Grand Theft Auto V, released by Rockstar Games in 2013, includes armed vehicles and aircraft whose weapon systems use an audible lock-on cue to tell the player a target has been acquired. As players clipped and shared gameplay online, that cue became a handy shorthand for threat and pursuit beyond the original game. Editors now reuse it in montages, memes and short videos because audiences familiar with GTA instantly recognise the warning, even without any on-screen context, and it adds instant stakes to a scene.