Mortal Kombat 9, released in 2011 by NetherRealm Studios, rebooted the long running fighting series and brought back Sonya Blade, the Special Forces officer who has been part of the roster since the original 1992 arcade game. Her damage and death vocalisations were recorded as short, intense cries to match the game's graphic fatalities and X-ray attacks. This impaled scream was later clipped from gameplay and shared on soundboards and in edit communities, where its serious tone made it useful far beyond fighting games as an exaggerated reaction to pain, defeat, or sudden shock.