Team Fortress 2 is Valve's class based multiplayer shooter first released in 2007, and its expressive game sounds have been ripped and shared on forums and soundboards for years. The /v/an wording ties this clip to 4chan's /v/ video games board, where party van jokes were a long running in joke about sudden group arrivals. That mix of a familiar game source and board slang helped the short effect circulate in gaming edits, reaction videos and meme compilations well beyond its original context online.