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Memes Throughout the ages episode 279: Sneakers O’Toole

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Memes Throughout the ages episode 279: Sneakers O’Toole

The "sneakers o tool" meme, rooted in a Family Guy cutaway where a character refuses to remove his sneakers saying "I am sneakers o tool," has evolved into a global internet phenomenon. Originating in a 2007 episode, the joke gained traction through viral content shared on platforms like TikTok and Instagram. It was significantly amplified by user "sneejer," who uses AI tools to generate absurd, often chaotic parodies of the original scene, including surreal characters and inappropriate narratives. These AI-generated videos have led to widespread cultural commentary, with users debating the humor, ethics, and potential harm of such content. The meme has also been linked to broader internet trends, such as AI misuse, satire, and internet trolling. While the original joke is simple and absurd, its digital replication has created a complex web of user-generated content, fan theories, and controversies. Notably, the meme has been criticized for its association with malicious behavior, such as fraud or exploitation, drawing parallels to real-life internet scandals. Despite this, the community largely views the meme as a humorous and satirical reflection of internet culture, with fans praising its creativity and absurdity. The meme continues to evolve, with new AI-driven edits and viral videos appearing regularly, showing its enduring influence in online humor.

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hello my name is rem tgm and i'm bca and i'm super mega man 10 and welcome to memes throughout the ages hey guys hey guys hey everyone welcome i'm picking my clothes off hey you yeah take those sneakers off oh take them off i say yeah i'll let them go i'll never catch them not in these shoes i didn't take my jordans off i'm still jordans or tool i'm gonna take a guess and say that jordans o tool video uh made sneakers o tool black yep yep there ah yeah do you guess no i don't know oh let him go but anyways uh hey guys hey welcome back yep i wish there was more to say but you know we're uh you know we're we're gonna take this episode off but then uh episode o tool he was he didn't want to do that yeah anyways bca i'm not taking my episode off i'm still episode o tool that's a pretty good one yeah anyway bca what is our meme for today well i mean if you couldn't already guess uh our meme for today is sneakers o tool yeah mr mr mr o tool is kind of coming to the limelight again every single post i see regarding sneakers o tool instagram has heza reposting it if you don't know who heza is he and sneeger have been doing sneakers o tool stuff for like a year now and heza is also the the the greatest splatoon player ever oh yeah heza is the number one ranked splatoon player of all time uh totally yeah he's also the creator of the homelander choir yes and uh also also the wait no no no sneeger is the kirk is the kirk potatoes um i guess and barbara boy yeah um i follow them both on all platforms you know what i don't even blame you i should do the same yeah you should also welcome back to the pod to the podcast i don't know if i said that um oh boy so yeah sneakers o tool hold on here sneakers o tool is a cutaway gag from the show family guy not sure if you've heard of it it's it's kind of niche a little underground um and you said that harlan should have gotten on that plane uh no probably not i'll let him go we'll never catch him dude that was like tsa what you think that was like what tsa what like they found the like the they like they knew the they they were gonna hijack the plane but tsa was like ah let him go like terrorist o tool oh yeah wouldn't that dude would that you say tariffs so cool no no no terrorist oh yeah if terrorist o tool if like okay theoretically for a moment here yeah if on september 11 2001 september 11th is also the birthday of paul heyman that has nothing to do with what i'm talking about but terrorist o tool on 9 11. he pulls up to the logan airport was not the logan airport probably yeah he pulls up to the airport he's got all his his thing his terrorist tools whatever they use to hijack a plane tsa sees them but terrorist o tool is already going through to the gate or uh to you know whatever and tsa is like i'll let him go we'll never catch him not in these what is wrong with him i don't wait how did we start talking about oh yeah uh what's his name sam wilson uh seth mcfarland close enough anyway so family guy uh not sure if you heard this hey ducko please start timing out our fans uh so sneakers o tool is a cutaway gag from family guy um in which the character of sneakers o tool is portrayed now i don't know if you've heard of it but i don't know if you've heard of it but the character of sneakers o tool believe it or not is not a reference to something sneakers o tool is a completely original character made for family guy which was a complete challenge to not make sneakers o tool it's like telling sneakers o tool to take the sneakers off it's not gonna do it you know what you're i i think you're right i don't think sneakers o tool is a cutaway gag from family guy don't think sneakers o tool okay i don't the sneakers o tool not take his sneakers off under any circumstance and if you're wondering what the joke is here well i'll explain it to you so in sneakers o tool his iconic line he says in the episode he says well he sings it that's very important he sings i'm not taking my sneakers off i am sneakers o tool i am sneakers o tool i am sneakers o tool and then two men and then two men and then two men stop him there they stop him dead in his stop him there they stop him dead in his stop him there they stop him dead in his tracks and they say take those sneakers off sorry i forgot take those sneakers off sorry i forgot take those sneakers off sorry i forgot what he did what he did what he did here you go hey take those sneakers off here you go hey take those sneakers off here you go hey take those sneakers off take them off take them off take them off and then sneakers o tool responds with no and then sneakers o tool responds with no as you can see here if we analyze that sneakers o tool has made it so he said that he said no he said that he will not take his sneakers off and no means no that's a very important thing and rem why won't he take his sneakers off he won't take his sneakers off because he is sneakers o tool ladies and gentlemen say that with me he will not take his sneakers off because he that's right megaman say it for me why will he not take his sneakers off he's not taking his sneakers off he is sneakers o tool why is he not taking his sneakers off because he's sneakers o tool me why does he not take his sneakers off because he's sneakers o tool everyone listening right now i don't care where you are answer me this why is he not taking his sneakers off because he's sneakers you're not supposed to you're not supposed to you're not supposed to be talking megaman the fans are talking the fans are telling me why well they answered with megaman so it's okay you know you're right megaman is the calm leader little uh little reference for ducko there anyway so yeah uh he says no i'm not gonna take my sneakers off and then uh the two men are like ah let him go we'll never catch him not in these shoes i said calm leader ducko that was that sneakers o tool he walks off into the sunset sneakers o tool he walks off into the sunset sneakers o tool he walks off into the sunset he says he says he says i didn't take my sneakers off i didn't take my sneakers off i didn't take my sneakers off i'm still sneakers o tool i'm still sneakers o tool i'm still sneakers o tool because if you were to take his sneakers because if you were to take his sneakers off