The quote comes from Crooks in Moominvalley, an episode of the 1990 Moomin anime series in its English dub, where Snufkin is voiced by John Chancer. In context the line is played as dry, out-of-character villainy from the normally peaceful wanderer, which helped it stand out to English-speaking fans revisiting the dub years later. Clipped and shared as a short audio meme, it spread through Moomin fan edits and ironic shitpost videos, where its cozy origin makes the criminal declaration even funnier.