The 'You Cannot Fast Travel When Enemies Are Nearby' meme originates from the popular RPG franchises The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, developed by Bethesda Game Studios. In these games, the fast travel system is disabled if hostile creatures or NPCs are within a certain radius, prompting a specific on-screen notification. The meme gained traction when players began encountering the message while no obvious enemies were in sight, often leading to frantic searches for a tiny mudcrab or a distant wolf. Eventually, internet users began overlaying this text onto real-life images of minor nuisances—like a cat blocking a doorway or a boss walking by an office—humorously framing these mundane obstacles as high-level video game threats.