Jacqui Briggs first appeared as a playable fighter in Mortal Kombat X, released in 2015, where she fights using high-tech gauntlets and military training inherited from her father, Jax. Her in-game screams come from combat reactions, pain cries, and defeat animations, which players later clipped and shared as standalone sounds. Because the scream is short, clear, and instantly recognisable as a fighting-game reaction, it has been reused in gaming edits, memes, and reaction videos long after the game's release, where a single pained cry can sell a defeat without any dialogue.