Sound Effects

This article is about reused sound clips. For the running gag of speaking sounds out loud, see Spoken Sound Effects. For onomatopoeic words, see Onomatopoeia.

Sound Effects are commonly used and recycled in the Homestar Runner body of work. Many of them are easily recognized, but some are a little more obscure. The most frequently used sound effects are The Geddup Noise and The Paper's Preeeeow.

All audio files on this page are encoded in the Ogg Vorbis and the MP3 format.

Collected Sounds

Sound Effect	Also Used By	Appearances	Listen
Slide Whistle	Pom Pom's family portrait, radish flying through the air, finishing a bronco trolley, Strong Bad jumping into frame, Eh! Steve! jumping off-screen, Strong Mad throwing out Homestar, Sickly Sam rising from the grave	Pom Pom, Too, Bronco Trolleys, The Reddest Radish, unused emails, crazy cartoon, Main Page 18, Marshmallow's Last Stand, That a Ghost	[/w/images/6/6e/Ehsteve_jump.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Glass shattering	Strong Bad falling through a ceiling	Pom Pom, Too, your friends, pom pom	[/w/images/d/d7/Smash.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Pom Pom's bouncing noise	Kick the Cheat doll's bouncing noise in the game Kick The Cheat	See for a list of toons, Kick The Cheat	[/w/images/1/13/Pom_pom_bouncing.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Pom Pom's bubble noises	Homestar gargling with Listerine, The USS Flirtini sinking	, Date Nite	[/w/images/c/cf/Pom_Pom_Bubbling.mp3 Listen] (help·info)
The imaginary masses	Various crowds	colonization, A Decemberween Pageant, Marshmallow's Last Stand, lady...ing, mascot, Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True	[/w/images/1/13/Othercroudcheer.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Gasps from the audience	Limozeen gasping, Cheat Commandos gasping	Marshmallow's Last Stand, sb email 22, caffeine, Shopping For Danger, best thing, Commandos in the Classroom, your funeral, A Death Defying Decemberween	[/w/images/8/85/Gasp.ogg Listen] (help·info)
The introduction sound to Star Trek for Windows 9x	Strong Mad in space, Nebulon's departure/appearance, The Poopsmith getting out of the pool	Marshmallow's Last Stand, New Boots, narrator, keep cool, winter pool, Play Date	[/w/images/4/46/Spaceshutdown.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Heavy Landing	Body slam, radish landing, Heavy Lourde, Banned in the UK, Eh! Steve! landing, The Cheat landing, Strong Sad passing out from caffeine	Marshmallow's Last Stand, The Reddest Radish, homsar, sb email 22, Homsar Main Page, crazy cartoon, Happy Fireworks, caffeine, lady...ing	[/w/images/0/06/HeavyLanding.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Heavy Landing 2	Body slam, fighting in a free-for-all, Pan Pan crushing 1 Up, Homsar landing, early Strong Bad kicking The Cheat	Marshmallow's Last Stand, The Reddest Radish, Under Construction, Halloween Fairstival, lady...ing	Not available
Bowling pins crashing	Sickly Sam's legs falling apart	Main Page 4, Sickly Sam's Big Outing	Not available
Booing crowd	Another booing crowd	The Reddest Radish, lady...ing	[/w/images/9/97/Boocrowd.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Empty can clattering	Piece of wood banging against fence, tennis ball hitting Coach Z's face, Strong Mad's eyes blinking	The Reddest Radish, Parsnips A-Plenty, flashback, Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon	[/w/images/f/f1/Kickcan.ogg Listen] (help·info)
CBS Special Music	Music that sounds like the intro to a Holiday Special of some kind.	A Holiday Greeting, The Luau, The Best Decemberween Ever	[/w/images/1/16/Special.mp3 Listen] (help·info)
Chewing Marshmallows		Fluffy Puff Commercial, The Luau, One Two, One Two	[/w/images/1/16/marshmallows.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Coach Z's dream	Fishing show intro, a fishing trip with Senor Cardgage	A Jorb Well Done, lures & jigs, alternate universe	[/w/images/b/b6/Coach_Z%27s_Dream.mp3 Listen] (help·info)
Zipping away		The Luau, little animal, privileges, Main Page 18, Lookin at a Thing in a Bag, monument, pop-up, slumber party, business trip, winter pool, pet show, your edge	[/w/images/d/d1/Zipping_away.ogg Listen] (help·info)
