The laugh comes from Clash Royale, Supercell's mobile strategy game released in 2016, where the King is the central royal figure players defend in battle. His laughing emote, typed by fans as hohohaha or heheheha, became one of the game's most recognised taunts. Clips spread through YouTube, TikTok and gaming edits as players recorded emote spam and close wins. It stayed popular as a meme reaction because the short, smug laugh needs no explanation and works far beyond the game itself.