Unlike a clip taken from one famous film or game, this is a generic portal effect of the kind used across science fiction and fantasy editing. Similar swirling, rising sounds have become a shorthand online for teleportation, dimension hopping, and sudden scene changes, because viewers recognise the cue instantly even without visuals. Creators reuse it in short-form videos, gaming montages, animations, and reaction edits, where a five-second transition needs to feel dramatic and otherworldly. Its staying power comes from that instant readability: one sound tells the audience that something impossible has just happened.