Père Fouras is the white-bearded guardian figure in Fort Boyard, the French adventure game show first broadcast in 1990 and filmed in the historic fortress of the same name off France's Atlantic coast. Contestants visit his watchtower to hear riddles in exchange for clues and time. Because that scene is one of the show's most familiar rituals, his voice and laugh became shorthand among French viewers for a test being set or failed. Clips of the chuckle later circulated on soundboards as a compact reaction for bad guesses.