Mega Man is a long-running Capcom action platformer series that began on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987, starring the blue robot hero Mega Man. The death jingle plays when Mega Man is defeated and a life is lost, and variations of the short descending tune have appeared across many entries in the series. As retro gaming clips, speedruns and meme edits spread online, the sound became shorthand for a sudden game over, and it remains popular because it is short, instantly recognisable and funny even outside its original context.