Filthy Frank was the absurdist YouTube character played by George Miller, who later became known as Joji, and the persona built a large cult following through surreal sketches and musical parodies. Short clips from the channel were reposted across meme pages and soundboards, where the ding ding chime became a reusable reaction sound detached from any single scene. Its simplicity helped it travel to TikTok and short-form edits, where creators use it as shorthand for irony and old-school internet humour. That mix of nostalgia and instant recognisability keeps it in circulation long after the original channel ended.