Bop It began as a Hasbro electronic pull and twist game in the 1990s, built around fast voice commands like bop it, twist it and pull it. The XT version expanded the toy with more actions and the same energetic announcer voice, which shuts the game down after inactivity by announcing it is going to sleep. Players recorded that line from the physical toy and shared it online, where it became a short reaction clip for endings, quits and powering down moments in edits and streams.