Classical music has been used in film, television and advertising for decades to signal wealth, intelligence and formality, and short excerpts became popular online as reusable reaction audio. This type of clip spread through soundboards and video edits where creators needed an instantly recognisable posh cue without using a full composition. Because the style is familiar from cartoons, period dramas and luxury adverts, audiences understand the joke or mood in seconds, keeping the excerpt useful for memes, parodies and elegant scene-setting.