The Rinnegan is one of the legendary eye powers in Naruto, the long-running anime and manga series, and it is most closely tied to Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki, who uses it to cast powerful genjutsu and control the battlefield. Like the Mangekyo Sharingan, another famous eye technique from the same series, it became a shorthand in fan culture for overwhelming power and visual manipulation. Clips of its sound spread through Naruto edits, AMVs and soundboards, where creators reuse the short cue to signal an eye activation, a trap or a sudden shift in reality.