Yoshi, Nintendo's green dinosaur companion, first appeared in Super Mario World in 1990 and has since become one of the company's most recognisable characters, known for his cheerful voice and playful personality. Short Yoshi clips circulate widely on soundboards and in meme videos, where a familiar character voice can carry a joke on its own. The phone call version works because it places that familiar voice in an everyday situation, making it easy to reuse across reaction videos, gaming streams and short-form edits without needing context from a specific game scene.