Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch was released in 1999 by Humongous Entertainment as part of its popular children's point and click series. The games used expressive voice acting and cartoon reactions for simple puzzles, which made short clips like this gasp easy to isolate. Nostalgic players who grew up with Freddi Fish later shared these sounds on soundboards and in meme edits, where a clean, innocent gasp works perfectly for exaggerated surprise online.