Steve is the monkey companion in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and the character became especially memorable for the way a device turns his sounds into simple speech. Online, short Steve clips spread through reaction edits, cartoon meme compilations, and reposted movie moments. People keep using the sound because it is instantly tied to a lovable, chaotic character and because the one-word delivery is easy to drop into fast jokes, character intros, and animal-based meme formats.