The clip draws on two long-running fandoms, DreamWorks' Shrek films, which began in 2001, and Cartoon Network's Steven Universe, which ran from 2013 to 2019. Online, fans often stage playful versus arguments about which characters would win in a fight, and this voice-changed take leans into that tradition by backing Shrek with total confidence. It spread through soundboards and short edits where a short claim is funnier than a long explanation, and it remains useful because the matchup itself feels absurd, familiar, and instantly understood by cartoon fans.