because if you were to take his sneakers off off you wouldn't be sneakers at all you'd be off you wouldn't be sneakers at all you'd be off you wouldn't be sneakers at all you'd be socks so tool socks so tool socks so tool yes you could say that socks would be for yes you could say that socks would be for yes you could say that socks would be for one one one say that again and then he scams his fans say that again and then he scams his fans say that again and then he scams his fans and like beats his girlfriend i think i and like beats his girlfriend i think i and like beats his girlfriend i think i made a second one made a second one made a second one uh don't trust me on that second one i uh don't trust me on that second one i uh don't trust me on that second one i think i had just made that up think i had just made that up think i had just made that up wait how do you scan his fans wait how do you scan his fans wait how do you scan his fans i don't he he did like some sort of i don't he he did like some sort of i don't he he did like some sort of giveaway or some i don't he did like some sort of promotion or something and he scammed promotion or something and he scammed promotion or something and he scammed funny as common wins a video game funny as common wins a video game funny as common wins a video game he scammed like 200 000 from his fans he scammed like 200 000 from his fans he scammed like 200 000 from his fans oh my god and he refused to give it back oh my god and he refused to give it back oh my god and he refused to give it back and he said oh they don't need the money and he said oh they don't need the money and he said oh they don't need the money ah that's horrible it is yeah that's horrible it is yeah that's horrible it is yeah that's like pogo's pizzeria that's like pogo's pizzeria that's horrible it is yeah that's like pogo's pizzeria oh my god yeah remember remember um oh my god yeah remember remember um oh my god yeah remember remember um day at freddy's oh little boy you guys don't know about oh little boy you guys don't know about oh little boy you guys don't know about that google day of freddy's pogo that google day of freddy's pogo that google day of freddy's pogo pizzeria please do pizzeria please do pizzeria please do i still i think pogo gets off way too i still i think pogo gets off way too i still i think pogo gets off way too easy for all the the things he's done easy for all the the things he's done easy for all the the things he's done little boy little boy little boy little boy little boy little boy isn't like people shouldn't do that and isn't like people shouldn't do that and isn't like people shouldn't do that and then proceeds to do that then proceeds to do that then proceeds to do that yeah or like that being um stories yeah or like that being um stories yeah or like that being um stories about pedophilia he's such a hypocrite he's like nick he's such a hypocrite he's like nick he's such a hypocrite he's like nick cheesy cheesy cheesy he is and then he says the n-word is he is and then he says the n-word is he is and then he says the n-word is lefty lefty lefty no it's okay he's playing lefty oh yeah no it's okay he's playing lefty oh yeah lefty is black at least lavelle played black yoshi yeah well logan played uh no logan no no no no lance played black yoshi what did you not know that lance is black yoshi lance played black yes lance 30 acre the brother of logan 30 acre plays black yoshi i did not know that let's see it i thought it was lavelle he's so black you don't even need you you didn't even tell couldn't even tell yeah i actually couldn't uh poobie said the n-word in a recent sml video but i assume it doesn't matter at all because uh lavelle probably told him to say it so what poobie said the n-word yeah they they censored it they censored it but you could very obviously tell he just straight up said the n-word all right anyways back to sneakers how did we get to that how did we get to that i don't know i don't know uh sneakers o tool so people would take sneakers o tool his beautiful story and they would upload it to the internet as a joke um just because it's you know how absurd it is you know sneakers o tool who is this sneakers o tool well should we talk about how how like how the joke yeah uh sorry how the joke even goes like before before sneakers o tool even shows up i think exactly what the joke is i don't even remember it either so yes pca please please tell us so it's so wait no megaman wait megaman do you know it yeah okay i think i heard you wrong all right so lois and the whole family were trying to go to texas for religious repression and then brian said it's like trying to get sneakers o tool to take his sneakers off and then it cuts to sneakers o tool saying he won't take his sneakers off see now what did sneakers oh it's always religious religious tolerance they're going to texas to find religious tolerance and it's funny because because you won't find religious tolerance in texas that's like telling sneakers o tool to take sneakers off you won't do it that's a good one no what did sneakers o tool really mean by i'm going to take my sneakers off there's hidden meaning in what he's saying and i think if we really look at the um the context clues and the um what do you call the uh sorry i'm trying to think of as many english teacher buzzwords as i possibly can but i can't um so yeah people would take that they post it they take that clip of sneakers o tool they post it onto tiktok instagram all those good places and the joke was sneakers o tool that was just straight up the joke is that it's funny it makes no sense who's sneakers o tool why is he not taking sneakers off because he's sneakers o tool so then what people would do is they would take that and they would use ai to make it funnier they'd make the they change the joke a little bit they just recreate it in with ai now who the question is who would do this well that man is sneejer i love sneejer sneejer i found sneejer when he was a sneegelet he was i guess yeah sneejer back when when sneejer first started out um i thought he was i thought it was like a popular meme i didn't know he was like smaller i thought it was a it was a genuine account i thought i thought it was just like like content slop just like doing whatever but i i slowly realized how this this guy's doing a bit i realized that after i started to see the car potatoes and uh i was like okay he's he's joking this isn't real so bca yeah since we're about to start talking about the origin and who sneejer is uh all the information about sneejer won't be here so i'm gonna need you to to care i'm sure you've got you've got good sneejer knowledge oh yeah i can tell you about yeah all right so bca where did this meme come from uh can you tell us the origin uh and all that jazz you know whatever i said yeah so before we like actually talk about sneakers of a tool that let's talk about like the actual meme that the joke that a lot of people follow so sneejer i believe started on tiktok and he would just post i it's not even sora ai it's it's some sort of other ai i don't know which kind it is but he uses something and uh he would post of like spongebob crossing the desert and saying i'm not taking my sneakers off i'm sneakers o tool and sometimes he just generate that like generate them in a suburban neighborhood and have just some dude as sneakers o tool and then two dudes in suits come and go hey take your sneakers off and he goes no but sometimes they all say no and then they all run away because the ai doesn't know context clues at all and uh sometimes he just posts like family guy clips and just let the ai do whatever with it and it would give peter's chin like a mouth it was really scary i don't know why he would do this but was he also the same guy who made that weird patrick eating spaghetti no no no he did not