Bass boosted versions of familiar effects became a staple of meme editing in the 2010s, when creators exaggerated the low end of short clips to make ordinary moments feel absurdly powerful. This portal variant follows that tradition, taking a sci-fi teleport whoosh and pushing the bass until it works as both a transition and a joke. It spread through soundboards, gaming edits and short video memes, where a nine-second rumble is long enough to build anticipation but short enough to reuse without overwhelming a scene.