Tarzan was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in the 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes and became a film icon in the 1930s with Johnny Weissmuller. The famous yell was developed for the 1932 film Tarzan the Ape Man, blending and processing voices to create a call no ordinary actor could repeat naturally. It has since been imitated in cartoons, comedies and adventure parodies for decades, becoming shorthand for a jungle hero. Online, the recording is reused as a meme sound for wild entrances and overconfident celebrations.