The line became famous through Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, the 1994 comedy that launched Jim Carrey as a leading film star. His exaggerated delivery of Alrighty then turned an ordinary phrase into a catchphrase repeated in playgrounds, offices and early internet forums. Clips and quote pages kept it circulating long after the film and its sequel left cinemas. It remains popular in meme edits and reaction videos because the wording is instantly recognisable, family friendly and flexible enough to sound sincere or sarcastic depending on context and timing for modern audiences online today.