That alarm sounds kinda familiar

Just an interesting observation that I've noticed now that I wake up to the "Alarm" sound on my iPhone every morning: this sound is everywhere on TV.
Have you noticed? I heard it twice on NBC's "Chuck," at a top-secret compound when the alarm was tripped and when the Buy More store had a fire alarm. Now, I just heard it on an older episode of CBS' "Numbers."
So which do you think came first? Was the sound already available on some clip reel for Hollywood and Apple just used it, or is this more of the prime-time lovefest with the iPhone (i.e., major characters on just about every show are featured using iPhones almost every week), and Hollywood grabbed the sound from the phone to use it in the shows?

The alarm is the sound of hollywoods "toxic waste spill emergency system" lol
It seems that many emergency situations have this sound and I think Apple put it on here under Alarm to be funny.
It is an alarm, but not the conventional one a user might think of when they think of a clock alarm.
I accidentally set it and thought a Tornado was coming (not really but it did startle me).

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