Ernie and Cookie Monster are longtime Sesame Street puppets, with Ernie known for his playful, naive personality and Cookie Monster for his single minded love of cookies. Clips of the characters crying have been lifted from the show and shared online as reaction audio, helped by how recognisable both voices are even without video. The clip lasts around ten seconds, long enough to be reused in meme edits, and the existing search for cookie monster crying shows audiences look for it specifically as an exaggerated sad sound rather than a full scene.