Among Us was released by Innersloth in 2018 and surged in popularity in 2020 during lockdown streams on Twitch and YouTube. In each round, crewmates complete tasks while impostors eliminate them, and finding a body lets any player report it. That action pauses play, shows the dead body reported splash, and starts the discussion where players accuse and vote. The moment became a widely shared meme format, used far outside gameplay to announce that someone has been caught or that drama is about to begin.