The effect is credited to the Goofy cartoon Goofy and Wilbur, released March 17, 1939, where Goofy appears alongside Wilbur the grasshopper. The tiny sting was later catalogued in professional sound effects collections under descriptive names referencing a jew's harp boing, snap and boink, which helped it circulate among editors long after the original short. Because it lasts under half a second and needs no context to understand, it survived the move to online video and soundboards as a quick shorthand for a cartoon bounce, pop or playful mistake.