"Store" by Atari Homestar	Hitting a force field, Baby Strong Bad's video game	Main Page 13, Secret Collect., high school	[/w/images/9/9a/AtariStore.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Water dripping from Homestar's shower	Water dripping in Coach Z's Locker Room, water dripping from a towel, water dripping in a bathtub, dripping blood	Main Page 14, Where's The Cheat?, Halloween Fairstival, Homestar Presents: Presents, cliffhangers, One Two, One Two, the paper	[/w/images/5/59/ShowerDrip.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Preeeeow	Pom Pom, Too's scene with the Poms, The Paper and the Compé-per	All Strong Bad Emails from some kinda robot to the paper, email thunder, and from independent to videography. Exceptions for sbemail appearances are for superhero name, the Flash and DVD versions of vacation, japanese cartoon, and death metal.	[/w/images/5/5b/preeeeow.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Typing	This is the typing sound used in Strong Bad Emails from the Tandy 400 to the Lappy 486.	See Strong Bad Email for a list of toons	[/w/images/d/d6/typingsound.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Harp string	Shininess	Main Page 6, The King of Town DVD Old Version, A Holiday Greeting, invisibility, japanese cartoon, fingers, Mr. Shmallow, bedtime story	[/w/images/b/b8/Harp_Sound.ogg Listen] (help·info)
The Cheat's Head Exploding	Explosions such as "Poomp!" in Halloween Potion-ma-jig	The House That Gave Sucky Treats, The Best Decemberween Ever, couch patch, pizzaz, Happy Fireworks, Ballad of The Sneak	[/w/images/a/a0/The_Cheat_Head_Exploding.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Record scratch (two types of this sound include long and short)	Sudden realization, record stops, music stops, sudden stop	The House That Gave Sucky Treats, A Decemberween Pageant, Parsnips A-Plenty, cheat talk, for kids, rampage, Bug In Mouth Disease, do over, bottom 10, keep cool, Date Nite, DNA Evidence, Jibblies 2, Blubb-O's Commercial, Career Day, boring (really), Fan Costumes 2016	[/w/images/1/1c/SuddenStop.ogg Listen] (help·info)
The Geddup Noise		See The Geddup Noise for a list of toons	[/w/images/7/73/Geddupnoise.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Pants Drop		stand-up	[/w/images/f/f6/PantsFallingDown.ogg Listen] (help·info)
"Bip!"	When a "filmed" scene cuts through white, also used as The Cheat's bedtime pulse monitor.	First Time Here?, Fluffy Puff Commercial, bedtime story, the movies, Blubb-O's Commercial, Sbemailiarized!	[/w/images/b/bf/bip.ogg Listen] (help·info)
DELETED buzzer	Pages from Count Longardeaux's Book, The Show's buzzer noise, a grade of F--, winning the Champeenship, guessing the wrong Sid, getting a question wrong, Strong Bad's "mass-pantsing" button, the sweatpants button on Le Restige, battery fault disqualification, firewall BLOCKing, scoreboard adding a point, the radiant energy from Gene's face powering a small light bulb, disqualification from the Cat Mess Inbredtational Pet Show	spring cleaning, sisters, 50 emails, huttah!, unused emails, for kids, montage, virus, record book, Main Page 19, Homestar Runner's "Sid" Game, Homestar Quiz, lady fan, senior prom, the chair, strong badathlon, from work, One Two, One Two, the paper, hygiene, pet show	[/w/images/d/d4/DELETED.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Kicking The Cheat	Punching the Tandy, Kicking an arcade game, Puppet Homestar getting hit in the head with a baby swing	little animal, invisibility, car, Kicking Game, Sbemail 100 Fakeout, The System is Down, crying, Arcade Game, TROGDOR!, Summer Short Shorts {others}	[/w/images/d/da/Punch1.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Powering up		super powers, time capsule, retirement, Main Page 26	Not available
Strong Sad being pegged with kickballs	Dangeresque and Dangeresque Too playing racquetball, Strong Sad's husky body, Bubs catching a ball, Pom pom getting hit with a ball, and Homestar kicking a ball.	1 step ahead, dangeresque 3, modeling, Cool Things, unnatural, One Two, One Two, pizza joint, winter pool, Kick-A-Ball	[/w/images/a/a8/Kickballsound.ogg Listen] (help·info)
