Little is documented about who first uploaded the cheese ball bus sound, so its history is defined by how soundboard users share it as a loud funny effect. The odd pairing of cheese ball and bus in the name helped it stand out in searches for novelty vehicle noises, and creators began dropping it into meme edits where a normal honk would be too plain. It survives because the blast is instantly recognizable, easy to time to a visual gag, and absurd enough to work without any context.