make that um i have no idea i actually saw that in the instagram comment section one time but um jesus oh great yeah it did spreading so uh yeah sneedger's whole thing now is uh is the sneedger verse with uh with barber boy which is the guy the barbershop haircut that costs a quarter that dude that we all thought was in like a high school play but he's like 40 um uh who else is it kirk the the kirk the you know captain kirk he made him into a potato i there's two of them and they live in the garden i i don't know like the garden they live in the garden uh there's heza heza's a whole other can of worms he heza is a sneedger is a sneedger disciple uh i think he's the only sneedger disciple the knights of sneedger the there's actually the homelander the homelander choir are actually knights um he he did a whole he did a whole video there's the homelander dragon um he's also made of poop apparently that's part of the lore uh heza's a princess and lives in wales and is also the greatest splatoon player of all time oh here's sneedger right here uh megma just play a sneedger video just put it up to the mic we drink soda yeah he also likes that yeah he really likes the phrase we drink soda we uh we drink soda we eat pizza and uh that's that that's been a majority of his recent posts actually it's either it's either otul doing something or the kirk potatoes saying saying that my favorite um sneedger videos back in the day were the ones where he'd literally just take the scene and put it through ai like he'd do literally nothing else he just it's just the same scene yeah but he put it into ai yeah and then everyone messes up their lines and like random characters appear out of nowhere hey that was pretty cool yeah uh i i like i like the sneed reverse yeah i think the homelander choir is uh is an amazing introduction a new character um new homelander choir is kind of new i've i've seen like like several times the homelander homelander choir originates from the homelander blowing meme i thought that like the homelander choir was something from like november of last year it i don't know i think yeah i think it was well okay well when was homelander blowing uh well i mean it's that was last year that was like um was like beginning or middle of last year yeah whenever that was a few weeks later was the homelander choir because the homelander choir actually used that as a base right like like that that was the image used to create the homelander choir oh so i need i need someone to answer this for me because i've never seen i've never heard anyone talk about this uh why is sneedger's profile picture have the letter n oh i don't know is it like the n and steve maybe originally that's like when he started his account that's probably what he was given wait can you go to his instagram i i swear his instagram is an instagram oh yeah you have right wait can you open up instagram is sneedger's account profile also an n there or is it an s because i know sneedger has never had a profile picture it's always been a letter yeah let's see here it could probably just be that when he started he is the og letter pfp like when he started the account it was probably yeah i started with an n but that would see megaman that wouldn't make sense because these are the google and youtube profile pictures wait wait wait wait hold on wait what yeah that's not like that's not like a profile picture they'd give you on instagram so he would have either screenshotted the n or he would have like saved the photo of his basic like default profile picture to his photos and made it his profile picture what a what a strange guy is it supposed to be because his name is sneedger is it supposed to be like sneaker but he changed the k to a j wait no but why would there be an n i don't know i don't what is what does this mean we should ask him yeah i'm sure can't even get nick cheesy the origins of sneakers oh yes anyway uh sneedger he's just an ai guy he runs everything through an ai he drinks soda he eats pizza no more mr ice guy yeah uh hazel lives in wales wales yeah wales is in like the place wales yeah yeah isn't is in ireland yeah yeah he lives there well there's also according to the lord is it wales new jersey or is it wales no it's like wales like like like viking like viking wales okay yeah and then homelander homelander dragon is also there he's it's just a dragon with homelander's face um something like that he like no it's literally what it is and he like rules over the land and uh the homelander choir saved heza from the homelander dragon the homelander choir and homelander dragon are two different people okay where are you getting this okay i i i'm not doubting that this is the actual lore but like where did you where did you hear this from this is from the music video i'm the the music video yeah there's a music video hold on go on here's a go and go retreat to your castle of gold okay i looked up sneed your music video and i see blue suede shoes by elvis you know i knew i know about a hound dog could you imagine if you put um if you put elvis into the the tools or the sneed reverse that would be cool what would you think about that megaman would you be okay with that no why not no don't you want to see your goat revitalized oh you know like puppeted puppeted by sora but he doesn't even use sora yeah he means steve that was a good one right oh that actually makes sense because uh flight steve is also a sneed your character no i don't know i didn't even think about that yeah i just picked the other but uh anyways yeah uh he's just an ai guy he's cool i guess anyway sneaker o tool actual lore oh yeah he's cool i guess anyway sneaker o tool actual lore sneakers o tool appeared in season 5 episode 15 of family guy titled boys do cry which aired excuse me on american tv on april 29th 2007 youtuber mark delete posted the scene on january 18th 2011 gaining over 600 000 views in 14 years and the video is just called i'm not taking my sneakers off on february 23rd 2019 youtuber synth cool sherry sneakers o tool meme called anime character analysis sneakers o tool and the video is just called i'm not taking my sneakers off in which he discussed the character over six years the video received over 94 000 views and the video is the first known mematic use of sneakers o tool the the actual sneakers o tool lore is kind of boring so you know sneed your made it better yeah all hail sneed your sneed your you know pencil slop is lame break the pencil use ai um could you imagine for polar bears help the seals can you imagine posting a clip in 2011 and then like 15 years later it gains traction because of of this dude who posts ai slop no it's an a it's ai masterpiece you're right sneed your sneed your you know he uses sneed your just actually another thing about sneed your he just like posts like fun facts yeah i i so does heza heza just like sometimes he would just post these images of young sheldon kirk saying like fun fact did you know that apple cores have cyanide in them i actually didn't know that oh you didn't know that no like not apple cores apple seeds they have cyanide in them if you eat enough you'll die i did not know that well yeah obviously you'll die because an apple tree will grow on your stomach oh yeah but yeah sneed your uses his powers for intermediate it balances out you know yeah what from would you would you like if you were to ban ai what would you ban would you ban image generation knowing that it would you knowing that it would ruin sneed your no actually you know i i would ban i'd ban everyone but sneed your from using it you'd only allow us because if sneed your makes it then that means that no one will get fooled by ai anymore because sneed your won't make stuff like that sneed your will only make yeah he only made sneed your world he makes like kirk potatoes a flight steve i'll keep i'll let toby tobuscus use uh use