Womp womp sound effect

The standard version: two notes, down, done. Short enough to sit inside a pause without stretching it, which is why most edits reach for this one first.

The longer stepwise version, ending on a held note that sags. The extra steps give a reaction shot room to play before the joke closes.

Heavy and sluggish, with the last note dragging. Reach for it when the failure is genuine rather than comic, since the slower pace stops it reading as a punchline.

One continuous downward slide instead of separate steps. The unbroken glide feels more deflating than a stepped fall, because nothing ever settles.

A smaller, brighter fall that stays out of the way of a voice. Useful in a talking-head cut where the low version would swallow the next line.

The same descent with a reverberant tail behind it. The tail runs past the edit point, so the sound carries the audience into the next shot.