Koroks are small, leaf-masked forest spirits from The Legend of Zelda series, best known in Breath of the Wild from 2017, where hundreds hide across Hyrule and reward players with Korok Seeds. Their high-pitched voices and gentle, playful design made them fan favourites, and short clips of their reactions began circulating among Zelda players and editors as reaction sounds. The hurt squeak works because it is instantly recognisable to Zelda fans while still sounding cute to anyone else, so it continues to appear in gaming edits, streams and short-form videos.