Laa-Laa originates as the yellow Teletubby from Teletubbies, the British children's series that first aired in 1997. The prototype version comes from fan made horror reinterpretations shared online, where the characters are redesigned as unsettling monsters for games and animations. Short jumpscare clips from those projects spread on soundboards and in video edits because the scream is instant and recognisable. Creators still reuse this variant to parody horror trailers and to turn innocent scenes into brief scare jokes.