About

What the F-Bomb, also known as wtf boom or wtfboom, is a series of video memes in which a normal event gets interrupted by a loud voice screaming "WHAT THE F-" cut off by an extremely loud explosion and a sinister laugh. It is commonly used as an element of surprise or interruption. The audio clip has also been used by VideoCompiler in a number of his "Ventrilo harassment" videos in which he hacks into user Ventrilo servers, harasses users with soundbites and posts videos online for lulz. It is commonly called the "WTF Boom/Bomb" on YouTube.

Origin

The sound effect is a compilation of three sounds. The first is the sound of a C4 explosive counting down from the game Counter-Strike: Condition Zero. The second, the "WTF" exclamation, is a clip from episode three of the Steve Moustache Show in which a Ted DiBiase action figure is given a makeover to look like a disfigured freak. Everything after the explosion, including the nuclear explosion clip, is taken from Mega64's "Interview" with Gunther Galipot, a design and content consultant from the game Cold Fear. In the Mega64's video, Gunther goes berserk and sets off a nuclear bomb. The explosion itself mixes the Mega64 video with the explosion sound from Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.^[2]

On July 14th, 2005, YTMND^[1] user Omega1 (later known as @SlappyCromwell on X^[2]) posted a The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time clip of Link opening a chest to find a bomb, followed by the WTF Boom sound clip. On January 15th, 2007, YouTube^[5] user ThirteenDnB reuploaded the video (shown below), with the upload garnering over 1.5 million views in 18 years.

The YTMND page, titled "(nsfw) Link finds a… what the hell is that?" accumulated over 197,000 views and 1,300 votes in 20 years. Notably, the meme is based on a previous YTMND^[3][4] "Link's Surprise" made by user Ravager which used a different punchline and from which the start the "Kokri Forest Theme" carried over to the original WTF Boom video.

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