Pocoyo is a Spanish animated series for preschoolers that first aired in 2005, following a curious toddler in blue and his animal friends in a minimalist white world. The show relies on simple sounds, music and narration rather than complex dialogue, which makes its vocal effects easy to isolate and reuse. Clips of characters crying, laughing and reacting have circulated widely on video platforms and soundboards, where the baby crying version became a shorthand for exaggerated sadness, frustration or a playful tantrum in family friendly edits.