Beaker is the timid lab assistant to Dr Bunsen Honeydew in The Muppets, famous for communicating almost entirely in frantic meeps rather than clear words. His panicked sounds became a signature part of Muppet Labs sketches, where experiments almost always went wrong and Beaker bore the consequences. As Muppet clips spread online, his voice became shorthand for nervous panic and comic disaster, used in memes, reaction videos and edits long after the original sketches aired. That instant recognisability keeps the sound popular with creators today.