Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is a 2004 role-playing game in which players can join the Malkavian clan, whose members are marked by madness and often hear voices others cannot. Their whispered lines became a distinctive part of the game, with players quoting and compiling them long after release. The whispers remain popular because they capture the clan's eerie humour and foreboding tone in just a few seconds, making them instantly recognisable to fans and easy to reuse in edits, streams and horror-themed content.