Turkish Lobotomy spread as part of the numbered brainrot sound trend on user soundboards and short video edits, where creators collect increasingly absurd reaction clips under the same name. The #17 label suggests it belongs to a larger series shared for quick reuse rather than a single film or show scene. Online, it is treated less as a quote and more as shorthand for a fried brain, posted whenever a take is so bad that a normal reaction no longer feels strong enough to describe it.