The Win XP hard drive after a blue-screen when read-only memory is attempted to be written	The Tandy 400 just before it explodes, Strong Sad coming off of caffeine, John Newell being switched off, the virused universe shutting down, the Lappy shutting off, power outages	gimmicks, caffeine, dangeresque 3, virus, part-time job, environment, Homestar Presents: Presents	[/w/images/a/ae/Beeoo.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Sparking wire	Coach Z's power going out, a Fluffy Puff Marshmallow commercial being interrupted by a commercial for Fluffy Puff Bite-Size Nibblers, stuff the "evil half" of the brain likes	gimmicks, Homestar Presents: Presents, bottom 10, Commandos in the Classroom	[/w/images/5/54/Zizzap.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Windows 9x "Ding" sound	New email, spell checking complete, scan complete, download screen	sisters, autobiography, lunch special, virus, isp, being mean, email thunder, hremail 3184	[/w/images/6/69/Win95_ding.ogg Listen] (help·info)
'Secret Eating' sound	Inappropriate Peer-2-Teen Behaviors, Lurking Horrors, Shiver with Flavor, Departure of Eh! Steve!'s mouth, Covered Bridges trance, Coach Z after removing his bathing suit	Meet Marshie, Commandos in the Classroom, date, the show, Decemberween in July, Fall Float Parade, underlings	[/w/images/4/4d/Lurking_horrors.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Compy 386 startup music	Flagrant System Error, Congratulations Message, Computer Over Notification, Flamboyant System Error, Temp Log Off/Out Error	invisibility, 50 emails, flashback, virus, Biz Cas Fri 1, from work, Compy Catalog	[/w/images/2/21/Compy386startup.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Action figure music	Ab Abber commercial music, Strong Badman comic background music	action figure, suntan, army (Easter egg), alternate universe	[/w/images/c/c2/ababbermusic.ogg Listen] (help·info)
A dry wheeze	Sickly Sam's departure, the dry meal, Air Puffing, book opening, pants "poofing" away, perfume cloud, dry scrambled eggs	Parsnips A-Plenty, Mr. Shmallow, 20X6 vs. 1936, That a Ghost, high school, senior prom, KOT's VOQPCS!, April Fools' 2014, The House That Gave Sucky Tricks	[/w/images/f/fc/Poof.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Old-timey dancing tune	Scene in Hell, people pelting tomatoes	Parsnips A Plenty, That a Ghost, 20X6 vs. 1936, alternate universe	[/w/images/f/f9/Dance.ogg Listen] (help·info)
An eerie wind	An appearance by the Bad Graphics Ghost, Error page toons, a computer-less desk, deeply foul stenches, an email-less Lappy	ghosts, The System is Down, Sbemail 100 Fakeout, animal, couch patch, Sick Day, Sbemail 150?!?, Sbemail 200 Fakeout, Flash's 10th Birthday	[/w/images/a/af/Wind_whistling.ogg Listen] (help·info)
"Downloads" by Atari Homestar	Killing the Bad Graphics Ghost	ghosts, Main Page 13	[/w/images/8/81/Downloads_atari.ogg Listen] (help·info)
A mysterious drilling sound	Lil' Strong Bad's drill, The Cheat drilling both Strong Sad's face and hands, Stinkoman's boots being tricked out, Head Bad receiving some more muscle	privileges, origins, japanese cartoon, disconnected	[/w/images/5/5e/Drillsound.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Glass shattering	The Sneak breaking a Ming vase, old TV smashing, an Easter egg breaking	unused emails, 2 emails, lunch special, Halloween Potion-ma-jig, Decemberween Short Shorts, Eggs (toon)	Not available
Message pop-up	Regular pop-up	marzipan, virus, Main Page 22, Teen Girl Squad Issue 15	[/w/images/4/45/Message_popup.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Splat	Marshie winking, Homestar spitting a teddy graham onto the ceiling, Strong Bad appearing out of thin air, pile of gummi bears appearing, burger appearing in pop-up fridge, silhouetted lobster with the word "end" appearing, Strong Bad's fake Italian mustache falling off, Marzipan holding up a pair of hemp toddler pants, Strong Bad and the toilet seat falling in the gelatin, cereal boxes appearing one at a time	the show, couch patch, montage, bedtime story, pop-up, Drive-Thru, Date Nite, Toikey TV, winter pool, specially marked	[/w/images/4/49/Splat.ogg Listen] (help·info)
