Joey Lawrence played Joey Russo on the NBC sitcom Blossom in the early 1990s, and his drawn out whoa became the character's defining catchphrase. The line was repeated across episodes until it became inseparable from the show and from Lawrence himself in pop culture memory. Clips and audio of the catchphrase later circulated on soundboards and in meme edits, where the short, expressive delivery survived long after the series ended. It remains a nostalgic shorthand for mild shock and disbelief.