Papyrus is one of the skeleton brothers in Undertale, the role-playing game released in 2015, where he dreams of joining the Royal Guard and constantly announces himself with a loud, boastful laugh. Fans began clipping that laugh for edits and reaction videos, and it later travelled through TikTok and YouTube as shorthand for overconfident reveals and absurd entrances. The 'becomes real' version plays on that joke, imagining the cartoon skeleton stepping into the real world, which is why creators still use it for surprise appearances.