The Prowler is the masked alter ego of Aaron Davis in Sony's animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), scored by Daniel Pemberton. His theme was built around a distorted electronic bass pulse that fans ripped as a standalone meme, much like other heavy edit sounds such as the vine boom. Editors on TikTok and YouTube started timing the drop to dramatic reveals, prank scares, and sports highlights, turning a film score motif into shorthand for looming threat. The clip endures because the bass feels physical even on phone speakers.