This clip comes from the wider world of short soundboard effects rather than a single film, show or viral video, so its exact first use is hard to pin down. Sounds like this spread because they are easy to drop into almost any edit: a creator needs only a split second of audio to signal water, silliness or a fish joke. On meme pages and short-form video, brief animal and cartoon effects have stayed popular because they work without explanation and travel well across languages. That simple, instantly readable quality is why this fish effect keeps reappearing in new edits.