List of media using the Wilhelm scream

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The following is a list of some of the films which use the Wilhelm scream. The sound effect is frequently used by Skywalker Sound (particularly Ben Burtt, who gave it its name) and Weddington Sound, (particularly Richard L. Anderson).

1 Movie franchises
2 1950s
3 1960s
4 1970s
5 1980s
6 1990s
7 2000s
8 References

[edit] Movie franchises

Indiana Jones films: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Return of the King
Star Wars films: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Clone Wars Vol.1 & 2, Revenge of the Sith, A New Hope, Holiday Special, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi

[edit] 1950s

The Command (an Indian is shot)
The Charge at Feather River (The scream is uttered by the character Wilhelm, who gave his name to the scream, as well as by several other characters.)
Distant Drums (The original use of the sound. Used when a character is eaten by an alligator and when three Indians are shot.)
Helen of Troy (1956)
Land of the Pharaohs (The scream is emitted from inside a crocodile that has just eaten a man)
The Sea Chase (1955)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
A Star Is Born (1954 version with Judy Garland)
Them! (A sailor uses the scream when attacked on his ship as does a main character eaten by ants and a soldier pinned by falling beam in storm sewers)

[edit] 1960s

The Green Berets (4 Times. Just before Peterson says "That's what its all about Mr. Beckworth!" The second is about 30 seconds later. Again just after the villagers are being moved during the attack on the camp (just over a minute after the first 2. And then finally about 10 seconds after the 3rd wilhelm. (You see a soldier pick a VC from behind some barrels and throw him to the ground) Note: the 2nd and 4th wilhelms are different altered versions of the original)
Harper (1966)
The Scarlet Blade (1963)
PT 109 (1963)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Swiss Family Robinson (a pirate falls into a ravine during the climactic battle)
The Wild Bunch (a member of the Bunch is shot in the face during the opening scene of the movie)

[edit] 1970s

The Castle of Cagliostro (when Wolf/Lupin loosens a gear in the clocktower, sending Count Cagliostro's men running for cover. Only available in the Streamline dub)
Chisum (1970)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Mad Max (the Night Rider's car explodes)
More American Graffiti (1979)
Impasse
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (a stormtrooper is shot by Luke and falls down a shaft in the Death Star - this scene was cut from the German version of the film, and the Wilhelm scream is omitted from the original Spanish dub)
The Star Wars Holiday Special (stormtrooper falls off deck/balcony)

[edit] 1980s

Airplane! (When Rex Kramer is driving in a car, he runs over a bicyclist.)
Always (1989)
The Big Brawl (1980)
The Big Red One (When the soldiers are being ambushed at Christ-on-the-Cross, just after an explosion.)
Explorers (1985)
Howard the Duck (A duck hunter falls out of a boat shortly before Howard yells, "Banzai!")
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (twice in the truck chase scene, first when a Nazi soldier falls out of the back of the truck and then again when two fall off the side)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Three Wilhelms and a near Wilhelm. Once when Indy is pushed on a cart into the band-stand in Club Obi-Wan, when Indiana Jones shoots one of the Goons pursuing him through Shanghai, when Mola Ram is eaten at the end of the movie. A near Wilhelm occurs when a Thuggee goon is tossed from a walkway in the mines.)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (when one soldier is killed with a grenade during the desert chase.)
The Meaning of Life (Arthur Charles Herbert Aruncie MacAdam Jarrett falls into his grave from the top of a cliff.(Part VII: Death))
Poltergeist (After the family eats breakfast, Carol Anne Freeling is watching TV. A soldier dies)
Spaceballs (Barf uses a section of tubing to reflect four laser bolts back at guards. The fourth one hit screams.)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (during the Hoth battle, a rebel soldier's defensive turret dish is destroyed. Another one occurs when Chewbacca throws a stormtrooper from a platform before Han is frozen.)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (when Luke kills one of Jabba the Hutt's guards (a Weequay) above the Sarlacc Pit. Later, Han throws a bag of charges at an Imperial officer in the Endor bunker, knocking him backwards over a railing. That Imperial officer is sound designer Ben Burtt in a cameo appearance, who did his own impression of the "Wilhelm". In the Special Edition, a stormtrooper does a Wilhelm while being savaged by a crowd. In the DVD release, a second Wilhelm occurs after another Weequay is knocked from a barge by Luke Skywalker, and when Boba Fett was knocked onto the Sarlaac.)
Swamp Thing (1982)
Three Fugitives (1989)
Willow (when soldiers crash their carriage after chasing the heroes and when The Brownies manage to trigger a huge spear shooter that hits several enemy soldiers)
Under Fire (Opening sequence -- a man falls off of an elephant upon helicopter fire.)