ai though i think it's safe to take it away from them i you know we could be missing out on food stamps as they cut in two do we really need that did we really need the first one please no no we can't mega man why would i engage in this conversation because um it's awesome yes it is what's wrong with sneed your name one thing wrong with sneed your if you can name me if you can give me five good reasons why sneed your is bad i will give you 10 meme game points i i could give you 10 more reasons why sneed your is bad i will give you 10 meme game points i i could give you 10 more reasons why sneed your is bad i will give you 10 meme game points i i could give you 10 more reasons why sneed your is bad i will give you 10 meme game points i i could give you 10 more reasons why other ai creators are bad sneed your sneed your as as slop as it is and how stupid it is at least he's not trying to like put people in jail he's just making sneakers o'toole he's actually probably kind of ruining the ai and making it think that sneakers o'toole is like a celebrity or something okay remember when everyone was using kirk so much that like image generators were like i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know started to just auto default to his face maybe that's what's happening maybe that's what he's trying to do mega man i'm not hearing five good reasons okay anyways mega man super mega man 10 uh can you tell us where this meme came oh wait no sorry mega man can you tell us how this meme super mega man 10 can you tell us how this meme spread um gladly yeah whatever i say on april 9th 2019 youtuber synth pool posted a video titled anime dub of sneakers of tool and the creator used a crudely recorded version of his voice as a punchline countering the title's claim over six years the video received over 266 500 views and 16 000 likes and 16 000 likes in 2021 a gimmick account called sneakers every 21 started going viral on twitter which shared the sneakers o tool clip every day by late june 2021 the account had amassed over 11 100 followers the page has since been deleted the sneakers o tool clip received more use in memes on tiktok a few years later for instance on march 30th 2024 tiktoker memes and big funnies posted a parody of over stimulation video using the sneakers o tool clip gaining over 73 000 likes in a year I wonder if Sneaker will actually show up here. On April 24th, 2025, TikToker Pixizops, I don't know how to pronounce that, posted a video reminiscent of lobotomy videos using the Sneakers O'Toole clip and audio. Multiple overlays and tracks of Sneakers O'Toole walking and singing his song are seen distorting a meme that reads, Wife slash husband slash woman always stronger. Over five months, the video gained over 359,700 likes. On August 14th, TikToker Ziloxine. Ziloxine. La zoing bang zoing posted a rotoscoped version of the video using characters from GTA 5. The clip also seemingly used an AI voice tool. The video gained over 155,700 likes in a month. Something that I did wonder about, if, like, trying to trace over, like, scenes from video games, did that count as, like, rotoscoping? Yes. Yes. Rotoscoping is an art form. Okay. I was, I was confused, because if it was, like, a video game, would it still count as rotoscoping? Yes, because rotoscoping is just drawing over something. Okay. In April 2026, memes using the Sneakers O'Toole scene went viral on TikTok and Hex. Most of these memes are edits that change the visual. oh no i probably not i thought you're probably not i thought you're you're referencing the hitler sandals joke speaking of it's hitler's birthday no i was not but sure we can go we can go that way apparently i it's not gonna be hitler's birthday when um this comes out but it's hitler's birthday today so i guess not an honor not in i was about to say in honor of his birthday like he deserves that no because of his birthday i'll tell this joke for you guys you probably never heard before so uh a little bit of backstory here um uh i was in sixth grade english class last class of the day bored out of my mind and i i looked down at my teacher's shoes she didn't take them off though and i thought of words that rhymed with sneaker with nuts jeez right not sneaker shoes because i was so bored and then i sat there and i thought to myself what rhymes with shoes and the first thing i thought of was shoes and i thought of shoes and i thought of shoes and i thought of that came to my head was jews now although it sounds like it is a slur it is not it's just another word for jewish people jewish person jewish persons now when i thought of this i was like boom i got it came up with this masterpiece this magnum opus of a joke are you guys ready to hear it first yeah sure where did i'm sorry i was about to say where did darth maul where did darth maul buy his vaders i'm sorry the shoes did wait did that joke win three times yes oh my god i'm sorry why did like why did hitler wear sandals why bro why because he hated the shoes but i'm just armies up his sleevies i made one of my i made one of my islanders and living the dream say that and now like there's multiple me's saying that joke to each other it's getting out of hand anyway what do we think about this meme did we already i guess it's fine oh my god mega man i need more you can't just say it's fine it's not fine this meme is not fine it's more than fine it's a masterpiece the only man in the sneakers is me it's a it's an okay joke but like it's just getting a bit repetitive now all right it's your opinion you're entitled to one even if it's wrong dancing doesn't bca what do you think about the meme i like it surely probably because of sneezer and also the hummer guy versus sneakers on full wrap at all i'm not the people at all and it's a funny little joke but like it's just getting repetitive i'm not taking my sneakers off so go ahead and turn those blinkers off i don't understand why you started singing i'm not taking my sneakers off i am sneakers though too people see the cut people say i got my shoes on and turning heads something yeah it's great i was gonna say something i can't remember something sneakers sneakers tool um anyway yeah the reason i like i i like the meme i i do i think i think it's funny i really like everything that um sneezer does because i think it's funny every time i see it um he's not dragging it in my opinion he's not i think he's the content he's not dragging it in my opinion he's not dragging it in my opinion he's not dragging is fun every time i see it i laugh i think it's funny um it's really just enjoyable every part of it um i did not know that sneakers or tool wasn't like a reference to something until like a few months ago so learning that was cool um i think it's it's it's interesting how things can become memes even like even though they happen like years and years and years ago sometimes even decades ago like this um and yeah i think it's really cool i think it's a funny meme i think i need to apologize to seth mcfarland really quick i'm glad he didn't get on that plane like a laundry i'd be very sad it was due to like a laundry problem best laundry problem ever he couldn't find his sneakers he couldn't find him he missed his flight he saw the plane leaving he's all like let it go i can't get on not without my shoes let it go i can't get on not without my shoes let it go i can't get on not without my shoes they left they left they left that must have been insane like hearing that must have been insane like hearing that must have been insane like hearing that it crashed that it crashed that it crashed like hearing that the plane that you were like hearing that the plane that you were like hearing that the plane that you were supposed to be on crashed into the supposed to be on crashed into the supposed to be on crashed into the that's that's like that's insane that's that's like that's