Homer Simpson is the bumbling father at the centre of The Simpsons, the long-running American animated sitcom that first aired in 1989. His panicked shouting and screaming have long been part of the character, as he regularly overreacts to danger, bad news, and his own mistakes. Short clips of those reactions spread widely online as meme and reaction sounds, because the voice alone tells the listener that something has gone wrong. That instant recognition keeps the scream useful years after the original episodes, especially in short-form videos where a single sound must carry the whole joke.