The line comes from Shenmue, Sega's open-world adventure first released for Dreamcast in 1999, where Tom runs a hot dog stand in the Dobuita shopping district. Players meet him early in Ryo Hazuki's search through Yokosuka, and his easygoing manner made the vendor a small fan favourite. Clips of his dialogue later circulated among retro gaming fans online, who kept the groovy greeting alive in edits and soundboards long after the original game, because it instantly signals warm, late-nineties gaming nostalgia.