insane that's that's like that's insane that would that would that would like can you imagine like can you imagine like can you imagine i'm learning i'm learning that in uh i'm learning i'm learning that in uh i'm learning i'm learning that in uh historical fiction and at some point historical fiction and at some point historical fiction and at some point i'm going to be asking people like what i'm going to be asking people like what i'm going to be asking people like what were their stories were their stories were their stories about 9 11 to kind of see what they about 9 11 to kind of see what they about 9 11 to kind of see what they are experienced definitely who are are experienced definitely who are are experienced definitely who are wait are you wait are you wait are you are you guys larping 911 are you guys larping 911 are you guys larping 911 are you like writing ocs into 9-11 are you like writing ocs into 9-11 are you like writing ocs into 9-11 we're not we're reading story historical we're not we're reading story historical we're not we're reading story historical fictions i asked him about 9-11 like my fictions i asked him about 9-11 like my fictions i asked him about 9-11 like my parents oh wait okay so historical parents oh wait okay so historical parents oh wait okay so historical fiction fiction fiction like it's just so they're reading like it's just so they're reading like it's just so they're reading stories about nine they're they're stories about nine they're they're stories about nine they're they're reading people larping about 9 11 and reading people larping about 9 11 and reading people larping about 9 11 and then he's gonna go ask people about 9 11 then he's gonna go ask people about 9 11 then he's gonna go ask people about 9 11 okay okay okay just to see like just to see like just to see like see what other people had it did had see what other people had it did had see what other people had it did had about the whole experience like yeah about the whole experience like yeah about the whole experience like yeah experiences with a with them experiences with a with them experiences with a with them that makes more sense that makes more sense that makes more sense it's like kind of the whole point of it's like kind of the whole point of it's like kind of the whole point of it's like learning about other people's it's like learning about other people's it's like learning about other people's experiences experiences experiences yeah is there like like an i survived yeah is there like like an i survived yeah is there like like an i survived 9-11 book 9-11 book 9-11 book there is i survived the console words i survived the console words i survived the console words okay anyway okay i think that's enough okay anyway okay i think that's enough okay anyway okay i think that's enough yes yes yes yeah yeah yeah anyways anyways anyways we'll see you on the meme games goodbye we'll see you on the meme games goodbye we'll see you on the meme games goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye bye hello and welcome to the meme games Hello everyone and welcome back to The Meme Games, a partner show where we play games based on the steps that I've discussed before. I'm Rampant TGM, would you like to know in further depth? Alright, so The Meme Games is a partner show where we play games based on this episode and past episodes of Pickleball. We call a meme about a bunch of different games that can play on whoever has the most points by the end of this season. Wins the Meme Games. Yeah, that is true. Spin that wheel, spin that wheel, spin that wheel, spin that wheel. Sorry, I'm like burping, hiccuping, whatever. Alright, spin it again, spin it again. Spin it again, spin it again. When did we get the game last time? We got Recreation Infestation in. Oh, okay. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Criticism Storm. How do we play this one, Rampant TGM? In Criticism Storm, what we must do. Is we will take a review that we have read in the past. And if there's, you can get three points here. When it is your turn, you will be given a review. And if you can get the star rating date that it was left. And the person and the name of the person who left the review. Then you get, if you can get up to three points. So, it's one point for each. Yeah, and whoever gets those right, wins the Meme Games. Yeah. Stuff, yeah. So, we have a picker wheel here that we call the name wheel. Sorry, I was looking at the bully horse. Bully horse. Was he in Kaisenat's room? Yeah. Okay. Anyway, we have all three of our names here. And we're going to be spinning it. See who goes first, second, and third in today's Meme Games. Yeah, let's see who's going first. No. Me. I will be going first in today's Meme Games. Let's spin again to see who goes second and third. All right. Go. Stop saying all righty, Mega Man. Super Mega Man. Mega Man, you're going second. Rem, you're going third. Hey, listen. Actually, I don't even feel like BCA even stands for Business Cat Animations anymore. It just stands for BCA. It does. Like, it doesn't mean anything. It's just letters. Anyways. Me. Me. Criticism store. Rem, you give me one. All right. Let's see here. Hmm. Hmm. Mega Man, do you think you'd be fit to be president? what about you would i be fit to be president do you do you believe that you'd be fit to be president um i mean yeah if i just uh if i just go to meetings and give people free health care that's it's pretty successful right there free health care probably try and help out the country and probably like you know what we're gonna do is we're gonna help israel or do well you have to help israel else they're gonna bomb us are you gonna kiss the wall megaman it's it it's like like like attack us no no they can't we we destroy israel they'd be like white they'd be a giant critter it's like it's like rice gum the decision either israel or the country destroyed wow that's that's a lot of peeps yeah there's two peeps in there these look like clan members there's a lot of peeps clan uh yeah sure anyway i've got it all right rem what what is this what's this stuff all right this review is titled best podcast ever and it entails i love this podcast and it's just absolute cinema speaking of absolute cinema can you please do the absolute cinema meme please please remember we all love your podcast um okay well five star uh i'm guessing i'm guessing what season it was from wait no like when it was all right year okay well a year well it depends on when you think it was okay um to not give you an exact month and whatever uh man um i'll give you a hint it was it it was left this year oh it was this year i'm almost in january 2026 then i guess i i guess if i had to i'm saying guess a lot if i had to guess who this was by i feel like this was less left by dust or something all right so you only got one right but i'm gonna give you a second point for the name because i think this person ended up changing their name so you wouldn't oh okay so you you were right on the five stars you were wrong on the the date it was one month ago oh okay and it was not left by dust it was by sonic.exe fnf fan awesome that's tough you know it is you know it is tough i'm tired of pretending it isn't i think that person's name before was like alistair fan or something like that i don't know yeah you know what that's uh and that's okay like what you like i don't care we're not here to take your your um interests off oh yeah because your interest your husband has been yeah he has been a tool not take them off i'm sorry okay uh two points i get two points i get two points i get two points uh who was up next it was it was megaman megaman you want to give you okay well then turn your turn your sneakers around i'm not taking my sneakers off so go ahead and turn those blinkers off i am not taking my a pack off trying to find the comments really quick