Monsters, Inc. is Pixar's 2001 animated film about monsters who power their city with children's screams, with a bouncy jazz score by Randy Newman that opens the movie. Online, that instantly recognisable intro became a target for earrape edits, where creators boost and distort familiar songs until the nostalgia itself becomes the punchline. The clip spread through meme soundboards and short video edits as a quick loudness gag, and it remains popular because almost everyone knows the tune within a few notes, so the distortion lands immediately without any setup or explanation needed at all.