The line comes from SpongeBob SquarePants, the Nickelodeon animated series that premiered in 1999, where Eugene Krabs, the money obsessed owner of the Krusty Krab, often reacts theatrically to cash. Fans clipped his most exaggerated reactions for soundboards and edits, and this one spread through meme pages and short videos alongside other clips like spongebob boowomp. Its appeal is simple nostalgia plus timing, a familiar voice signalling greed or triumph in under six seconds, which keeps it in rotation for reaction posts and remixes long after the original episode aired on television.