Cartoon sound effects are iconic: instantly recognizable.
From the high-pitched whistle of Wile E. Coyote falling from a precipice, to other onomatopoetic BOINGs:
From the high-pitched whistle of Wile E. Coyote falling from a precipice, to other onomatopoetic BOINGs:
The podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz takes a dive into the origins of classic sound icons today.