Ultra Instinct first appeared in Dragon Ball Super during the Tournament of Power in 2017, when Goku tapped into a divine technique that lets his body react without thinking. Clips of its theme were soon ripped and shared on anime edits, gaming montages and meme pages, alongside other Goku edits like goku drip. The short loop became shorthand online for entering a focused, unbeatable state, and it remains popular because viewers instantly recognise the transformation even without any footage from the show.