The music comes from Mr Bean, the British sitcom that began in 1990 and starred Rowan Atkinson as the nearly silent title character. Composer Howard Goodall wrote the theme, performed by a cathedral choir singing the Latin phrase meaning behold the man who is a bean. Its contrast between solemn sacred music and low-stakes visual comedy made the opening unforgettable. Short boosted rips later circulated on meme soundboards and in edits, where the familiar swell can signal childish mischief, embarrassment or a proudly overblown entrance without any dialogue at all.