The jumpscare comes from Five Nights at Freddy's, the 2014 horror game where animatronic characters lunge at the camera with a loud scream when they catch the player. That scream became one of the game's most recognisable moments and was widely reused in gameplay videos, reaction clips and memes. Low-quality versions like this one later circulated on soundboards and in short-form edits, where the degraded audio was part of the humour. It remains popular because it is instantly recognisable to fans while sounding deliberately rough and exaggerated.