The clip circulates online as a Spanish-language meme sound known by its file name, Risa de Pekardo, and is shared mainly as a short reaction laugh rather than as part of a longer recording. Its appeal comes from the instantly recognisable monkey-like giggle, which needs no translation and works in any language. It sits alongside other short laugh clips such as a chipmunk laugh and a thief's giggle, which creators swap in for a similar mocking effect. Because it is brief, silly and easy to drop into edits, it keeps appearing in fail compilations, prank clips and reaction videos.