The clip circulates on soundboards under Call of Duty tags like cod, finish and chopper, which is how most players find and share it. At around twenty seconds it is longer than a single gunshot effect, so it works as a full finish moment rather than a quick hit. Online it spread the way many gaming sounds do, through short edits, stream alerts and reposts where the pew pew pew hook is instantly recognisable even without any gameplay footage on screen at all.