The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy began on Cartoon Network as part of Grim and Evil in 2001 before becoming its own series in 2003, created by Maxwell Atoms. Its gross out humour and frantic cartoon sound design made short clips easy to lift for soundboards. This monkey noise circulated online under the compressed name mono billymandy, grouped with other scream meme reactions rather than tied to a famous line. It stays popular because the screech is instantly readable, works without context, and fits almost any chaotic moment in a short edit.