This effect comes from Hockey Homicide, a Goofy cartoon released on 21 September 1945, where the overlapping cry and laugh were part of the slapstick crowd and character reactions. It later circulated widely as a Hollywood Edge stock sound, making it easy for editors to reuse outside its original cartoon context. Online, the sharp contrast between distress and amusement gave it a second life in memes and reaction videos, where it instantly signals that one person's bad moment is another person's joke.