A short flappy raspberry sound effect from a classic Mickey Mouse cartoon, used for comic deflation, cheeky fails and cartoon moments in videos and memes.
This is a brief, wet raspberry blown with the tongue, the classic cartoon sound of air escaping in a rude, flappy burst. It starts with a quick lip flutter, drops in pitch as the air runs out, and ends with a soft, deflated splutter that feels instantly silly. Because it is so short and exaggerated, it lands as a punchline on its own, turning a confident moment into a comic letdown in less than half a second. Viewers hear it as cheeky, childish and deliberately unserious, which is why it works for pranks, failed attempts and characters who have just lost their dignity.
Jimmy MacDonald created this raspberry for Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon A Gentleman's Gentleman, released in 1941, where such exaggerated vocal effects helped sell slapstick timing. Later catalogued by Hollywood Edge as a classic thppp sound, it entered sound-effect libraries used by editors, animators and radio producers. Its short length and instantly recognisable rude splutter made it easy to reuse in comedy sketches, cartoons and online videos, and it remains a shorthand for deflation, dismissal and playful disrespect in memes and short-form edits today.