booOOMbox fast forwarding	Strong Sad's tape player fast forwarding/rewinding, PhoneTime XL8 fast forwarding	autobiography, 2 emails, impression, army, Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2	[/w/images/9/97/BooOOMbox_ff.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Helicopter	Strong Bad somersaulting through the air, Sherlock moving	crazy cartoon, Main Page 18, lady...ing, Marshmallow's Last Stand	[/w/images/0/04/Hr_helicopter.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Dipping fry in computer ketchup		funny	[/w/images/6/65/Computer_ketchup_sound.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Creepy musical sting ("Ominous Boough")	Dangeresque searching for the tape, Marshie Balloon approach, 3 Years Ago screen, the opening to the 4actor Z trailer, in an interdimensional void, beginning of a cliffhanger, the disapproval of Gene, the other side of Original Bubs, Strong Bad showing us his hiding place, Mancuso's older brother, when Homestar is about to sled down the Steep Deep, Real Live Actual Mr. Blangcaster Next Door, Homsar dying, the appearance of Senor Cardgage's character video, interstitial	stunt double, Fall Float Parade, Happy Trogday, narrator, alternate universe, cliffhangers, Happy Hallow-day, hygiene, original, hiding, Place Ya Bets!, email thunder, Costume Commercial, A Death Defying Decemberween, Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 1, imaginary, A Decemberween Mackerel, I Killed Pom Pom, sbemail 206, Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold, too cool, parenting	[/w/images/0/01/Hr_creepymusic.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Homsar's walking noise	Mr. Shmallow, Nibbles, Virus'd Strong Mad, jet packs, a falling Li'l Brudder, the Git Outcha Seat Sound logo, a tied-up Thnikkaman, Strong Bad wobbling back and forth, Strong Bad playing defense against Homestar Runner in a strange game, a frightened W, Stick figure Crack Stuntman, Homestar walking with several knees	Mr. Shmallow, bottom 10, virus, crying, geddup noise, for kids, 3 Times Halloween Funjob, cliffhangers, retirement, looking old, the paper, Most in the Graveyard Teaser, A Death Defying Decemberween, Pistols for Pandas, interview, army, Doomy Tales of the Macabre, Flash's 10th Birthday, your edge	[/w/images/d/db/Homsar_walk.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Gross goopy sound	Goopy blood background, Marshie's trail, Costume Transition, The Denzel, Scared to Death, Yella Paint, Radioactive ooze, Stinkoman grabbing pudding, 1-Up's nose running, day turning into night, Da Huuuuuudge, Homestarmeciums replicating, Grape jelly spewing from Zombie Strong Bad, Strong Bad sliding off the Drive-Thru Whale after slamming into it, The Cheat turning into a hideous pile	Malloween Commercial, the show, bedtime story, That a Ghost, Cool Things, action figure, Under Construction, Halloween Fairstival, animal, high school, your funeral, Drive-Thru, bike thief	[/w/images/0/00/GrossGoopy.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Cheering crowd	Another crowd	Everybody to the Limit (Live), Cool Things	[/w/images/8/8f/Croudcheer.ogg Listen] (help·info)
RhinoFeeder's snakes	Fleeing spiders	video games, RhinoFeeder, That a Ghost	[/w/images/9/95/Snakes.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Old Intro Remix	This is a remix of the Old Intro of the original Homestar Runner website	flashback, Main Page 20, Strongest Man in the World, The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw, Homestar Runner Goes For The Gold	[/w/images/1/1a/Homestar_Runner_remix.mp3 Listen] (help·info)
Stinkoman's boots when walking	Strong Bad's 'Lectric Boots when walking	Under Construction, extra plug	[/w/images/4/44/Lectric_boots.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Various dramatic poses	Homestar's creepy pants, sudden freeze	Under Construction, long pants, Happy Trogday, theme song, Stinkoman 20X6	[/w/images/8/8b/Shingwoow.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Ding!	The Cheap as Free logo appearing	New Boots, The Next Epi-Snowed, Twenty THANXty Six‎	[/w/images/2/28/Ding.mp3 Listen] (help·info)
