Ghost Stories began as a Japanese anime series in 2000, based on Toru Tsunemitsu's school horror stories. Its English dub, released by ADV Films in 2005, became famous for largely rewriting the dialogue with improvised jokes and pop culture references while keeping the original plot. Short out-of-context lines from that dub have circulated online for years as reaction clips. This phrase survives for the same reason, because the delivery sounds far bolder than the spooky scene around it, making it easy to reuse far beyond the original episode context today.