The Sandvich first appeared in Valve's Team Fortress 2, released in 2007, as a healing food item for the Heavy, the game's large Russian minigun class. It was introduced in the 2008 Heavy update and promoted in the Meet the Sandvich short, where his reverent eating became a running joke. Clips of the nom sounds spread through YouTube poops, Garry's Mod videos and TF2 forums, and the longer eating version remains popular because the Sandvich is still one of the game's most recognisable items.