The sound comes from Motor Mania, a Goofy theatrical short released by Disney on 30 June 1950. In the cartoon Goofy plays a mild pedestrian who becomes an aggressive motorist behind the wheel, a setup built around exaggerated car noises and visual gags. Clips from classic cartoons like this later circulated on soundboards and in meme edits, where isolated effects could be reused out of context. Its bark survives because it sums up the film's road rage joke in under a second, without needing any dialogue or explanation to understand.