The Shoopuf is a large, placid creature from Final Fantasy X, released in 2001, that carries travellers across the Moonflow, a wide river in the world of Spira. Because the ride is slow, strange, and oddly peaceful compared with the game's battles, it became a fondly remembered moment for players. Clips built around the Shoopuf now circulate as gaming memes, especially when a journey looks ridiculous, relaxing, or unexpectedly epic. The line works because it instantly recalls that shared in-joke without needing any explanation.