# Movies/TV shows you can ID just from the sound effects **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496 "2008-01-06T14:55:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/21 "2008-01-07T14:26:06Z")
Psycho. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/22 "2008-01-07T15:06:59Z")
CSI: Miami - the scream signifying the Caruso Gravitas. The Seinfeld pah-pah-pah noises that sound like they were done by Bobby McFerrin ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/23 "2008-01-07T15:08:13Z")
Hogan’s Heroes dit-dit-dit-dit-dit-da-dit-dit-dit ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/24 "2008-01-07T15:31:17Z")
The car horn from The Dukes of Hazzard. The sound effect - which I can’t describe - that accompanied KITT’s scanning lights in Knight Rider. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/25 "2008-01-07T15:44:49Z")
The Time Tunnel had some special sound effect when the boys were getting zapped from one place and time to another. The cartoonish sounds of the old Batman series when the Dynamic Duo were zapping, biffing, and zonking all their foes. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/26 "2008-01-07T16:02:27Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] The sound effect - which I can’t describe - that accompanied KITT’s scanning lights in Knight Rider. [/QUOTE] Or the Cylon eye scanning back and forth in BSG. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/27 "2008-01-07T16:12:56Z")
The sound of Sam leaping in _Quantum Leap_. The sound of the Mach 5 jumping in the _Speed Racer_ cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/28 "2008-01-07T16:47:00Z")
The pinball machine in The Verdict. ---
**Author:** ![HeadNinja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@HeadNinja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeadNinja)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/29 "2008-01-07T16:50:49Z")
Benny Hill. The swish noise when something funny happens, usually involving breasts. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/30 "2008-01-07T16:52:56Z")
The unique sound of a dodgeball hitting a person, of course, has been uniquely capture by the movie, **Dodgeball**. ---
**Author:** ![Sockmunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Sockmunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sockmunkey)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/31 "2008-01-07T17:09:13Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I knew a guy once who could do an absolutely _perfect_ Twiki voice saying, “Bidi-bidi-bidi… Fuck you, Buck!” Left us all in stitches. [/QUOTE] Heh, just the thought cracks me right the hell up. You must post a clip of this guy on youtube. Don’t forget the sound of the Hypno-toad of Futurama. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/32 "2008-01-07T18:16:34Z")
[QUOTE=Sockmunkey] Don’t forget the sound of the Hypno-toad of Futurama. [/QUOTE] I never do. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496/33 "2008-01-07T18:16:55Z")
[QUOTE=Sockmunkey] Heh, just the thought cracks me right the hell up. You must post a clip of this guy on youtube… [/QUOTE] Alas, I never caught it on film, and I doubt anyone has. Otherwise I’d gladly share it with the world! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-you-can-id-just-from-the-sound-effects/432496.md?page=1)