Minion Rush launched in 2013 as Despicable Me: Minion Rush, a mobile endless runner developed by Gameloft featuring the Minions from the Despicable Me films. Its bright background music, including whistled melodies, matched the game's banana collecting, obstacle dodging and costume based missions. As gameplay clips, shorts and meme edits spread on YouTube and TikTok, the theme became shorthand for cheerful, chaotic rushing. Fans still reuse it because the whistle is instantly recognisable, loops well and gives even ordinary footage a cartoon game feeling.