Among Us, the social deduction game from Innersloth released in 2018, became a global hit in 2020 when streamers and friends played it together online. In each round, crewmates complete tasks while impostors try to eliminate them, and an emergency meeting lets players stop the game, discuss evidence and vote out a suspect. That tense pause became the game's most recognisable moment, and the short alarm that announces it is now reused far beyond gameplay as a meme signal for calling someone out, exposing a secret or starting a mock debate.