The segment comes from the Pokémon animated series, which began in 1997, where each episode paused midway to show a silhouetted Pokémon and challenge viewers to name it before the break ended. The Spanish dub version, heard here as 'quién es ese Pokémon,' became just as familiar across Latin America and Spain. Clips later spread on YouTube and in meme edits, where creators replace the silhouette with friends, pets or random objects for a nostalgic guessing joke.