Fatality comes from Mortal Kombat, the fighting game series that launched in arcades in 1992, where the announcer declares the word after a player performs a finishing move on a defeated opponent. The line became one of the series most recognisable voice cues, alongside its other bout calls, and later spread beyond the games into memes, remixes and short video edits. It is often used alongside a punch sound or a Fortnite death sound in gaming compilations, and it remains popular because one word instantly signals a complete, humiliating defeat.