or reviews whatever what would happen if you got a call tomorrow morning from your manager and your manager was like bca okay i've got i've got idf soldiers here they are going to kill everyone in here if you don't come in and cut fruit what are you doing well i'd go in and cut fruit all right and then they'd leave and they'd give you your a pack money 7k yeah just like that looking at this we've never gotten a three or two star rating we haven't we've gotten one star ratings from uh people that should kill themselves but ram ram like ram relax that's neither here or there all right megaman hold on uh all right i i got i got yours okay wait can you still hear megaman um how about he flips around but covers his eyes oh yeah cover your eyes all right may have been yep yours is titled please it entails make another episode of reviews throughout the ages who's this made by okay this is five star yep i'm gonna say this was released in february of this year and i think this was made by ecd uh you got one right uh five star review this was made on 8 8 2025 and was yes it was made by bca as a child oh yeah i i still don't know who that is so show yourself that was someone in the server i think show yourself cowards you have no leave me alone see all right so megaman gets one point uh rem tgm you're up next all right i want let's finish it off here i want megaman all right the trifecta trifecta dude that's a that's a bully reference that's beauty of the beast right still caught in a track it's been a long time coming yeah you gotta learn that not everything is a bully here i just saw the uh what the score is for the showdown team foundation is winning by 52 percent it's awesome i wonder who paid for that the rock is sponsored by aipac and he's using his aipac money to win that's as simple as that that's literally just what's happening okay that is like rubber said so what was that yeah that's in his contract he can't lose it is that's also like can you i cannot believe how dumb that is whenever the rock is like in live action or is playing like it's literally just when he's in live action because he plays maui and maui loses in moana but if he's there he can't lose okay i i got a good one here that's ridiculous it's stupid all right it's a very long one but are you ready yeah all right the he was titled the mtta situation is crazy and it and it entails questions for mtta team ram one was it lupus two will ever play outcome peak three favorite pvz spin-off mine is gw2 smm10 one how much crown wins two job when three do you forgive me for selling in the fantastic four cup chuzzle one what what would you rate outcome memories two how does having a job affect your mental health three quiet please when i'm grounded so this one might have already aged p.s i don't know what happened to my poem but i wrote it about how cool bca is and why he is our favorite little chud also i'm sorry if it doesn't come in columns it's meant to be but apple podcast might screw it up and merge it anyways see ya anyway that's good i literally released quiet please so long ago that's just a good one honestly it's so weird to think about quiet on my island i literally one of the one of the um talking points is quiet please two when you should put the quiet please girl i should all righty uh what are your guesses uh five stars obviously uh i know this is by ralph say fan because of the the and it was posted okay well hold on i have to think about when would the quiet please video um would have been probably would have been in 2025 but maybe around summer because i recorded um screw i'm gonna say august 2025 okay hold on i might need to do a little bit of math a little bit of math here what math something here okay underwear rem would you got all three correct oh wow wait what i don't know i don't know yep you got all three correct wow he got the five star review it was by rousey fan and was released eight months ago oh wow jesus okay well rem gets three points i get two megaman gets one which means rem is probably beating me again no surprise there he's a cheater and um um you know megaman's sold here it's okay i may forgive you it was in the review what do you want me to say you could have chosen a different review i'm happy with this choice well you gave him an answer and i'll forgive you in may because i may forgive you uh-huh very funny i know anyways like i just said i get two meg man gets one rem gets three we'll see you all in criticism castle good bye hello everyone and welcome to criticism castle a point in the show where we read reviews from you guys all the way down under and we're going to be talking about some of the things that we've been talking about in the last couple of weeks and we're going to be talking about some of the things that we've been under in the review section below mtgm what are what are our reviews for today all right so you know take your time as always we're gonna read three reviews one from apple podcasts one from spotify and one from the discord server all right starting off with apple podcasts oh yeah if you're not already in the discord server what are you doing starting off with apple podcasts we have a b and c a b and c a a a all right this review is titled let's be honest and it entails i think we can all agree the eps that the v epstein um did nothing wrong signed big ben the epstein oh yeah and this is right this is from big ben ah so okay so it must be real you know it is real i got that one this is this is my ecd who could have guessed her thank you so much ecd for that is a five star it is a five star review five star review next review all right moving on to spotify here spotify for idf soldiers what they that's like literally what they did by by like renaming it to spotify you know what they renamed this app so many times it's just kind of annoying oh my god it's spotify for creators i forgot about that oh right yeah it is let's see look what they've renamed it so many times we're forgetting what it's called what a stupid name it used to be anchor now anchor's dead and then it was what was it after it was at spotify for podcasters yeah and now it's spotify for creators which doesn't make a whole lot of sense because isn't it podcast focused it's it's all podcast focus what are we doing like man what are they doing i don't know the marketing team isn't doing so well their everything team isn't doing well i don't know what they're doing all right on spotify we've got a b and c what are we feeling okay why do i always lose it's not fair go away this is c what i don't remember we're going with c we did rock i lost again all right this review is titled uh nothing because it's on spotify and it tells this podcast is so tough and the past week i've been listening to old episodes so far i've listened to 137 episodes this week wow that's a lot bye guys a lot of mtta that is like that's like and it's old episodes too what are you doing to yourself why are you torturing yourself i'm sure our old episodes are like i'm sure they're still enjoyable but like for us no well people like watching stuff from the beginning you can't really blame them that's true i don't i don't blame them for that and i don't blame them for enjoying it but it's like you know if i were to listen to them i wouldn't be able to well because it's you you're you you were the one who did it i know it's right that's why you don't want to listen to it yeah i gotta like i gotta watch the whole podcast well listen to the whole podcast sometime i used to listen to episodes i haven't listened to an episode in a while i really should it's been a while i mean obviously i listen to parts of it while editing but i don't listen to like the full thing yeah um i feel like when the whenever the podcast ends i'll probably re-listen to it are you gonna do the thing that like adult swim does and do constant mtta rerun reruns on the youtube