Press X to Doubt began with L.A. Noire, the 2011 detective game from Team Bondi and Rockstar Games. During interrogations, players could believe a witness, accuse them of lying, or choose Doubt to press them harder. Screenshots of Detective Cole Phelps and the on-screen Doubt prompt spread as a reaction image in the mid-2010s, especially for responding to claims that sounded false. The sound version carries that same meaning into videos and streams, letting creators deliver the accusation without explaining the joke to viewers who already know the reference well.