Nikocado Avocado's "Two Steps Ahead" Monologue

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Nikocado Avocado's "Two Steps Ahead" Monologue, also known as 2 Steps Ahead or Nikocado Avocado’s Villain Speech, refers to a quote by YouTuber Nikocado Avocado in which he talks about his "greatest social experiment," saying he's always "two steps ahead" of people. The quote went viral in early February 2022, spawning parodies and a TikTok sound trend, as well as also being used as a copypasta on Reddit for "villain-like" content. The phrase resurfaced in early September 2024 after Nikocado Avocado posted a video titled "Two Steps Ahead," revealing the dramatic 250-pound weight loss that he achieved secretly in two years while he kept posting prerecorded videos. The 2024 video was then used as an exploitable in numerous memes ranging from edits and remixes to lip dubs and other variations.

Origin

On February 4th, 2022, YouTuber^[1] Nikocado Avocado posted a monologue video titled "Two Steps Ahead" in which he talks about a social experiment he's conducting "to observe all these unwell, unbalanced, disoriented beings roam the internet in search of stories." The video (seen below) amassed more than 609,000 views and 22,000 likes in two years.

Two steps ahead, I am always two steps ahead. This has been the greatest social experiment I've come to know, certainly the greatest of my entire life. It's alluring, It's compelling. It's gripping to bear witness to observe all these unwell, unbalanced, disoriented beings roam the internet in search of stories. In search of…ideas. Of conflict, of rivalries. Where people develop a distinctive desire for direct engagement where people feel involved with the stories and therefore become product of influence. Thirsty for distraction, from time spent from lackluster lifestyles spoiling their minds while stimulating at the exact same time. It's brilliant, but it's also dangerous. It's dangerous. I feel as if my life has been positioning to where I'm monitering ants, on a ant farm. One follows another… follows another… follows another. It's, it's mesmerizing, it's enthralling, it's spellbinding. just look at all these consumers, all of these lost and bored people, consuming anything that they're told to consume. I am the villain. I make myself one, and people will consume these stories year after year after year. Stories that, the stories that shock, that confuse, stories that are deliberately made to blur the boundaries between fact and fiction. Stories that permite, infect, and linger. In the minds of the ants. Influence the ants, brainwash the ants. You, are the ant. I woke this morning to money deposited into my account for simply not doing something. For simply going through with something. People are the most p**ped up creatures on this planet. And you will continue to consume and I'll continue to be two steps ahead. Today, I thought it would be a splendid idea to go out and get some food. Gee, are you surprised? Have you forgotten the story? Are you not paying attention? After all you're here to consume, are you not?

The earliest memetic content using Nikocado's quote was posted on February 28th, 2022, by YouTube^[2] user @whirow a few weeks after the original video was uploaded online. The parody video treats the YouTuber as a Five Nights at Freddy's villain (seen below), amassing more than 41,000 views and 2,600 likes in two years.

Spread

Nikocado Avocado's villain monologue grew as a viral TikTok sound and a copypasta meme on Reddit over the following years. For example, on February 23rd, 2022, TikTok^[3] user @crumblememes posted a parody video of the YouTuber as the Joker from Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises film (seen below), which amassed roughly 1 million plays and 210,000 likes in two years (sound has since been deleted from TikTok).

2024 "Two Steps Ahead" Video

On September 6th, 2024, Nikocado Avocado revealed the result^[4] of his two-year-long weight loss and "social experiment," starting the video by copying his "Two Steps Ahead" monologue. The upload (shown below) received over 31 million views in three days.

Nikocado's weight-loss reveal and "Two Steps Ahead" video then spawned a new series of memes using his quote and snippets from the viral clip over the following days.

For example, on September 7th, 2024, X^[5] user @strwbshrk posted a redraw meme of the YouTuber's video thumbnail with Death Note characters (seen below), which amassed roughly 34 likes and five reposts in a week.

The "Two Steps Ahead" video also spawned a new viral TikTok trend in which people used his quote for funny skits of them as masterminds for plans.

For instance, on September 9th, 2024, TikTok^[6] user @nov.xtra added the overlay text "When he sends me his address but I've actually known that shit for months" over Nikocado's "two steps ahead" quote. The video (seen below) garnered over 3 million plays and 1 million likes in two days.

Numerous remixes and memes of the part in the video where Nikocado Avocado says, "Two steps ahead," began spreading on YouTube in early September 2024. For example, on September 8th, YouTuber Nizaritoo uploaded a version with a Minecraft animation using the clip titled "Two Blocks Ahead," receiving nearly 100,000 views and 8,000 likes in four days (seen below).

On September 9th, 2024, YouTuber Edwin Von Carstein uploaded a version editing Nikocado Avocado's head onto the body of the Warhammer 40,000 character Horus in a meme, receiving over 19,000 views and 1,700 likes in three days (shown below).