[edit] 1990s

Aladdin (Villagers flee in terror as the Genie [under Jafar's control] lifts the palace into the air.)
The Basketball Diaries (film) (When Mickey pushes the drug dealer off the roof)
Batman Returns (During the second Red Triangle Circus Gang mayhem scene, when Batman turns a corner, punches and grabs an enemy and hurls him towards a railing.)
Beauty and the Beast (Just after Chip says, "You guys got to try this thing", a villager screams from the exterior of the castle during a fight between the villagers & the household objects.)
Beethoven's 2nd (when the bully kid falls from the house's balcony into the lake)
Broken Arrow (when Master Sergeant Kelly falls down the ravine)
Dante's Peak (Dr. Paul Dreyfus dies)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (while driving through Central Park)
The Doors (during the toppling of speakers while the crowd charges the stage in the chaos after Morrison "reveals" himself)
Evening Class
Face/Off (rappelling SWAT team member shot, again when a man is shot as his boat is stolen by Castor Troy)
The Fifth Element (When Leeloo kicks the two Mangalores into the hallway during the fight in Plavalaguna's chamber.)
A Goofy Movie (During the song "On The Open Road", Goofy's car plows through a construction scaffold & a worker screams.)
Gremlins 2 (when the gremlins take over a man is thrown off a balcony)
Hercules (when the Cyclops is smashing houses looking for Hercules)
Legion of Iron
Lethal Weapon 4 (when the flamethrower man in the opening scene flies into the gas truck)
Matinee (1993)
Mom And Dad Save The World
Pokémon: The First Movie (a lower-pitched Wilhelm is heard from one of the last scientists to be killed offscreen by Mewtwo's psychic powers)
Reservoir Dogs (when Mr. Pink pushes past pedestrians on the street after the botched robbery)
Sailor Moon S: Hearts in Ice (While Amara, Michelle, and Trista are at a restaurant, a snow dancer freezes a man passing by. Only in the Optimum dub.)
The Second Civil War (1997)
Serial Mom (the full scream when Carl's body is found in the bathroom by a guy eating shish-kabob.
Small Soldiers (many action figures scream Wilhelms when they die)
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (two Naboo security officers get shot in the Naboo hangar, also heard in "Trailer B" when a Naboo fighter pilot is shot down)
Toy Story (Buzz screams the Wilhelm scream when the desk lamp knocks him out the window)

