Kakarot comes from Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise, where it is the Saiyan name given to Goku at birth before he was sent to Earth. Rivals such as Vegeta insist on using it, and Broly's repeated screaming of the name in Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan helped turn it into a standalone meme. Clips of the shout were later cut down for soundboards and short edits, where the single word now works without context as a sign of obsessive anime rivalry.