The sound comes from Contrary Condor, a Donald Duck short released on April 12, 1944, in which Donald climbs into the Andes to steal condor eggs and clashes with the birds protecting the nest. The disgusted clucking was animated as a reaction from one of the condors, voiced with exaggerated poultry sounds typical of Disney shorts of the era. Decades later the isolated clip circulated on soundboards as a standalone reaction effect, valued because its meaning is clear even to viewers who have never seen the original cartoon.