The Tuba Man (or Tuba Boss) meme originated from a series of photographs and digital edits depicting individuals wielding tubas in intimidating or overwhelming ways. The most famous iteration features a brass player cornering a girl in a school hallway, blasting music directly at her, which became a shorthand for unsolicited advice or unavoidable information. Another popular version, often called 'Tuba Boss,' features a man wearing several tubas like armor, styled after a Dark Souls boss encounter with a health bar edited into the frame. Both versions are widely used to represent situations where someone is being overwhelmed by noise, facts, or an intimidatingly eccentric presence.