Tennis Ball is a contestant in Battle for Dream Island, the long-running animated object show that began as a web series and later continued with Battle for BFDI and The Power of Two. Fans lifted his exaggerated screams into short clips for edits, reaction videos and memes, where the sound works as a shocked reaction to failure, danger or an unexpected twist. Because the character is so recognisable in that community, the scream still circulates widely in fan edits and prank-style videos years after its first appearances.