Wilhelm scream

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Wilhelm scream

Summary

Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect[1]. It draws 2,055 Wikipedia views per month (stock_sound_effect category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wilhelm scream is the creator of Sheb Wooley[3].
  • Wilhelm scream's instance of is recorded as stock sound effect[4].
  • Wilhelm scream's instance of is recorded as audio recording[5].
  • Wilhelm scream's instance of is recorded as screaming[6].
  • Wilhelm scream's audio is recorded as Wilhelm Scream.ogg[7].
  • Pvt. Wilhelm is named after Wilhelm scream[8].
  • Wilhelm scream's depicts is recorded as screaming[9].
  • Wilhelm scream's part of is recorded as Distant Drums[10].
  • Wilhelm scream's part of is recorded as The Charge at Feather River[11].
  • Wilhelm scream's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • Wilhelm scream's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016ckb[13].
  • Wilhelm scream's described at URL is recorded as https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/filmmaking/wilhelm-scream-original-recording-session-audio-discovered[14].
  • Wilhelm scream's Quora topic ID is recorded as Wilhelm-Scream[15].
  • Wilhelm scream's named by is recorded as Ben Burtt[16].
  • Wilhelm scream's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3015-56[17].
  • Wilhelm scream's Fandom article ID is recorded as jedipedia:Wilhelmsschrei[18].
  • Wilhelm scream's Fandom article ID is recorded as starwars:Wilhelm_scream[19].
  • Wilhelm scream's IMDb keyword is recorded as wilhelm-scream[20].
  • Wilhelm scream's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Cri_Wilhelm[21].
  • Wilhelm scream's Know Your Meme slug is recorded as wilhelm-scream[22].

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Works and Contributions

Wilhelm scream is the creator of Sheb Wooley[3]. Things named for it include A Wilhelm Scream[23], a musical group[24], founded in 1999[25].

Why It Matters

Wilhelm scream draws 2,055 Wikipedia views per month (stock_sound_effect category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for it include A Wilhelm Scream[23], a musical group[24], founded in 1999[25].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Know Your Meme. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Wilhelm scream. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wilhelm-scream
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wilhelm-scream_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Wilhelm scream}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wilhelm-scream}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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