Little reliable information is available about where Kinomo first came from, so its history is mainly an online one. The clip spread through user soundboards and short video edits, where creators reuse short, recognisable audio as a shared reaction. Its appeal is its brevity and odd name, which make it easy to remember, search for and drop into new contexts. Over time it has become less tied to any single source and more of a general meme sound, used whenever a creator needs a quick, silly interruption to change the tone of a scene.