WB CARTOON, HEAD SHAKE - TROMBONE GOBBLE

This is a rare Warner Bros. sound effect, nicknamed the "trombone gobble", used in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts.

Info

• First Recorded: 1931
• Creator: Bernard B. Brown?
• Owner: Warner Bros. (1931-present), Montery Post/DigiPost TV (1990-2020)
• Origin: United States
• Year Debut: October 17, 1931
• First Heard: Bosko the Doughboy (a Looney Tunes short)
• Area Used: N/A

This sound was probably created by Bernard B. Brown. It debuted in the Looney Tunes short, Bosko the Doughboy on October 17, 1931.

The original version is currently not available on any professional sound effects libraries (although it has been included on some versions of the Universe of Sounds sample library), but modified variations exist on the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library as listed below.

Variations

• CARTOON - FRED AND BARNEY RUCKUS, FIGHT
• Sound Ideas, HEAD SHAKE, CARTOON - THROAT GARBLE, LONG/MEDIUM/SHORT

Used In

TV Shows

• 1000 Ways to Die (Heard in "Death Gets Busy" in the event "Choke-A-Lot".)
• Abby Hatcher (Heard once in "Princess Flug's Pet Slug".)
• Adventures in Wonderland
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Heard briefly in "Granny Baby".)
• All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series
• Allegra's Window (Heard twice in "Fun House".)
• The Amazing World of Gumball (Heard once in "The Third".)
• American Dragon: Jake Long
• America's Funniest Home Videos
• Anatole (Heard once in "Cheesy Imposter".)
• Animaniacs
• Arthur
• Baby Looney Tunes (Heard once in the song "The Hare Hid Under the Fountain" and twice in the song "If You're Looney and You Know It".)
• Beakman's World (Heard once in "Bread, Beakmania & Measurement".)
• Bear in the Big Blue House (Heard twice in "Grandma Flutter's 100th Birthday" and once in "This is Your Life, Bear!".)
• Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures (Heard once in a high pitch in "Magicians".)
• Between the Lions (Heard once in "The Coyote and the Rabbit".)
• Big Bag (Heard once in "Ace & Avery: Follow the Leader".)
• Big City Greens
• Bill Nye, the Science Guy
• Bob the Builder (2015) (Heard once in "Scoop's Big Oops".)
• Breadwinners
• Bunsen Is a Beast
• Camp Lazlo (Heard once in "The Nothing Club".)
• The Casagrandes
• CatDog (Heard once in "Siege on Fort CatDog" and "Battle of the Bands".)
• The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
• Chowder
• Clifford the Big Red Dog (1988) (Heard once in "Clifford's Fun with Opposites".)
• Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000) (Heard once in "It's My Party".)
• Cocco Bill (Heard once in "Cocco Bill and the Rebel Genius".)
• Courage The Cowardly Dog (Heard once in "The Magic Tree of Nowhere", mixed with Funny Multi Swishes CRT054102. Also heard in "Courage in the Big Stinkin City".)
• The DaVincibles (Heard once in "Something's Rotten...".)
• Dennis the Menace (1986 TV Series) (Heard once in the 1st intro and the Season 1 credits. In the intro, it is used alongside WHISTLE TAKE, while in the credits, it is used on its own.
• Dexter's Laboratory (Heard in "Dee-Dee and the Man" and "The Laughing".)
• Dora the Explorer (Heard in "Dora La Musica".)
• The Disney Afternoon (Heard in two logos.)
• The Doodlebops (Heard once in "O Solo Moe".)
• Dragon Tales (Heard twice in "A True Blue Friend"; once in "Roller Coaster Dragon".)
• Drawn Together (Heard once in "Terms of Endearment".)
• Elmo's World (Heard once in "Teeth".)
• The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
• Fanboy & Chum Chum (Heard once in "Dental Illness".)
• The Fairly OddParents (Heard once in "MicroPhony" and "The Fair Bears".)
• Fish Hooks
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
• Fred Basset
• Fresh Beat Band of Spies (Heard once in "Fresh Beat Babies".)
• Fun with Phonics Show (Heard once in "That's Enough Bluey and Bingo".)
• Gadget & the Gadgetinis
• Garfield and Friends
• The Ghost and Molly McGee
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
• Grim & Evil
• Grojband (Heard once in "Creepaway Camp".)
• Henry's Amazing Animals
• Hey Arnold! (Heard once in "The Haunted Train" and "Love and Cheese".)
• Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Twinkle's Wish".)
• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (Heard in "Dance-A-Go-Go" and "Koi Fish".)
• I Am Weasel (Heard once in "I.R. Gentlemans".)
