The clip is linked to Baraka, the bladed Tarkatan warrior from the Mortal Kombat fighting series, and to Mortal Kombat: Deception, the 2004 game in which he returns as a playable fighter. Falling screams like this one were originally designed to sell the danger of arena drops and knockbacks, and fans later lifted short game audio for soundboards and video edits. Because the yell is instantly readable as panic during a fall, editors keep reusing it for gaming fails, reaction clips and meme compilations long after the original game.