With no clear single film, game or show credited as its source, this clip has spread as a generic naval miss effect on soundboards and in short-form edits. Its appeal is clarity: the pass-by and splash instantly read as a shot that failed to connect, even without visuals of a ship or sea battle. That makes it reusable across war parodies, pirate sketches, strategy game highlights and reaction memes where a literal miss needs a bigger, wetter sound than a simple whoosh alone.