Plants vs Zombies is a tower defense game released by PopCap in 2009, where garden plants defend a house from waves of zombies. Its eating sounds became a signature part of the comedy, heard whenever zombies chew through defenses bite by bite. Clips of the chomping later spread to YouTube edits, TikTok memes and soundboards detached from gameplay. The yummy munching now signals cartoon hunger anywhere online, instantly recognizable to players who spent hours protecting their lawn from relentless, plant hungry zombies.