The 'Confused Travolta' meme, also known as 'Lost Travolta,' originated from a scene in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction, where the character Vincent Vega (played by John Travolta) looks around a room in confusion while trying to locate a speaker. The meme achieved viral status in 2015 when Imgur user TC01 created a GIF version of Travolta superimposed over a toy aisle, perfectly capturing the feeling of being lost or out of place. It is widely used to represent situations where someone is looking for something obvious that isn't there, navigating an empty room, or simply feeling bewildered by their surroundings.