Fire in the hole comes from the Geometry Dash community, where the phrase is shouted by the Fire in the Hole level demon in Lobotomy levels. The sound became a viral meme in late 2023 and early 2024 after players spammed edited versions across TikTok and YouTube Shorts. The lol variant adds laughter to undercut the warning, turning a tense alert into a joke about causing chaos on purpose. It remains popular in gaming edits, Brainrot memes, and soundboard pranks long after the original trend peaked.