The clip circulates as a short SML sound, tied to Richard Goodman, the wealthy, spoiled character whose snobbish attitude makes the insult feel in character. Short meme pages and soundboard users picked it up because the two-word put-down is easy to drop over almost any unlucky moment, and it spread through reaction edits, gaming clips, and TikTok-style videos rather than through a single viral scene. It stays popular because the joke is simple and reusable: one quick sneer instantly frames someone as broke or beneath the speaker.
About this sound
A short SML voice clip of Richard Goodman saying ew poor, used as a mocking reaction when someone looks broke, unlucky, or out of place in memes and edits.
This is a very short, dismissive voice line in which Richard Goodman delivers the phrase ew poor with a disgusted, condescending tone, as if he has just seen something cheap, pathetic, or beneath him. The delivery is quick and punchy, with the ew landing like a sneer before poor drops as the insult, making it instantly recognisable even without any video attached. Listeners hear judgement, snobbery, and mock pity all at once, which is why it works so well as a reaction: it turns an ordinary moment of failure, bad luck, or low effort into a joke about being broke or outclassed.