A tricked-out propellor cap's hydraulics	Strong Bad's Grabbo Arm	car, Homestar Presents: Presents	[/w/images/6/6c/Grabbo_arm.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Dazed Homestar Runner	Homestar after a party, Señor's wobbling grapes, Strong Bad after watching a remixed email	car, Biz Cas Fri 2, Strongest Man in the World, looking old	Not available
The Cheat Commandos helicopter	The SkyCheat Traffic helicopter	Cheat Commandos, local news	[/w/images/d/d1/Tup_tup_tup_etc.ogg Listen] (help·info)
5.25 floppy loading	Changing a graphic, The Robot (storybook) powering down, Strong Bad's old computers making the sound, inserting CheatWare disk	Peasant's Quest Preview, Thy Dungeonman 3, Strongest Man in the World, retirement, from work	[/w/images/a/a7/525_floppyload_sound.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Roar	Bowling ball knocking down chicken bowling pins, Trogdor roaring, Trogador roaring, the tricked-out No Loafing Sign roaring at the tricked-out Z sign	Labor Dabor, Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer, Happy Trogday, redesign	[/w/images/e/e4/Roar.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Strange Noises	Distorted noises possibly made by speaking into a microphone very loudly	virus, Main Page 22	Listen ([/w/images/6/68/Distorted_Noises.mp3 MP3] (help·info); [/w/images/7/72/Before.ogg OGG] (help·info))
Lappy 486 startup music		animal, dreamail, Sbemail 150?!?, hremail 3184	[/w/images/5/57/Lappy486_startupnoise.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Collecting a capsule	Collecting an extra life, cracking a Biztar	Stinkoman 20X6	[/w/images/6/64/capsule.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Jangly Homestar	Homestar's change	do over, disconnected	[/w/images/3/37/Hr_change.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Groans from the audience	Another audience	Senorial Day, record book, redesign	[/w/images/3/35/Two_groans.ogg Listen] (help·info)
"The Sturge" theme	Strong Sad's caffeine-laced entrance	radio, boring (really)	Not available
Low rolling tongue sound	Number 11 moves back down so Strong Bad's bottom 10 resumes, when The Grape Fairie opens up the rules scroll, when "The 4 Branches of Stupid Things Homestar's Done" banner appears	bottom 10, Strongest Man in the World, 4 branches	Not available
Spooky jungle music	When Strong Bad opens up Strong Mad's closet, when Strong Bad talks about "Mysterious Myths or Legendary Legends", when Strong Bad talks about the pop-up book's fridge being a source of unspeakable power	bottom 10, myths & legends, pop-up	[/w/images/f/f1/SpookyMusic.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Scrolling through options	Scrolling through email names, Color Wheel Roulette	Random Toon, technology, redesign, pizza joint	[/w/images/8/86/RandomToonScrolling.ogg Listen] (help·info)
High rolling tongue sound	When the scene switches to the laundry room and then to the arts and crafts scene, when a flagstone path appears on Marzipan's layout of Strong Bad's head, when a dotted-line circle is drawn behind Strong Bad's head	lady fan, looking old, specially marked	[/w/images/6/61/rolling_tongue.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Suspense Music	Cliffhanger, when Strong Bad comes up with a plan	cliffhangers, retirement, looking old	[/w/images/0/0b/suspense_music.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Twanging	Shooting out of a catapult	unnatural	[/w/images/7/7c/Twang.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Heunh heownh heunh heownh vvvvvt eangt clonk-a-donk		the paper	[/w/images/5/55/Newpapes.ogg Listen] (help·info)
Jazzy Opening Music	Embarrassing Educational Films logo	hygiene	[/w/images/8/8b/jazzyintro.mp3 Listen] (help·info)
Sad Music	Whenever Strong Bad mentions chicken in a pan	slumber party, Fan 'Stumes 2021	Not available
A sting sound		I Killed Pom Pom, Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold	[/w/images/c/c3/murder%21.ogg Listen] (help·info)

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