The line comes from Predator, the 1987 science-fiction action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Major Alan Dutch Schaefer, who shouts for his team to reach the rescue helicopter during the jungle climax. Fans began quoting Schwarzenegger's accented delivery long before short-form video, and the phonetic spelling choppa became the standard meme form online. It spread through reaction clips, gaming montages and parody edits, where it now works as shorthand for any hurried escape, even for viewers who have never seen the film.