Advertisement

Make a video with this sound

Put this sound on your own clip — text, speech bubbles and speed controls, all in the app.

Related keywords

✦ AI

About this sound

✦ AI

The famous Once Were Warriors line where Jake angrily demands eggs be cooked, now used as a meme sound effect for bossy kitchen and breakfast jokes.

A deep, aggressive male voice barks the order to cook the man some eggs in a thick New Zealand accent, loud and confrontational over a few tense seconds. The delivery is pure intimidation, clipped and furious, with no music or background softening it. Played out of context it lands as an absurdly over the top demand for a simple breakfast, which is exactly why viewers find it funny and uncomfortable at once. The contrast between the mundane food and the threatening tone makes the clip instantly recognisable and perfect for reaction edits.

The line comes from the 1994 New Zealand drama Once Were Warriors, spoken by Jake Heke during a tense domestic scene that became the film's most quoted moment. Clipped and shared online in the 2000s and 2010s, it turned into a meme in Australia and New Zealand, then wider on soundboards and in video edits. Its lasting use comes from quoting a serious scene for light, everyday arguments about food, cooking and doing chores, where the extreme anger feels hilariously out of proportion.

Pro Tip for Usage

✦ AI

Place it right after someone mentions food, cooking or being hungry, with a hard cut and no fade so the shout hits at full volume. Pair it with a close up reaction face and keep the next beat silent for the awkward laugh.

Use Cases

✦ AI
  • Replying to a friend demanding breakfast in chat
  • Punchline for a cooking fail video on TikTok
  • Reacting when someone gives bossy kitchen orders loudly
  • Sound drop for movie quote meme edits

Frequently Asked Questions

✦ AI
What is the Cook the Man Some Eggs sound?
It is a short movie quote of a man angrily ordering someone to cook eggs. The line is shouted in a New Zealand accent and lasts about four seconds, with no music, which makes it clear and easy to drop into edits.
Where is Cook the Man Some Eggs from?
The quote is from Once Were Warriors, a 1994 New Zealand drama film. It is spoken by Jake Heke, played by Temuera Morrison, in a confronting household scene that later became the movie's most famous and most parodied line online.
Why do people use the Cook the Man Some Eggs sound?
People use it as a funny overreaction to anything about food, cooking or being told to do a chore. The anger is so extreme for such a small request that it works as a meme punchline, a chat reply and a reaction drop in short videos.

Upload your own sounds New

Got a funny clip? Upload your MP3 in the SoundInstants app. Once it's approved, everyone can play it.

Upload in the app
Advertisement

Most popular

See all
Advertisement