# The Sounds Of Superheroes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131 "2019-07-15T15:28:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/1 "2019-07-15T15:28:39Z")
In comic books certain sound effects are associated with certain comic book characters. For instance, Wolverine’s “snikt” when the blades come out, or the sound of Nightcrawler teleporting-“Bampf!”. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/2 "2019-07-15T15:29:55Z")
Thwip. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/3 "2019-07-15T15:36:03Z")
I often say _Snikt!_ when I pull my favorite cooking knife out of its holder. Because chopping up vegetables is the closest I have to a superpower. BIF, BAM, and POW! will always make me think of the Batman TV show. I just put down a Silver Age Atom comic, where a huge explosion was overlaid with “BA-BA-BOOM!” and I couldn’t help hearing that in Desi Arnez’s voice, like “Baba-Looey!” I thought “That would’ve been more effective without a ‘caption’ over it.” (Who knew I’d be able to get \*czarcastic \*about it ten minutes later. Thanks, **Czarcasm**!) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/4 "2019-07-15T15:54:39Z")
“Zot!” from the anteater in _B.C._, and when the Wizard of Id throws lightning bolts. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/5 "2019-07-15T16:23:50Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > or the sound of Nightcrawler teleporting-“Bampf!”. Nitpick: it’s “[Bamf](https://i.imgur.com/jFpPEWd.jpg).” In addition to those two iconic X-Men sounds, for me, there’s also various iterations of “Boooooom / Badoooom / Crackathoom” when [Thor sets off a big lighting blast](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SiWt5sZIbc0/VQtXxpFURZI/AAAAAAAAjyk/hy5x0gK6O0I/s1600/thor339_21b.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/6 "2019-07-15T17:01:13Z")
“Boom” when Billy Batson turns into Captain Marvel. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/7 "2019-07-15T17:06:46Z")
Not exactly superheroes or comic books, but I can’t stop myself from linking to this [alphabetical list of Don Martin sound effects](https://www.madcoversite.com/dmd-alphabetical.html). ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/8 "2019-07-15T17:10:42Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Not exactly superheroes or comic books, but I can’t stop myself from linking to this [alphabetical list of Don Martin sound effects](https://www.madcoversite.com/dmd-alphabetical.html). Here’s a [visual smattering](https://www.geeksofdoom.com/2013/01/06/remembering-mad-magazines-maddest-artist-don-martin-on-the-13th-anniversary-of-his-passing/2013-1-5-don_martin_sound_effects)of those… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/9 "2019-07-15T17:26:14Z")
Jimmy Olsen’s signal watch goes _Zee-zee-zee_ [http://supermanica.superman.nu/index.php/Jimmy\_Olsen's\_Signal-Watch](http://supermanica.superman.nu/index.php/Jimmy_Olsen%27s_Signal-Watch) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/10 "2019-07-15T17:32:27Z")
Mattel should market a “Superhero See-And-Say” _The Spider-Man goes “Thwip”_ ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/11 "2019-07-15T17:52:46Z")
[The Offenders](https://pbfcomics.com/comics/the-offenders/) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/12 "2019-07-16T18:15:09Z")
Hello comics my old friends I’ve come to read you again Like Vision softly creeping It left it’s plot lines while I was sleeping And the fan theory that was planted in my head Still remains And with it the sounds of superheroes ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/13 "2019-07-16T18:37:28Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Hello comics my old friends > I’ve come to read you again > Like Vision softly creeping > It left it’s plot lines while I was sleeping > And the fan theory that was planted in my head > Still remains > And with it the sounds of superheroes [The Sound of Violence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYLcMyXXwWE). ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/14 "2019-07-16T19:32:15Z")
The new god’s boom tube, is named onomatopoeiacally. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/15 "2019-07-16T19:51:47Z")
Mr. Miracle’s Mother Box: “Ping! Ping! PING!” [![](https://i0.wp.com/www.groonk.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/miraclemanandmotherbox.png?resize=505%2C347) ](https://i0.wp.com/www.groonk.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/miraclemanandmotherbox.png?resize=505%2C347) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/16 "2019-07-16T19:55:25Z")
_ping_ -Mother Box _pop_ -Ambush Bug " " -Cheeks, The Toy Wonder ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/17 "2019-07-16T20:07:33Z")
Rorschach: _Hrm._ ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/18 "2019-07-16T21:31:16Z")
So, the New Gods’ greatest technology is [the machine that goes “Ping!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcHdF1eHhgc)? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/19 "2019-07-16T22:29:00Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Rorschach: _Hrm._ Charlie, from _Finieous Fingers_: . . . Hmmmmm . . . ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/20 "2019-07-16T23:44:38Z")
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