The clip comes from the US version of The Office, in the 2008 episode Frame Toby, when Michael Scott discovers Toby Flenderson has returned to Dunder Mifflin. Played by Steve Carell, Michael's hatred of Toby turns a normal HR return into pure horror. The scene was clipped and shared for years on YouTube and Vine, then became a standard reaction sound on TikTok and in meme edits, used whenever someone is confronted with a person or outcome they dreaded most.