Goodfellas has stayed a touchstone for film fans and meme creators long after its release, thanks to its quotable dialogue, tense scenes and larger-than-life characters. Reaction sounds inspired by it are shared on soundboards and in short-form videos, where creators use a single human response to stand in for their own feelings about a scene. Because the feeling is instantly recognisable, even viewers who have not seen the film understand the joke, and the clip keeps working in reviews, watch parties and edits years after it first circulated online.