Timmy Burch first appeared in South Park in 2000, in the fourth season episode Timmy 2000, and quickly became known for mostly saying Timmeh in different tones to mean almost anything. The shout became his catchphrase and one of the show's most quoted running gags, turning a single name into a full vocabulary. As South Park clips moved to YouTube, forums, and soundboards in the 2000s and 2010s, the isolated Timmeh yell was clipped on its own and reused as a generic reaction for confusion, excitement, and random humor.