ED-209 first appeared in RoboCop, released in 1987, as a towering corporate enforcement robot built to police Detroit. In its infamous boardroom demonstration, the machine repeatedly warns a volunteer to comply before malfunctioning, and the countdown line became one of the film's most quoted moments. Clips of the warning later spread through YouTube edits, gaming videos and meme soundboards, where the formal robot voice works as a shorthand for an authority figure losing patience. Decades later it remains popular because the threat is instantly recognisable even to viewers who have never seen the original film.