Aaron Pierre voiced the young Mufasa in Mufasa: The Lion King, released in 2024, and short clips of him talking about the role circulated widely on TikTok during the film's promotion. Fans picked up his calm delivery of the character's name and reused it as a reveal sound, pairing it with transformations, edits and Lion King references. It stuck because the line is short, instantly recognisable to Disney fans and flexible enough to work for both serious tributes and jokes about someone acting regal.