Toasty comes from Mortal Kombat II, released in the early 1990s, where sound designer Dan Forden lent both his voice and his face to the gag. When the shout triggered during a match, his portrait would appear in the corner of the screen, turning a routine uppercut into an inside joke for arcade players. The moment survived through later Mortal Kombat games, compilations, and online clips, and streamers revived it as a quick reaction sound for victories, comebacks, and funny fails, keeping the reference alive for players who never visited an arcade.