The sound is associated with The_None, also known as Most Mysterious, and is used across many of that creator's MUGEN fighting-game creations. MUGEN is a customisable fighting-game engine where creators build their own characters, stages, and effects, and short comic sounds like this one help give those characters personality during a match. Because the clip is under half a second long, it spread easily as a reusable reaction sound in edits and memes, where a quick yelp can punctuate a hit without interrupting the action. Its link to a MUGEN creator keeps it in use among fans of that community.