The line is associated with Jeffery, a character from Class of '09, a visual novel centred on high school life and darkly comic dialogue. Short clips from the game began circulating on soundboards and in short-form edits, where individual lines were lifted out of context and reused as reactions. This one stuck because its direct, watch-me wording works outside the original scene, letting creators apply it to almost any moment of showing off or unwanted attention. Its brevity and blunt delivery have kept it in rotation for meme edits and reaction videos.