Homer Simpson is the famously lazy employee of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant in The Simpsons, the long-running animated series where falling asleep on the job became one of his signature habits. French-speaking fans labelled this short clip endormi au travail, meaning asleep at work, and it circulated on soundboards as a quick shorthand for boredom and exhaustion. Because the snoring is instantly recognisable even without dialogue, editors keep reusing it for reaction videos, workplace jokes and edits about long shifts, tired mornings and dull meetings.