Mortal Kombat 9, released in 2011, brought back Johnny Cage, the cocky Hollywood martial artist and longtime series fighter, with the franchise's famously graphic combat. Short, painful voice clips like this impaled scream were ripped from gameplay and shared on soundboards, where editors could reuse them without needing the full game audio. Its brevity and raw intensity made it easy to drop into reaction clips, gaming fails and meme edits, and it has stayed in circulation because a single pained cry communicates defeat instantly, even to viewers who have never played Mortal Kombat.