Crease His Jordans / Creased Jordans

About

Crease His Jordans and Creased Jordans refer to a series of memes about people trying to avoid creasing their Jordan sneakers by not bending their toes upward. General memes about avoiding Jordan creases became increasingly popularized throughout the mid-to-late 2010s. In the 2020s, memes about Miles Morales having his Jordans creased by the Prowler in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse became popularized on sites including Twitter and TikTok, along with a version of the Jarvis Commands meme that reads "Jarvis, crease his Jordans" becoming a catchphrase online that same year.

Origin

Memes about people avoiding getting a crease in the toe of their Jordan shoes became increasingly prevalent throughout the 2010s. For example, on April 26th, 2019, Redditor u/greatauror28 posted an image to /r/Sneakers^[1] of a man proposing with his Jordans beside him so as to not crease them by bending at the knee, garnering over 9,300 upvotes in four years (shown below, left). On September 9th, 2020, Redditor u/MacMommy111 posted an image to /r/memes^[2] of another man doing the same thing, garnering over 42,600 upvotes in three years (shown below, right).

Spread

On April 30th, 2021, Twitter^[3] user @bitchiwas999 posted both of the proposal Jordan crease photos, writing, "A proposal is temporary, drip is forever," garnering over 322,000 likes in two years. On September 7th, 2022, Twitter^[4] user @IncomeTaxxx posted two images from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse showing Miles Morales standing on the edge of a building creasing his Jordans as Prowler looks at him, writing, "Uncle Aaron deserved it, you don't just crease a dudes Jordans and walk away a free man," garnering over 45,000 likes in a year (shown below). The meme was reposted to iFunny^[5] on September 11th, garnering over 16,000 smiles in the same rough span of time.

On March 24th, 2023, Instagram^[6] user online.individual posted a version of the Jarvis Commands meme captioned, "Jarvis, crease his Jordans," garnering over 100 likes in three months (shown below). The meme gained viral spread over the following months, including a March 29th Instagram^[7] repost that gained over 36,000 likes and an April 1st Facebook^[8] post that gained over 10,000 reactions and 3,700 shares in two months.

On May 21st, TikToker^[9] @nigato.x posted a meme about Miles Morales getting arrested for creasing his Jordans, garnering over 850,000 views in just over a week (shown below, left). On May 22nd, TikToker^[10] @ledge0679 posted a similar video, garnering over 1.9 million views in the same rough span of time (shown below, right).

That month the phrase "crease his Jordans" became increasingly popular on Twitter.^[11][12]

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