Free John Pork Movement / John Pork Lore

Overview

Free John Pork Movement, also known as Justice For John Pork, John Pork Case or John Pork Lore, refers to a series of ironic memes about the mysterious death of the internet character John Pork. The lore regarding his murder started with TikToker Agent 5.5 in late December 2024, who claimed the memetic character Tim Cheese was responsible for Pork's assassination. The movement gained viral traction in late March 2025 and is part of a "brainrot" meme saga on TikTok to uncover the actual culprit of John's murder. The trend also inspired an ironic protest in Ireland in March 2025, where kids and teenagers shouted "Free John Pork," alleging the character was wrongfully accused of crimes and arrested by the police.

Background

On December 30th, 2024, TikTok^[1] user @getpovd, also known as Agent 5.5, posted a humorous video referencing a series of brainrot memes, including details about John Pork's lore, claiming he was the head of the "Eye of Rah" organization and that Pengu was the only witness when Pork was shot. The video (seen below) received roughly 320,000 plays and 37,000 likes in three months.

On January 23rd, 2025, TikToker^[5] @darraghomurchu posted one of the earliest videos about the "Free John Pork" movement, which shows him holding a printed image of the character while he protests for "John Pork to be free." The video received roughly 817,000 plays and 116,000 likes in three months.

Developments

March 2025 John Pork Ireland Protests

On March 26th, 2025, a group of kids was spotted in a "Free John Pork" protest somewhere in Ireland (seen below), which was shared on TikTok^[3] @patrick_stm, gaining over 10 million plays and 1.7 million likes in a week.

On March 30th, 2025, TikToker^[4] @darraghomurchu, the creator of the "Free John Pork" movement, posted a video calling people in Dublin, Ireland, to a "John Pork protest" on April 5th, 2025. The video (seen below) amassed more than 302,000 plays and 35,000 likes in two days.

Online Reactions

Memes and satirical content regarding John Pork's lore gained traction in the next few months, especially after TikTok^[2] user @choppow uploaded a video on February 19th, 2025, of an "AI story" video that stated, "Breaking news, Tim Cheese has been identified as the murderer of John Pork."

The video showed an anthropomorphic mouse character wearing glasses, said to be Tim Cheese. It was alleged that Cheese killed Pork in April 2023 and also murdered Freakbob, Smurf Cat and Quandale Dingle. In a month, the video received over 157,300 likes (shown below).

On March 31st, 2025, TikTok^[6] user @luka.merhar13 posted a "full John Pork lore" video (seen below), referencing all the other brainrot memes and stories created about the character. The video received roughly 25,000 plays and 577 likes in a day.

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