SMG4 began in 2011 as a Mario parody machinima series created by Luke Lerdwichagul, built around chaotic edits, distorted game characters and rapid-fire meme humour. Short voice clips and reaction noises from episodes were later ripped and shared on their own, because they worked perfectly out of context. The slurp perv clip survived that process as a standalone reaction, passed around in fan edits and soundboards where a few seconds of audio could instantly label a character as creepy, desperate or jokingly obsessed without needing the original scene.