Pou began as a mobile virtual pet game where players feed, wash and play with a small brown alien, and its squeaky vocal reactions became widely shared outside the game. Short clips of Pou yelling, crying and panicking spread through YouTube compilations and soundboards as reaction audio. This kidnapping variant built on that trend, isolating a panicked moment for use as a fake abduction joke. It remains popular because the sound is instantly recognisable, very short, and clearly exaggerated enough to signal comedy rather than real distress.