Responding to Sound - Spongebob Squarepants "My leg"

There is a running gag in Spongebob Squarepants which involves a faint sound of a male voice shouting "my leg" whenever an extra or a large group of extras is somehow harmed off-screen. The guy is actually voiced by Mr Lawrence, the voice actor for Plankton, who stands out as a rather deep-voiced guy. Spongebob predominantly tends to use Hanna-Barbera sound effects, with some original sounds as well, but the one that stands out to fans of the show is Mr Lawrence yelling "my leg". I think the reason that one stands out so much is because the voice is very distinctive beyond the other groaning extras, or often it's the one sound effect used, sort of like the famous Wilhelm scream, but it's mainly that it just sounds funny because of the way Mr Lawrence delivers the line. 

Responding to Sound - The Ricky Gervais Show

This show is a rather unique adult comedy, for HBO. It's one of the few adult animations that is made by HBO, and is made through the use of audio taken from pre-existing podcasts by Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington. This is a relatively new technique in creating comedic animation narratives, taking recordings of normal discussions and putting them in the animator's context. The visuals of the show are very creative and humourous, because the silly discussions actually fit the Hanna-Barbera-esque art style very well, and when the animators put the animated versions of the group in the situations they describe, it really shows a great amount of effort and dedication to making these animations, so that they differentiate from listening to the podcasts to watching them visualised. This use of sound and audio has inspired a large amount of animations based on the Ricky Gervais podcasts, as well as other audio orientated stuff, Plague of Gripes, who I've mentioned before, is an example of this, as well.

Responding to Sound - Tom & Jerry

The Tom & Jerry shorts are all perfect with their use of sound. They are timed perfectly and normally work well with the animation and the situation they are used in. Plus, in true Hanna-Barbera fashion, the sound effects used are all unrealistic and over-the-top but work well with the lighthearted, surreal, and comical tone of the show. The show's use of sound effects has basically set a standard for conventional cartoons, like the use of certain sounds when a character jumps or even changing expressions just fits the tone and keeps the audience in the same wave-length as the series. It has probably the best use of a human scream sound effect; by giving Tom a human-like scream, it adds to the humour because Tom never speaks so the idea that he has a human scream adds an extra kick to the slapstick humour.