Dude, Let's Kill the Horse

About

Dude, Let's Kill the Horse, also known as Let's Kill the Horse, refers to a quote from Adventure Time character Jake the Dog which became a TikTok sound in late 2024 and early 2025 when the soundbite was paired with the song "Void In Blue" by Glare in a viral edit. The original episode was season 2, episode 2 "The Eyes." TikToker @oamiskims posted the viral edit in December 2024.

Origin

On December 11th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @oamiskims posted an Adventure Time edit that combined a scene from season 2, episode 2 "The Eyes" with the song "Void In Blue" by Glare.^[2][3] Jake the Dog says to Finn, "Dude, let's kill the horse." In a month, the video received over 4.3 million plays and 728,100 likes (shown below).

Dude, let's kill the horse.
What?
I'm so tired, Finn.
Don't you see what this horse is doing? It's tearing us apart.
We have to get rid of this horse. For us! The horse is tearing us apart again!

Spread

The abovementioned edit started a TikTok sound^[4] that was used by others on the app. For instance, on December 19th, 2024, TikToker^[5] @chimkennstars posted a video of her lip dubbing the sound, with text reading, "Working people right now," likely referring to the holiday season or Luigi Mangione, gaining over 5.8 million plays and 911,300 likes in 15 days (shown below).

On December 22nd, TikToker^[6] @badgalsavvv posted a video with the sound, adding text overlay reading, "Me secretly hoping they cast a white blonde for Rapunzel live action so we can rest for a season," regarding the 2023 The Little Mermaid Remake Controversy, gaining over 6.1 million plays and 4.1 million likes in 12 days (shown below).

By January 3rd, 2025, the trend's primary TikTok sound^[4] had amassed over 14,200 posts.

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