The goofy laugh comes from Disney's character Goofy, whose signature a-hyuck laugh was defined by voice actor Pinto Colvig in the 1930s and 40s cartoons. The sound became a fixture of meme culture as editors lifted it from cartoons and applied it to real-life bloopers, fail videos and goofy edits. Because the laugh is so distinctive, it now works as a universal reaction sound across TikTok, YouTube and soundboards.