Minecraft, created by Mojang and first released in 2011, features the Enderman as a tall, dark, teleporting mob that picks up blocks and avoids water. When players defeat it, the game plays this short distorted cry as it disappears, a sound that players quickly learned to recognise from survival gameplay. Clips taken from the game soon spread to soundboards, gameplay montages and short-form edits, where the cry works as shorthand for something eerie vanishing or being defeated. It remains popular because it is instantly recognisable to Minecraft fans and short enough to drop into almost any edit.