Sindel first appeared in Mortal Kombat 3 in 1995 as the queen of Edenia and mother of Kitana, and is known for her sonic scream attacks. This clip comes from Mortal Kombat 9, the 2011 reboot often called MK9, where her in-game death and injury vocals were ripped and shared on soundboards and in video edits. Because the scream is short, clean and instantly recognisable to fighting game fans, it survived beyond the game as a go-to effect for fatality parodies, horror edits and reaction videos.