Gollum is a character created by J. R. R. Tolkien, first appearing in The Hobbit and becoming central to The Lord of the Rings, where Andy Serkis gave him his distinctive voice and movement in the film adaptations. That raspy, childlike delivery made short Gollum lines easy to quote and reuse online. Clips of his questions and muttering circulate as reaction sounds on soundboards and in edited videos, with this line used whenever someone is caught leaving, wandering off, or sneaking away without explaining where they are headed next.