Redman comes from One Night at Flumpty's, a popular fan-made take on Five Nights at Freddy's created by Jonochrome and first released in 2015. In the game Redman is a recurring threat, and his attack uses the same kind of abrupt scream that made the FNAF Jumpscare Scream famous. Clips of the sound spread through YouTube horror edits, Discord soundboards and short gaming videos, where creators reuse it outside the game as a generic but instantly recognisable jumpscare cue for fake scares and sudden reveals.