Low quality cartoon compilations became a staple of meme editing because early cartoon effects were shared, ripped and reuploaded until they sounded warped. The goofy ahh label grew popular on TikTok and YouTube in the early 2020s for deliberately cheap, absurd edits. Creators pair these noises with other slapstick staples like the SpongeBob Fail sting to mark a character failing in the dumbest way possible. The worse the audio sounds, the funnier the moment reads, which is why the distorted versions keep circulating instead of clean studio recordings.