[edit] 2000s

Accepted (Heard from a kid as he flies from his skateboard.)
Æon Flux (Aeon shoots a guard off the ledge in the courtyard)
Agent Cody Banks (when a guard falls off a balcony and through a fiberglass ceiling. time: 1:25:41)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (During the first part of the gang fight, in a lower-than-usual pitch.)
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
Animatrix (During Matriculated a sentinel grabs and throws a human)
Are We Done Yet? (Nick Persons falls off his ladder when a lightbulb electricutes him; this was seen in the trailer)(also when Chuck throws a flaming stick it strikes someone who emits the scream)
Beowulf Slays Grendel (2007) (When one of the Thanes is thrown against the wall by Grendel just after Grendel throws Beowulf to the ground.)
Blades of Glory (Seen in the trailer when the flaming fountain falls on the eightball character)
Cars (film) (When a car is hit by lightning in Lightning McQueen's dream sequence at the beginning of the movie.)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Diabolical Tales: Part I (short) (When FBI Agent Thompson is killed by an electro-incinerator)
DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
Fantastic Four (by a frightened bystander in the final battle after Ben (The Thing) throws a car at Victor (Doctor Doom) and a bus is slid in Victor's direction)
Final Destination 3 (In the scene when the train Wendy,Kevin and Julie are on is crashing and Kevin is thrown against the window it can be heard in the background.) 2006
"Fun with Dick and Jane" (Deleted scene - when security guard chases Dick, and when he's thrown out the front window.)
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (when Fred Flinstone does a cannonball in the pool at the hotel, he displaces a swimmer)
Flushed Away (2006)
Flyboys (when the Germans raid the refugee caravan, one plane makes a strafing run blowing up a cart, one the men is flung forwards)
Get Rich or Die Trying (when the Colombians shoot a number of people during a recording session)
The Great New Wonderful (in the soundtrack of an old movie being viewed on a TV by the Brighton Beach couple)
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (when Harold and Kumar are riding the cheetah and Harold is hit by a tree branch)
Hellboy (A Nazi scientist is sucked into the portal)
The Invincible (film) (2007)
Just Visiting (2001)
The Kid (2000)
Kill Bill: Vol.1 (once shortly after splitting the henchman vertically during the Crazy 88 scene, and once more two minutes later when running up the stairway.)
King Kong (A sailor is pushed over a cliff by a dinosaur during the stampede)
Kingdom of Heaven (A Muslim soldier is knocked off from his siege tower when a trebuchet missile hits it)
Land of the Dead (2005)
Life or Something Like It (2002)
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000--Direct to video) (A crew member jumps from his ship and screams just before part of an iceberg falls on the ship) (time: 57:48)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (when Damian Drake tosses a grenade behind him; the scream is heard when it explodes) (time: 13:27)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (A Gondorian is dropped from the sky by a Nazgûl and a Haradrim is knocked off a mûmakil' by Legolas)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Shortly after the Uruk-hai successfully scale the walls of Helm's Deep, (just after the shot of Haldir killing two Uruks))
Madagascar (film) (When people are fleeing from Alex the Lion in the Grand Central Station [barely audible])
The Majestic (when they first test the Majestic's lit sign and it shorts out)
A Man Apart (2003)
The Medallion (twice, once when Julian Sands defeats Jackie Chan in a fight, and later when the medallion itself "screams")
Monster House (film) (during a scary movie Zee & Bones are watching, Very Faint)
Norbit (When young Norbit and Kate are up late watching a scary movie, sound is heard to represent what they are watching)
Once Upon A Time In Mexico (During the motorcycle chase one of the gangsters is hit by an old man in a car)
Osmosis Jones (Thrax throws someone out of their car)
Peter Pan (--Unconfirmed--) (Alf Mason [the 'ugly' pirate] falls from rigging after being accidentally shot by Smee)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (The cursed pirates engage the HMS Dauntless crew and a British officer is thrown over the railing near the start of the battle, right before Governor Swann is shown coming out of the captin's quarters. very faint)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(right as the Kracken pulls the Naval Ship into two pieces and the music swells. Very faint.)
Planet of the Apes (when Attar throws Tival to the ground)
Ring Two, The (Very faint, just when Rachel hits the water after having thrown herself off the cliff)
The Salton Sea (2002)
Saw (2004) in the main room when the first light is turned on (faint)
Scorched (2003)
Serenity (film) (When River Tam is killing the Reavers)
She's the Man (Shortly after Viola enters her brother's dorm, the scream can be heard faintly on the TV set) (time: 15:26)
Sin City (Marv throws a cop out of his squad car while stealing it.)
Sixteen Blocks (during the bus hijacking scene.)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (A construction worker on a scaffolding is thrown from it by bat-like flying robots)
Snapphanar (Swedish drama, 2006) When the swedes attack the Sandby Castle.
Soul Plane (When Captain Mack dives the plane)
Spider-Man (Very faint, when Bone Saw first flips his opponent in the ring)
Star Wars: Clone Wars (Vol.1) (Chapter 12, when the seismic tank fires for the first time. During the shock wave after.)
Star Wars: Clone Wars (Vol.2) (Chapter 24, Once when General Grievous is slicing up clones in the chambers of Chancellor Palpatine. Also, a couple minutes later when two Magna Guards throw the last two clones over an edge.)
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (in the beginning of the film, a Naboo cruiser explodes on Coruscant)
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (when a laser cannon battery explodes in a Venator-class Star Destroyer and severely injures many Clone Troopers in the Battle of Coruscant)
Storm (film) (In the first comic book scene)
Superman Returns (When the train set in Luthor's basement is destroyed)
Taxi (2004)
Team America: World Police (When Gary first walks into the palace and says he has his pass right here, shooting 3 guards.)
Tears of the Sun (After the spy is discovered, two traps are laid and set off. The second trap kills some soldiers.)
Tomcats (2001)
War of the Worlds (At the end of the film when the soldiers take down a tripod, it lands on a soldier.)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (The were-rabbit has a rampage near the end of the film and stomps on a villager.)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
X-Men: The Last Stand (Deleted scenes: one mutant is under a platform during the big battle and gets shot, "curing" him and he falls off)
[[Saw (2004 film) when the first light is turned on (faint)

