Team Fortress 2 is a team-based multiplayer shooter, first released in 2007, and the Soldier is one of its nine playable classes, a loud, patriotic rocket specialist whose voice lines became widely quoted by players. His grenade taunt is one of many short in-game taunts that fans ripped, shared on soundboards and reused in online videos, streams and meme edits long after the game's launch. It survives because the character's voice is so distinctive and the line works outside the game as a sarcastic challenge, letting creators signal a coming prank or explosion without any extra explanation.