Kuato comes from the 1990 sci-fi film Total Recall, directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid. On Mars, Quaid meets the mutant resistance, whose leader Kuato lives concealed in another man's body and communicates with a frail, urgent voice. His repeated plea to open his mind became one of the film's most quoted moments, alongside lines like get your ass to Mars. The clip later spread on soundboards and in meme edits, kept alive by its strange delivery and instant recognition among sci-fi fans.