The clip comes from a parody of a popular Portuguese telenovela that had won two awards, shared by the YouTube channel ForeverNotYours as one of the platform's earliest videos in 2006. It was made to poke fun at the melodramatic style of Portuguese soap operas, and the Frederico line stood out because it sounded like a genuine, exasperated reaction rather than a scripted joke. Years later, Portuguese meme pages and soundboards kept the short outburst alive, passing it around as shorthand for disbelief whenever a scene, fail or news story felt too absurd to take seriously.