Dairou first appeared as a playable fighter in Mortal Kombat: Deception, released in 2004, as a former Seidan guardsman turned mercenary in the Mortal Kombat universe. Clips of character screams and defeat sounds from the fighting games have circulated for years on forums and soundboards, where players rip and rename them for edits. This crashed scream was shared under Dairou's name and kept spreading because its distorted, drawn out delivery fits both genuine fight scenes and ironic fail compilations, keeping it in rotation among Mortal Kombat fans.