[edit] Television shows

American Dad, in the episode American Dad, when Stan runs up an escalator in the mall and pushes people out of his way, very faint; in the episode Roger Codger, when an agent at the CIA pulls the pin on a grenade and casually tosses it over his shoulder while in the training room. It was also heard in a later episode as two Handicapped Mafia hitmen beat up a rival.
Angel, in the episode A New World, when Connor throws a knife in one of Tyke's men's arm, the scream is heard, and in The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco at approximately 1 minute, when a guard is thrown in the air.
CSI: New York, during the episode Grand Master (Season 1, Episode 4) where Mack and Aiden are on a fire escape discussing the murder of DJ Banner. A possible flashback of his murder uses the sound as DJ Banner dies.
Doctor Who, during the "TARDISODE" (made-for-Internet prequel trailer) for the 2006 episode "Tooth and Claw", as a man is attacked by a werewolf.
Drawn Together, in the episode "Dirty Pranking No. 2" when someone gets blasted with a robo-fly's raygun, in "The Lemon-AIDS Walk" when Captain Hero takes steroids, in "A Very Special Drawn Together Afterschool Special" during a barroom brawl, and in "The Drawn Together Clip Show" when the Producer opens fire on the audience.
Family Guy, in the episode "North by North Quahog" when Lois and Peter try to get away with Mel Gibson's new movie from two Catholic priests they drive through a mall and they manage to drive past a piano but the priests drive right at it and the man at the piano jumps out of the way.
Invasion, when a man is thrown over the edge of a pier during the series finale (May 2006).
Island of Assassins, when Ellen is fighting in the opening scene (you can faintly hear the scream in the background). Only in the FUNimation dub.
The Batman episode The Breakout, when Batgirl and Robin are fighting an organization in an elevator shaft, and one is hit by Robin while trying to get to the top of the shaft.
The League of Gentlemen, on the main menu of the second series DVD, accompanied by the show's theme tune.
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, in almost any, if not every, episode.
Macross, in the episode "Blind Game" when Hikaru Ichijyo takes down a group of Zentradi police officers. Only in the ADV Films dub.
Masters of Horror Episode 6, "Homecoming", death scream of one of the zombies.
Primeval, in the first episode, after the Spatial anomaly closes and the Gorgonopsidis chasing the team the Wilhelm scream can be heard. It was also used twice in episode two, and appeared on the episode three trailer.
Ranma ½, episode "Enter Ryoga! The Eternal Lost Boy", as Ryoga goes down a "straight" path, he runs into a forest, as he gets scared he screams, one of his screams is the Wilhelm (3rd variation).
The Venture Bros., in the episode "Hate Floats" when The Monarch, Dr. Venture and the henchmen come out of the door just before the closing credits, and at the beginning of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills" when the Monarch and his henchmen mistakingly raid an office.