• Jay Jay the Jet Plane (Heard once in "Snuffy's Snowman".)
• JoJo's Circus (Heard twice in "Seal Fright" and once in "The Legend of Clownfoot", "The Whatchamadoodle", "The Lost Roar", "A Serious Case of the Sillies" and "JoJo to the Rescue".)
• KaBlam! (Heard once in "Anemia & Iodine".)
• Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
• Kid vs. Kat
• Kissyfur
• Kuu Kuu Harajuku (Heard once in "Hello Puppy" and "Bad Boy and Little Girl" when Baby shakes her head once.)
• Lilo & Stitch: The Series
• Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020) (Heard once in "High Speed Hare".)
• Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon (Heard once in the 1993 intro.)
• The Looney Tunes Show
• The Loud House (Heard once in "Funny Business".)
• Mad TV
• Marsupilami
• The Mask: Animated Series
• Mickey Mouse (Heard once in "Doggone Biscuits".)
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• Mickey Mouse Roadster Racers & Mixed-Up Adventures (Heard once in "Super-Charged: The Big Cheesy", "Where's Mickey?" and "Hair-Raising Helpers!".)
• Mighty Ducks (Heard once in the intro.)
• MoonDreamers
• Mr. Bogus
• Muppet Babies (2018 TV Series) (Heard once in "Finders Keepers" and "The Monster Next Door".)
• My Gym Partner's a Monkey (Heard once in "It's the Scary Old Custodian, Adam Lyon" and "Kerry to Dance?".)
• My Life as a Teenage Robot (Heard once in "Sibling Tsunami".)
• My Little Pony 'n Friends
• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• The Oddball Couple
• Oh Yeah! Cartoons (Heard once in "Jamal the Funny Frog: Camping".)
• Packages from Planet X (Heard once in "Mind Licorice".)
• Pet Alien (Heard once in "Night of the Cat People".)
• Pig Goat Banana Cricket
• Pingu
• The Pink Panther (1993)
• Pink Panther and Pals
• Pinky Dinky Doo (Heard once in "Tyler Dinky Doo and the Legend of Twigfoot", "Tyler's Best Sleepover Ever", "Think Pink" and "Pinky and the Castle of Cards".)
• Pocket Dragon Adventures
• Popples (1986)
• Power Rangers
• The Powerpuff Girls (Heard once in "Little Miss Interprets".)
• Pucca (Heard once in "Invisible Trouble".)
• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
• Puppy Dog Pals (Heard once in "Counting Sheep".)
• Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty (Heard once in a high pitch in "Purrfect Party" and in a normal pitch in "Scaredy Cat".)
• Random! Cartoons (Heard once in "Hornswiggle", "Dr. Froyd's Funny Farm" and "Giovanni and Navarro: The Dangerous Duck Brothers".)
• The Ren & Stimpy Show (Heard once in "Who's Stupid Now!".)
• Rocket Power
• Rocko's Modern Life
• Rolie Polie Olie (Heard once in "Our Two Dads".)
• Rugrats (Heard once in a high pitch in "Barbecue Story".)
• Samurai Jack (Heard once in EPISODE XXVII.)
• Scooby-Doo!: Mystery Incorporated
• Sesame Street
• Seven Little Monsters (Heard once in "A Five-y Tale", The Bad Word" and "All the Marbles".)
• Sheep in the Big City (Heard once in "To Bleat or Not to Bleat".)
• The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show
• Sidekick (Heard once in "Moustachesquatch", "Family Fun Day", and "Internal Affairs".)
• Sitting Ducks (Heard once in "Chasing Andy", "Iced Duck", "Aldo's Uncle Artie", "Holding Pen 13", and "Close Encounters of Green Kind".)
• The Snoopy Show
• Spliced
• SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard once in "All That Glitters", "Squidtastic Voyage", "The Gift of Gum", "InSPONGiac", "Cuddle E. Hugs", "Bunny Hunt", and "Ink Lemonade".)
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil
• Steven Universe (Heard once in "Storm in the Room".)
• Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City
• Super Mario World (Heard once in "A Little Learning".)
• The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
• Teen Titans Go!
• Timon & Pumbaa (Heard once in "Visiting Pig-nitaries" and "Sitting Pretty Awful".)
• Tiny Toon Adventures
• The Tom & Jerry Kids Show (Heard once in "Outer Space Rover", "Hoodwinked Cat" and the 2nd intro.)
• The Tom and Jerry Show (Heard once in "Funnel Face".)
• Uncle Grandpa
• VeggieTales
• VeggieTales in the House
• The Wacky World of Tex Avery
• Wander Over Yonder
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?
• What a Cartoon! (Heard once in "Sledgehammer O'Possum in: What's Goin' On Back There?".)
• Willa's Wild Life
• Woody Woodpecker (2018)
• The Woody Woodpecker Show
• WordWorld
• Zeke's Pad (Heard once in "The Big Picture".)
• The Zula Patrol

