Joey Lawrence rose to fame as Joey Russo on the NBC sitcom Blossom, which ran from 1991 to 1995, where his catchphrase Whoa became his trademark line. The delivery turned him into a teen heartthrob and the word into a defining 90s TV moment that audiences quoted long after the show ended. He later revived the persona for a new generation on Melissa and Joey. Online, the isolated clip lives on as a reaction sound, shared on soundboards and in edits whenever something leaves people speechless.