Medrathis circulates as a short user uploaded soundboard clip under the title Strangle, credited in its file tags to Black Square, with Ari described as the one being choked. Beyond that brief tagging its exact recording source is unclear, so it has spread mainly through shares of the clip itself rather than a known film or show. Its appeal online is its specificity, a tight choking gag that editors can drop onto unrelated scenes to turn embarrassment, defeat or being silenced into a quick meme punchline.