Eat My Toes circulates online as a short user-uploaded soundboard clip rather than a line tied to a widely recognised film, show or song. Its appeal comes from the phrase itself: short, odd and easy to drop into a video without explanation. Like many meme sounds, it spreads through reuse, with creators pairing the line with pranks, feet jokes and deliberately gross moments until the sound itself becomes the joke. That simplicity keeps it usable across short-form videos, streams and group chats.