channel you know that's actually not even a bad idea have a live stream going of every single episode that that would actually be pretty cool yeah we might do we might do that it's like your own little tv channel uh can you imagine if you're on a radio station sorry that would be cool that would be anyway this for this review was by you guys want to take a guess who this was by is it hitler or is it kanye something what who did this uh is it that one person that you hate from the yeah ernie yeah ernie no it's uh it's inspired oh thank you so much inspired for the five star for the supposed five star review next review also thank you for listening to 137 episodes in one yeah that's a lot yeah that's a lot it voices turning into like men yeah big boys because we're men now that we're men i changed my underwear they were fake of course they were fake this is what a real mustache looks like anyway next from you just like straight up reading the the movie script all right we're actually that's actually what larping is you'll learn in my new video no yeah soon actually soon i just haven't gotten around to it yeah soon all right this next review is on uh is from our email we have an email review hello and it entails uh there's no title uh that's right you've got a review on the email from me i'm here to tell you all that this mtta 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I gotta go to a different state to go see Sam, right? Samtown. Yeah, because he's in New Hampshire. Yeah, so I'd hope I'm not wanted anywhere. I hope not. Could you imagine if we were? We wouldn't be able to see each other. If I were, I'd go commit arson. And then I'd go play some Forsaken and, you know, have some gummies. And groom a child or two. Yeah, maybe. And then I'll go watch the Burnt Tina. And then I'll get on call with my good friend, the faithful sheriff, and say that. Say that if you don't, uh, what do you say? If you die in your, if you. Yeah, if you die in your sentence today, you burn in hell. Then I go pray to Captain Kirk or whatever. This message is officially Julius approved. That, I just. Sir. I talked to him. He said yes. Yeah. Who is this by? This review is by ECD. Thanks to ECD again. Supposed to punch our review next review. What way is that at? Uh, well, we, we do have one from. Oh, okay. From here. Uh, Dust, don't worry. We're going to read your, your book next time. We don't have time today because it's getting late and it's also Monday. Yeah. Um, let's see here. We've got A, B, and C. A, B, and C. What are we thinking? D. All right. This review entails, um, it's not titled anything because it's on the Discord and it entails, is the MTTA card game still real? I would be happy to help with it seeing as I've already dabbled extensively in TCGs. It is not real. It was something. I thought up. I want to make it real. Maybe at some point, maybe this summer, if I'm not that busy. Um, I, I literally do not know what I'd even do for it. I just, I was just saying, I would like to do an MTTA card game because that would be fun. And, uh, the cool thing is I'd want all the photos to be like real life photos. It's like, it's just like the three, like three of us in different costumes and stuff. I think it would be pretty cool. Yeah, but, uh, it's not real to, I have a concept of a TCG that's pretty much it. You have a concept of an ASIM. Yeah. Okay. Actually I do, but that makes me a geek. What am I, what am I doing? Let's see. I've got a concept of an ASIM and I'm going to hire a bunch of, I want to do a Star Wars one, but I don't know how to code. So I'll learn after I'm done driving to school. Have fun with that. Who is this made by? This review is by Dust, DustSands10. Thank you so much to ECD, Inspired, and DustSands10 for the five star and supposed five star reviews. If you want to be in Criticism Castle next time, make sure to leave a review. Five star or not, it doesn't matter. We just want to hear your criticism. Like the name implies, news. Mega Man. What have we got? Nothing much for Fortnite. All that really is is just a new reload map has joined in the rotation for reload. I think it, for now it's just that one specific map. Is there every single map still in the rotation? No. So you can't play the squid. You can't play the squid game, but you were able to play the Oasis desert. Yeah. Yeah. The desert is the original one. So there, yes. The, oh, okay. So they just removed the collab ones. Yeah. They removed the collab ones. There are four reload islands, but I think for right now they're sticking with the one that they've just released and it's the elite island and it's like all like, I want to say like chapter three season two themed because there's like a whole bunch of like, uh, military buildings and stuff. And the IO, uh, drill is back on and it's on that specific island. Uh, I will be streaming it a little bit on Tuesday along with regular battle Royale and save the world. And, uh, Michael comes out this week and they're excited to see it here. And that's all I really have. Mega man. I, I still. I still don't get this. Who are the elites? Like I, I get like, you, you said they made them up. They're like pro loopers. Like pro loopers. They played that by daylight. It's just, that's okay. Okay. The reason I'm saying this, I don't care that they just like, I can look at, I can look at. Yeah, but I don't, I don't, they, they marketed it as like, oh, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Oh, the elites are back. Who are they? They just made me stumble up. It's, it's the people Jonesy are fighting against. I think. I, at this point, because remember, remember that one time you went, you went to the third person, they referred to a war based organization of mercenary fighters introduced in chapter six, season two, founded by Zadie to protect the omniverse. Often. Oh, operating. As neutral ops of observers or elite hitmen. Key members include Zay, Diego, Jules, and Metal Mouth, who are known for using the reload mode as a training ground. Jules is the only one there that's like not a glove shadow. Wait, Jules as in Midas Jules person? Yeah. Oh, okay. And Diego was, is also a significant, is also a significant person. And in the storyline as well, he was introduced in chat in one of the chapter six battle passes and had like some extreme, like significance within the game lore. I knew a Diago once. Diego, you know, the movie theater. No, no. Star Wars hunters. Diago. No, I, I know. I know. Diego. Do the honors. I'm sorry. Oh, Diego. Oh, whoa. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Running the same ads for like 10 years. Oh, my God. Thank God. They don't do the answer. It's not a whatever. It's a satchel. To answer Rem's question, it's a lore based organization. Okay. But you didn't even know about these guys. I, I. Unimportant that you don't remember them. Like, I think I have heard of them, but I just can't really remember. who's metal mouth remember big chuggis yeah stupid character that's what a lame scant it just looks like ghosts oh these oh this game was part of I think this is game was part of the Valentine's Day collab back in the Valentine's Day stuff back in chapter 2 season 1 why do you know this because oh okay actually I mean yeah who is in charge of writing this well they fired the guy who was writing a lot time so who knows they got someone next thing you know they're gonna bring back the the Chrome Queen her whatever isn't she dead rolled isn't that oh yeah I don't know you clean and then there's the Herald they're completely different uh those are completely different sides those are two different evil villains that run two different both limit what's the difference oh about the Herald you don't yeah I don't think the Herald I don't think has the gender what did she it's literally a woman she it's literally a woman that's a woman she has a woman maybe she