The sound originates in Deltarune Chapter 3, an installment of Toby Fox’s role-playing game released in 2025. That chapter prominently uses television imagery, giving this short shutdown cue a clear connection to its visual themes. Fans isolated the effect for use in game edits, reaction clips, animations, and abrupt meme endings. It remains useful because its tiny duration makes it easy to synchronize with a black frame, disappearing image, or deliberately interrupted scene without overwhelming the surrounding audio.