Released in 2001, Pixar's 'Monsters, Inc.' introduced one of the most enduring emergency-reaction memes in internet history. The scene features the character George Sanderson (voiced by Samuel Lord Black) returning from a scare floor assignment with a child’s white sock stuck to his fur. Upon noticing the 'contamination,' a CDA (Child Detection Agency) agent screams the iconic line, 'We have a 23-19!' triggering a chaotic, high-stakes decontamination procedure where George is shaved bald and the sock is detonated. In the meme landscape, '23-19' has become shorthand for a 'code red' or a catastrophic discovery of something that shouldn't be there. It is frequently used to represent relatable panic, such as getting caught with something embarrassing or reacting to a minor inconvenience as if it were a life-threatening disaster. Example captions include: 'When your mom finds the one dish you didn't wash,' 'Me when I see a bug in my room,' or 'That feeling when the teacher finds your hidden phone.'