Among Us, the social deduction game from Innersloth released in 2018, lets crewmates call an emergency meeting to discuss a dead body or vote out a suspected impostor, and the game's alarm became shorthand for that moment of accusation. As clips from streams and edits spread online, louder and more exaggerated versions of the alarm began circulating on soundboards for comic effect. The loud version keeps the same recognisable siren but turns the urgency up, which is why it still works as a quick, instantly understood signal for suspicion in gaming videos and memes.