Banzai is a traditional Japanese battle cry meaning ten thousand years, shouted by Imperial Japanese soldiers when charging in World War II. The shout became widely recognised in the West through war films and games, including the 2002 first-person shooter Battlefield 1942, where Japanese forces yell it during attacks. Online, the clip spread on soundboards as a one-second hype shout, and creators still use it to score charges, rushes and over-the-top entrances in gaming edits and memes.