The sound comes from Young Sheldon, the prequel sitcom following Sheldon Cooper as a child in Texas, specifically from season 2 episode 22 in the file metadata for this clip. The single line was lifted from the broadcast scene and reshared online as a standalone reaction, separated from the plot around it. Its popularity comes from how reusable it is whenever a screen shows something unexpected, and it continues to circulate in meme edits and soundboards alongside other short television reaction lines.