The clip comes from Fall Out Fall In, a Donald Duck cartoon released on 23 April 1943, where the sound was used for a cartoon struggle with a tree. It later circulated as a catalogued Hollywood Edge effect, listed as a long slow strain with a release, which helped editors find it for slapstick work. Because the strain is so short and instantly readable, it has survived as a handy shorthand for cartoon strength, moving from classic animation into memes, edits and soundboards where a single exaggerated pull needs to land in less than a second.