The Church Lady debuted on Saturday Night Live in 1986, played by Dana Carvey as the pious, judgmental host of the sketch Church Chat. Her catchphrase delivery, pausing before accusing guests of being influenced by Satan, became one of the show's most quoted bits in the late 1980s. Clips of the line later circulated as reaction audio online, where the single drawn out word still signals mock horror at bad behavior without needing the full sketch for context.