The sound is widely recognized by players as a Call of Duty Zombies style scream, taken from the long-running zombie mode in the Call of Duty series. Short clips like this spread through gaming edits, meme compilations and reaction videos because they communicate instant danger in less than two seconds. It is still popular because it works both as a horror sting and as a nostalgic gaming reference, much like tactical nuke incoming or a hitmarker effect can instantly place a viewer in a shooter-game mindset.