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Dollar Store Cappuccino Assassino, also known as I Have Absolutely No Idea Why the Dollar Store Cappuccino Assassino Is Talking, refers to a viral video of a young male student with blonde hair and glasses attempting to roast one of his classmates by calling him a "dollar store" version of the Italian Brainrot character Cappuccino Assassino. The original video was posted to TikTok in late August 2025 and became an exploitable video element in memes heading into September. The kid talking was the main subject of the jokes, as many viewers believed that his insult was cringe.

Origin

Sometime on or before August 29th, 2025, a video of a middle school-age boy in a classroom roasting one of his classmates was posted to either TikTok or Instagram Reels. In the video, he says, "I don't know- I have absolutely no idea why the dollar store Cappuccino Assassino is talking to me," referencing the Italian Brainrot character.

The earliest known post to reshare the video's audio was shared by TikToker^[1] @nickelsobased on August 29th, gaining over 285,500 likes in a month. The video followed a JuggTok format of a squished and stretched background video and vertically stacked text reading the video's transcript.

A repost of the original video wasn't shared until September 4th, by TikToker^[2] @jajasteez, gaining over 20,800 likes in three weeks. However, the video was trimmed and had a text overlay that was added by @jajasteez.

A repost of the original, full-length video without text overlay was shared by TikToker^[8] @chit06741_ on September 5th, 2025, who credited a since-deleted account, @rip_mango677.

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On August 30th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @creator.forty.one shared a video that followed the same format as TikToker^[1] @nickelsobased's video, gaining over 80,600 likes in a month.

On August 30th, TikToker^[4] @declanlovesgod3 shared a video that was a parody phonk edit of the original video, gaining over 29,100 likes in a month.

On September 1st, 2025, Twitter / X ^[5] user @MalinaY8Y reposted one of the phonk video edit memes, gaining over 2,800 likes in three weeks.

Also on September 1st, Instagram^[6] user @big_chungles reposted the same video, gaining over 5,400 likes in three weeks.

On September 5th, 2025, TikToker^[7] @gayron12 shared an Accuracy Reenactment of the original video, gaining over 39,300 likes in three weeks.

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