The line comes from Dragon Ball Z during the Saiyan Saga, when Vegeta scans the returning Goku with his scouter and cannot believe the reading. The Japanese and Brazilian versions say over eight thousand, while the English dub famously changed it to over nine thousand. Clips and remixes spread widely on YouTube in the 2000s, turning the reaction into a universal shorthand for anything off the scale. It remains popular in Brazil because the dubbed delivery is so intense and nostalgic for fans who grew up watching the series on television.