The line comes from Link: The Faces of Evil, released in 1993 for the Philips CD-i, where the merchant Morshu offers Link lamp oil, rope and bombs if he has enough rubies. The game's cutscenes were widely shared online in the 2000s for their rough animation and voice acting, turning Morshu into a lasting meme character. His pitch was remixed, parodied and reused in videos about shops and trading, and the short phrase on its own still signals a shady but friendly deal.