Snakes on a Plane is a 2006 action thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson as an FBI agent escorting a witness on a flight overrun with venomous snakes. The film gained huge internet attention before release, and Jackson's fed-up outburst became its most quoted moment. Lines from the scene circulated as quotes and clips across forums, video edits and meme pages, turning a sincere thriller moment into a shorthand for reaching a breaking point. Its popularity endures because the phrasing is instantly recognisable and the situation is absurd enough to apply to almost anything.