Jacket first appeared as the silent protagonist of Hotline Miami before joining Payday 2 as a playable heister, where he speaks only through a tape recorder playing sampled phrases. This short help line comes from that device, giving a normal callout an unsettling, mechanical feel. Payday clips and edits spread the recording across gaming soundboards, where players began using it outside the game for revives and rescues. It remains popular because the calm delivery clashes with frantic gameplay, making any arrival of backup sound both heroic and absurd.