The line comes from The Nutty Professor, the 1996 comedy starring Eddie Murphy, where Dave Chappelle appears as insult comic Reggie Warrington. The brief shouted order became a reusable soundboard clip because it is instantly understandable even without the film context. Short excerpts like this circulated on meme pages and editing communities in the 2010s, where users lifted recognizable movie one liners for reaction videos. It remains popular because the panic in Chappelle delivery works for any exaggerated pursuit, pile on or call out moment online.