Stauf is the antagonist of The 7th Guest, the puzzle adventure game built around exploring his mansion and solving its rooms. His taunting voice lines became some of the game's most remembered elements, and short clips of his delivery later circulated on soundboards and in fan edits. This line survives because it captures his controlling, theatrical personality in a few seconds, so it works even without the scene around it. Players who know the game hear it as nostalgia, while new listeners just hear an over the top villain protest.