The moyai emoji, a stone moai statue face, became a shorthand for the ultimate deadpan reaction across TikTok comments, Discord chats and meme soundboards, where a single stone face says what words cannot. The sound effect grew out of that usage rather than any film or show, giving creators an audio version of the emoji to stamp onto edits. Its short runtime made it a natural fit for rapid-fire meme compilations, and it continues to surface wherever creators want a cold, unimpressed punctuation mark.