Ovide comes from Ovide en de Bende, the Dutch version of the 1980s Belgian animated series Ovide and the Gang, about a platypus living on a tropical island with his friends. Coconuts are a constant part of that island setting, which is why a single shouted kokosnoot became a recognisable in joke for Dutch speaking viewers who grew up with the show. The clip later circulated on soundboards as a short, context free cartoon exclamation, kept alive by nostalgia posts and meme edits that reuse familiar childhood voices for new jokes.