The clip comes from Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks, the 2005 action-adventure spin-off of the Mortal Kombat fighting series, where Scorpion appears as a fiery undead ninja opponent. His association with hellfire makes a clip of him screaming while burning especially shareable among fans. Extracted as a standalone three-second sound, it moved from gameplay footage onto soundboards and into meme edits, where gamers reuse it whenever a character, stream moment or real-life attempt goes up in flames and spirals out of control.