The line comes from the series premiere of The Mandalorian, the Star Wars series that premiered in 2019. Played by Pedro Pascal, Din Djarin says it to a bounty he is collecting, offering a warm return before adding that he can also bring him in cold. The exchange became one of the show's earliest quoted moments and spread online as a clip and meme, reused whenever someone is caught, cornered or reluctantly brought along, which keeps the short warning in regular circulation.