Nothing Bad Ever Happens To The Kennedys

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Nothing Bad Ever Happens To The Kennedys is a line said by JFK of the animated series Clone High while he drives a car before the car flips over. The line has been used in numerous video remixes, becoming a meme along with the rise of JFK memes, nearly two decades after the scene first aired.

Origin

In Episode 5 of Clone High, "Sleep of Faith: La Rue D'Awakening," JFK is seen driving a car in a race, declaring "Nothing bad ever happens to the Kennedys" before his car flips over just before the finish line. The episode first aired on December 1st, 2002.^[1]

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The clip became a meme in 2020 along with other JFK memes from Clone High, as users edited the clip to heighten the ironic humor. For example, on August 30th, YouTuber Goggs posted an edit where JFK flies into space, gaining over 15,000 views (shown below, left). On September 9th, user SilentManJoe posted a similar edit, gaining over 93,000 views (shown below, right).

Edits were also popular on Twitter. For example, the clip was added to @PrecedeVideos, which specializes in cutting scenes before unfortunate events happen, on August 18th, 2020 (shown below, top). On September 16th, DitzyFlama posted an edit mixing the clip with SpongeBob SquarePants, gaining over 370 retweets and 1,600 likes in less than an hour (shown below, bottom).