SCP-096, nicknamed the Shy Guy, comes from the SCP Foundation collaborative fiction universe, where it remains docile until someone views its face, after which it screams and relentlessly pursues that person. SCP: Secret Laboratory adapts that lore into a multiplayer horror game, letting players trigger and flee from the creature in containment-breaching rounds. Clips of its distinctive scream spread through gameplay videos and short-form edits, where creators reuse it as shorthand for sudden, unstoppable anger or pursuit, keeping the sound popular well beyond the game itself.