TV Specials

• Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (1996)
• Bugs Bunny's Creature Features (1992)
• Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes (1992)
• A Charlie Brown Celebration (1982) (Heard in an extremely low volume.)
• A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)
• He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968)
• Here Comes Garfield (1982)
• It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown! (1992)
• It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown (1977)
• Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas (2021)
• The Pee-Wee Herman Show On Broadway (2011)
• Yogi the Easter Bear (1994)
• You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (1975)

Movies

• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
• Aladdin (1992)
• All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 (1996)
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
• The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
• Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (2007)
• A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
• Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
• Cats & Dogs (2001)
• Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007)
• Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000 (1999)
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)
• Desert Mirage (2016)
• Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done (1975) (Heard in a low volume.)
• Dog Man (2025)
• FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue (1998)
• George of the Jungle (1997)
• The Goonies (1985)
• Gremlins (1984)
• Gumby: The Movie (1995)
• Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
• Home (2015)
• Hoodwinked! (2005)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) (Heard once when Djali shakes his head after he sees Hugo.)
• The Land Before Time: Journey of the Brave (2016)
• The Lion King 1½ / The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata (2004)
• KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
• My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
• The Peanuts Movie (2015)
• Return to Neverland (2002)
• Rover Dangerfield (1991)
• Scoob! (2020)
• Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
• Space Jam (1996)
• Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
• Spooky Buddies (2011)
• Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2006)
• Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars (2005) (Heard in an alternate sound design reel by sound editor Roy Braverman; was removed in final cut.)
• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
• The Wild (2006)

Shorts

• (blooper) Bunny (Heard once in the opening title.)
• The Bremen Avenue Experience (Heard once in "Simon's Story".)
• Disney Cartoons
• DreamWorks Dragons: Book of Dragons (2011)
• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
• Looney Tunes Webtoons
• Muppet Time
• Rabbit Habit (1975)

Video Games

• Cars 3: Driven to Win
• Cuphead
• Disney's Animated Storybook: The Lion King
• Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• Sonic Jam (1997)
• Spyro: Year of the Dragon (Heard often for the Snowman in Frozen Altars.)
• Taz-Mania

Videos/DVDs

• Dora the Explorer: Dora's Ballet Adventures (2011)
• Dora the Explorer: Move to the Music (2002)
• LeapFrog: Scout & Friends: Phonics Farm (2011)

Bumpers/Interstitials/Station IDs

• NBC Saturday Morning Bumpers (1990-1991)

Commercials

• Burger King Kids Meal - The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
• Hershey's Commercial - Rocky & Bullwinkle
• Honey Nut Cheerios Commercial - Wile E. Coyote and the Road-Runner
• M&M's Red & Yellow Commercial (1996-Present
• McDonald's Happy Meal: Tiger Action Toys (2001)

Promos

• Warner Cinemas - Bugs Bunny Policy (1989)

Trailers

• Garfield: The Movie (2004) (Trailers)

TV Spots

• The Peanuts Movie (2015) (TV Spots)

Music

• Rammstein - Küss Mich (Fellfrosch) (1997)

Other Media

• The Carl Stalling Project: Music from The Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958 (Others Media) (Heard at the end of Porky in Wackyland/Dough for the Dodo session.)

YouTube Videos

• Annoying Orange (Heard twice in "Annoying Orange is NAKED!!!! [Eat My Shorts #3]".)
• The Beanie Babies' Valentine (2019)
• Best Pals Hand Toons
• CRiTORA (Heard once in "Airship Joyride".)
• DoujinPixation
• Dtoons
• The Gaslight District
• Flowgo (Heard once in "The Holiday Cooking Show".)
• Golden Book Video Killers
• Hornstromp Games (Heard once in "What Happened To Player?".)
• Oddhouse Phantom (Heard once in "Peggy's Lemonade Stand".)
• Pencilmation
• Shelly and Terry (2020)
• SMG4 Videos
• Sonic Shorts
• Webkinz 2: Ghostly Host (2015)
• WhitneyGoLucky
• Zak Wolf

Anime

• Di Gi Charat (Heard in "Leave it to Piyoko-pyo!", "Blue Red Green-pyo".)
• Basquash!
• Beelzebub
• The Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons
• Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!!
• Sailor Moon Crystal (Heard once in "Infinity 1 Premonition - Part 2".)
• Super Gals!
• Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō
• Watamote

Image Gallery

• WB CARTOON, HEAD SHAKE - TROMBONE GOBBLE/Image Gallery

Audio Samples

(The version of the sound effect as heard in the Roland sampler edition of Universe of Sounds.)