Xaropinho is the squeaky-voiced rat puppet who serves as the comic sidekick on Programa do Ratinho, the variety show hosted by Carlos Massa on Brazil's SBT network since 1998. His indignant 'Que absurdo!' became one of his signature interjections during the show's chaotic comedy segments. Brazilian meme pages and WhatsApp groups clipped the outburst into a standalone reaction meme, and it now circulates on soundboards as a one-second verdict on anything nonsensical, keeping the puppet's decades-old catchphrase alive with new audiences.