Among Us, developed by Innersloth and released in 2018, became a global hit in 2020 when streamers and friends began playing its social deduction matches online. The Skeld, the game's original spaceship map, is where most players first saw the ejection animation, with a crewmate tossed into space after an emergency meeting vote. Clips of that moment spread through gameplay videos, streams and short-form edits, and the short whoosh became shorthand for being voted out, even outside the game. It remains popular because the sound is instantly recognisable to anyone who played during that peak.