Pokemon Go built its encounters around the cries creatures make when they appear, are tapped or enter battle, a tradition carried over from the main Pokemon games where each species has its own distinctive call. Short cry clips like this Alinga sound were clipped from gameplay and shared on soundboards so editors could reuse the exact moment without recording the game themselves. The clip stays popular because the call is instantly recognisable to players, works at less than a second long, and fits easily into edits, streams and short meme videos.