The line comes from the 2005 comedy Wedding Crashers, where Will Ferrell appears late in the film as Chazz Reinhold, a grown man still living at home with his mother. His shouted demand for meatloaf became the character's most quoted moment and spread online as a short clip and reaction sound during the rise of meme soundboards. It remains popular because the phrase is recognisable out of context, easy to caption over food videos, and closely tied to Ferrell's loud, man-child comic persona.