The 'Wot If Ya Mum Ran on Batteries' meme originated from a 2013 Slow Mo Guys 'Slow Mo Extra' video where Gavin Free posed a bizarre, nonsensical hypothetical question to his co-host Daniel Gruchy. The humor stems from Gavin's deadpan delivery of the absurd premise and Dan’s genuine, bewildered frustration as he tries to process the logic—or lack thereof—behind the question. It quickly became a hallmark of Gavin's 'Gavinisms,' representing moments of surreal or poorly thought-out curiosity. On the internet, the template is used to depict situations where someone asks a completely out-of-left-field question that leaves the recipient utterly confused or speechless.