The jingle comes from Sega's Sonic Adventure, released for Dreamcast in 1998, and returned in Sonic Adventure 2 in 2001. In both 3D platformers it plays at the end of an action stage, bridging the finish line and the results screen where time, rings, and rank are tallied. Its brief, triumphant arrangement became closely associated with completing a Sonic level. As gameplay clips and meme edits spread online, creators began lifting the act clear cue for non-game victories, keeping the sound as a shorthand for finishing something successfully.