heard sped up; used for Bugger Lugs.)
- Pokémon Stadium 2 (Used as Typhlosion's, Slowking's, Scizor's, and Raikou's cries.)
PC:
- Arthur's Thinking Games
- The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (Used in a low pitch for the Iron Atronachs.)
- Heretic
- Hexen: Beyond Heretic
- I Spy Fun House
- Jurassic World Evolution (Used for Gigantspinosaurus.)
- Jurassic World Evolution 2
- Kid Phonics
- Microsoft Dinosaurs (Used in a high pitch for a T. Rex.)
- Paperopolis
- RollerCoaster Tycoon
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
- Stanley: Tiger Tales (Used for a tiger.)
- Tomb Raider (Used for the bears.)
PlayStation:
- The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure
- Tomb Raider (Used for the bears.)
PlayStation 3:
- Voltron: Defender of the Universe
PlayStation 4:
- Jurassic World Evolution 2
PlayStation 5:
- Jurassic World Evolution 2
Sega CD:
- Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side (Oddly enough, used for a giant snake in Raven's Cinekill.)
V.Smile Baby:
Xbox 360:
- Voltron: Defender of the Universe
Xbox One:
- Jurassic World Evolution 2
Xbox Series X/S:
- Jurassic World Evolution 2
Videos/DVDs
- Baby Einstein
- The Beginner's Bible
- Noodlebug: Animal Friends (2002) (Used for a lioness.)
- Safety4Kids
- Scholastic Storybook Treasures
- Solomon's Nursery: Noah's Floating Zoo (2004)
- Tubibaby
- Tubibaby: Zoo (2008) (Used as a tiger sound.)
- Zoo Atlanta: Family Pass
Commercials
- Bing.com - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (2011) (Used for the Bumble in "Bumble-Less".)
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
- Fruity Pebbles - King of the Jungle (1994)
- Trendmaster: Tarzan: The Epic Adventures Action Figures (Heard in various low pitches.)
- Vapolatum - Tarzan (1999)
- Wolf Game: Wild Animal Wars Ads
Trailers
- The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
- Kung Fu Panda (2008) (Oddly enough, this was used for Monkey in the Official Trailer.)
TV Spots
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
Websites
- Free Sound Effects.com (Used as a tiger sound.)
- Soundboard
Toys
- Fisher Price: Imaginext - Lions Magic Castle (low pitched)
- VTech Touch and Teach Word Book
Books
- Dora the Explorer: Sounds All Around! (2011)
- Encyclopedia Britannica Kids - Animal Sound Treasury Book
YouTube Videos
- Bigjackfilms (Used for the Mastodon in "Saban's Power Rangers 2017".)
- CartoonMania
- DanielBorg 098
- Darth Zookeeper Videos (Used for a smilodon in "Sounds of Animals - Dinosaurs and Other Animals that Went Extinct".)
- Dino ToysReview (Used for the House Lion in "(Tales Of Kaimere (With Sound Effects".)
- Goodbye Kitty
- Kasey Leitch NEXT GEN
- KindAdaptableKayak
- Kooliverse
- KSound Kaiju (Used for Pyroar in "Pokemon Roars: Kalos Species".)
- Opossumguy World (Used often in videos involving lions and smilodons.)
- Pokefan531
- Pokémon Tales (Heard twice in "Geodude Is Evil" (Used for a dragon.) and once in "CSI: Squirtle".)
- PopToons (Heard once in a low volume in "Wildest Dreams Cartoon Parody".)
- RoboSplaat (Heard once in "Splaationary: Splaatzilla".)
- Sound Ocean (Heard once in "Lion Sound Effects".)
Anime
- Doraemon (Heard once in "The Elephant and the Uncle".)
- Kemono Friends 2 (English dubbed for Siberian Tiger's scream along with tiger roars and lion roars.)
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