Chuchel comes from Amanita Design's 2018 point-and-click comedy Chuchel, where the hairy protagonist screams, sulks and sobs his way after a stolen cherry. Jeffy, the puppet character from the SML YouTube series, became famous for the opposite kind of performance, a loud nasal whine and cry used for tantrums. Fans paired the two because their over-the-top childish meltdowns sound alike, and the clip spread on soundboards among other goofy ahh sounds shared for reaction edits, gaming fails and short meme videos where exaggerated crying is the whole joke.