Goldeen is a water-type Pokemon, number 118 in the Pokedex, first introduced in the original Pokemon Red and Green games in Japan in 1996. Its distinctive cry was created for those early Game Boy titles and carried forward into later games, the animated series and fan soundboards, where each Pokemon kept a unique call for identification in battle. Because the sound is so short and distinctive, it became an easy shorthand for water Pokemon in edits, reaction clips and nostalgic compilations, keeping a minor creature recognisable decades after its debut.