has boobs ask if it has a chapter Mega Man if if a character has boobs it means it's a woman oh look at all it's probably gonna give you it's yeah it's female she's look she has boobs that's a woman wait hold on there was somebody asked if the Herald was a girl okay whatever I don't care that much anyway is there anything else um still no video I have driving to school want to hear all about that pay for the patreon dollar dollar a month trust me that dollar is worth it for this that dollar is very worth it um new video soon maybe it's a short video i want to do a star wars video for may obviously that's about it i'll see you uh news for me wrestlemania was this weekend it was really fun i had a lot of fun watching it cody won i go oh yeah that's one again yeah he won um roman reigns was the main event for night two he won as well he's one of my favorite wrestlers as well he's in my top three so uh the matches were good specifically night two there were a lot of good ones there are also good ones in night one but i don't know if i'm going to be able to but night two had a lot of really really good ones um everything was fun i'm excited for royal rumble even though that's like eight months away but you know you're gonna be a free man by then i know that's weird to think about oh my god a month and three days i'm done yeah you're gonna be free that's like like you're not you're not required to go back i i i did it i did it he did it forget me too yeah megaman too megaman you're gonna be free it's so weird megaman we should have like a well we're having a graduation party so we're having a graduation party then you guys decided to go to college breaking with us no no no no no we're not that popular come on everybody strike up the band no i'd rather kill myself thank you very much we're going to community community is a good show oh right that is a show i didn't know that well i didn't know that who's that he plays yoshi oh right i keep how do i keep on forgetting who that is hold on here's a better name childish gambino okay yeah that's the name of the show it's a better name childish gambino oh yeah that's much better lando calrissian yeah um what else uh tamarachi life is a lot it's so much fun yeah very good buy it play it so good um sunset saga i forgot to mention this before sunset saga i'm working on i forgot to mention this in the last episode i'm working on the uh the what's it called the uh the the battle mechanics it's like the actual battle so it works but yeah everything's working well oh okay so yeah um soon don't worry have faith awesome um and also i'm sorry too uh sorry since i was soon is a trending phrase on my island so oh yeah that's a good one i like that i like that that's funny soon anyways i think that's uh about it that's about it i'm a mca i've been super mega man 10. and uh oh wait hold on hold on well sorry we'll redo it in a minute i forgot to say next week there will not be an episode because i will be on vacation and there's not gonna be a day where we can do it so that's right rum's going to florida again yeah we have to wait until we can do this one's uh patreon special yeah i guess we're gonna make up for it we're gonna find another day where we can do um another week where we can do two episodes there will be two episodes however the week of the sixth year anniversary so we're gonna make up for another episode that we missed but don't worry we will also make up for this one so yeah no episode next week uh sadly but when we come back it'll be the season finale so we'll make sure to give you an extra long episode yeah yep i've been mbca i've been super mega man 10. and i'm rem tgm thank you all for listening to an episode of memes throughout the ages we'll see you all later goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye i'm not soon maybe also i'm not taking this here soon i'm not taking my sneakers off you know i'm not taking my dog off i am oh i'm not gonna take my sneakers off i'm not gonna take my saga off you know why why i am saga oh tool you

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  1. The meme "sneakers o tool" originates from a Family Guy cutaway where a character refuses to take off his sneakers, declaring "I am sneakers o tool," and is stopped by two men who say "take those off" — only for him to respond with "no."
  2. The meme was popularized by internet creator "sneejer" (or "sneedger"), who uses AI to generate absurd, humorous videos parodying the original scene, often with nonsensical dialogue and random characters, turning it into a viral phenomenon.
  3. The meme has spread across platforms like TikTok and Instagram, with AI-generated content evolving the original joke into satirical parodies, including violent or absurd scenarios, and has sparked debates about ethics, AI misuse, and internet culture trends.

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The "sneakers o tool" meme, rooted in a Family Guy cutaway where a character refuses to remove his sneakers saying "I am sneakers o tool," has evolved into a global internet phenomenon. Originating in a 2007 episode, the joke gained traction through viral content shared on platforms like TikTok and Instagram. It was significantly amplified by user "sneejer," who uses AI tools to generate absurd, often chaotic parodies of the original scene, including surreal characters and inappropriate narratives.

These AI-generated videos have led to widespread cultural commentary, with users debating the humor, ethics, and potential harm of such content. The meme has also been linked to broader internet trends, such as AI misuse, satire, and internet trolling. While the original joke is simple and absurd, its digital replication has created a complex web of user-generated content, fan theories, and controversies.

Notably, the meme has been criticized for its association with malicious behavior, such as fraud or exploitation, drawing parallels to real-life internet scandals. Despite this, the community largely views the meme as a humorous and satirical reflection of internet culture, with fans praising its creativity and absurdity. The meme continues to evolve, with new AI-driven edits and viral videos appearing regularly, showing its enduring influence in online humor.

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The meme originated from a cutaway gag in the Family Guy episode 'Boys Do Cry' (2007), where a character refuses to take off his sneakers, declaring 'I'm not taking my sneakers off, I'm sneakers o tool.' The joke became viral through online sharing and AI-generated parodies.

Sneejer is a content creator who popularized the sneakers o tool meme by using AI to generate absurd, humorous videos featuring the 'I'm not taking my sneakers off' line, often with random or nonsensical characters and lines, spreading the meme across platforms like TikTok and Instagram.

The joke revolves around the absurdity of a character refusing to take off his shoes, claiming he is 'sneakers o tool,' implying that if he removes his sneakers, he would cease to be 'sneakers o tool' and become just 'socks so tool,' making it a self-referential and humorous paradox.

The meme gained traction through TikTok and Instagram, where users shared clips and used AI tools to create new, exaggerated versions of the scene, often with bizarre or nonsensical edits, leading to widespread humor and viral content.

The phrase is central to the joke, symbolizing an unbreakable identity — the character refuses to change, even when confronted by others, reinforcing the idea that being 'sneakers o tool' is a defining, non-negotiable identity.

Sneakers o tool is a fictional character created for the Family Guy show; however, the meme was popularized by internet creators like Sneejer, who reimagined and expanded the concept using AI and absurd humor.

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