Age of Mythology, Ensemble Studios' mythology-themed real-time strategy game released in 2002, included a set of short spoken taunts that players could trigger during matches to joke, boast, or react to other players. You're my hero comes from that taunt collection, where its earnest delivery made it useful both as genuine praise and as playful sarcasm. As clips from older strategy games circulated on soundboards and in gameplay videos, the line kept working as a quick reaction, which is why creators still reach for it for thank-you and hero moments today.