[edit] Video games

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, occasionally when killing infantry.
Daleks vs. Cybermen , a Flash video game from the BBC website based on the Doctor Who episode "Doomsday." The humans "deleted" by the player-controlled Cybermen emit Wilhelm screams. [1]
Eragon: The Game (Demo) After you open up the panels so Brom can shoot the ropes holding the gate up. The gate collapses sending 2 soldiers flying.
God of War, when you kill the man holding the bridge on the Rooftops of Athens.
Jak X: Combat Racing, very faintly in the opening cinematic, just before Jak drives through the fish tank.
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game either Obi-Wan Kenobi or Anakin Skywalker screams it when the player dies during the Space Battle Over Coruscant level.
Ratchet and Clank During all of the Ratchet games apart from Deadlocked, you emit a Wilhelm if you die by falling into one of the game's many abysses and fissions.
Spider-Man 2 for the Nintendo DS, when the player throws an enemy off a building.
Star Wars: Battlefront II Various times.
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, when an enemy falls off a ledge and in the second ILM made cutscene.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron When killing most ground troops (storm troopers, snow troopers, sand people etc.)
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire For the Nintendo 64 version, an imitation of this scream can be heard as the player shoots a stormtrooper, Imperial commando or other living hostile and the AI falls off a high ledge.
SWAT 4, sometimes when the VIP is killed in the "VIP Escort" multiplayer mode.
Team Fortress 2, in the second released trailer, when a character runs over some dynamite as it explodes. Also is heard at the beginning when a group of soldiers are killed by an engineer's turret.
The Game of Life PC game, when "TOO BAD!" appears on a calculator on a "Taxes Due" space.
World Championship Poker 2: Featuring Howard Lederer: Players leaving an online game emit a Wilhelm Scream.
Scarface:The World is Yours: Tony Montana emits what sounds like a Wilhelm Scream when he gets eaten by a shark.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II Various times.
Neverwinter Nights II Various times.
Lost Planet Various times.
Tony Hawk's Project 8 A Wilhelm Scream can be heard on one of the roller coasters in the theme park.
Ghost Recon Advanced War Fighter The scream can sometimes be heard if an enemy is killed by an explosion.

[edit] Other

Davy Crockett's Tall Tales (Amusement Park Ride) In the Davy and Death Hug wrestling scene Davy emits a Wilhelm.
4chan's Flash introduction shown at Otakon 2006 contains an Apple IIe user who emits a Wilhelm scream upon being strangled by an elongated feline.
Runaway Brain: At the start of the cartoon after Minnie says, "From now on, you can date your stupid video game," Mickey's video game character lets out a Wilhelm when he dies.
TBS Commercials: In some of the TBS commercials. Seen it in the ad for Wizard of Oz, Gladiator, and several others.'
Elvenking: On the album Heathenreel, the scream is heard at the beginning of the song "Conjuring the 14th".
In Medal of Honor Pacific Assault a Wilhelm can be heard during the opening Tarawa battle and during the strafing of the Pearl Harbor docks near the CINCPAC headquarters.
Pledge This, a parody of NPR broadcasters, on On the Media, 2003.

[edit] Unconfirmed

Red Dawn, when a Soviet soldier gets shot (3rd Wilhelm scream).
Gunparade March, in the preview segment for episode 12, a Wilhelm Scream in a female register closes the segment.
Training Day, when Officer Hoyt beats up the crackheads, one responds with a truncated Wilhelm.
Spy vs. Spy: The Video Game (XBOX), when a spy gets killed by another spy or a trap.
Wild Hogs, when Tim Allen gets flung into the air by the bull.

[edit] References

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