Jimmy MacDonald created this effect for Disney's Pluto short Pantry Pirate, released on 27 December 1940, where it punctuated a slapstick kitchen mishap. MacDonald was Disney's pioneering sound effects artist, building many cartoon noises by hand rather than recording them naturally. The clip later circulated through the Hollywood Edge sound effects library as a slip and fall with a cymbal crash and slide whistle, which kept it in editors' hands long after the cartoon itself faded from regular viewing. Its short, instantly readable shape is why it still works for modern fail sound moments and animated gags.