Scram! Leave Her Alone

About

Scram! Leave Her Alone refers to a video meme template of comedian Kel Cripe, seen with round glasses and a wolf t-shirt, telling the viewer with their fist raised, "This is a message for all of the guys trying to talk to my girl. Scram! Leave her alone! She doesn't want to talk to you. Get out of here!" The camera then zooms out as a piano cover of the Pixies song "Where Is My Mind?" plays. The original video was posted to TikTok and Instagram in September 2024. After it went viral, meme creators turned it into an exploitable greenscreen template, inserting Cripe overtop backgrounds to fit humorous scenarios. The scenarios were mostly about half-heartedly intimidating someone or something.

Origin

On September 9th, 2024, comedian Kel Cripe posted a video to their TikTok^[1] account @reallygoodimpressions in which they're seen with round glasses and a wolf t-shirt, addressing the viewers by saying, "This is a message for all of the guys trying to talk to my girl. Scram! Leave her alone! She doesn't want to talk to you. Get out of here!" The video used a piano cover of the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?" Over 16 days, the video received roughly 5.6 million plays and 617,600 likes (shown below).

This is a message for all of the guys trying to talk to my girl. Scram! Leave her alone! She doesn't want to talk to you. Get out of here!

Spread

On September 15th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @greenscreenmemes.com posted a greenscreen template of the original video, starting with Cripe saying, "Scram, leave her alone!" Over 10 days, the video received roughly 375,100 plays and 8,100 likes (shown below).

The abovementioned video spawned a viral TikTok sound^[3] used by others on the app. For instance, an early viral example was shared by TikToker^[4] @authenticallyher_ on September 16th, 2024, who made a joke about warding off negative thoughts on a healing journey, receiving over 215,800 plays and 16,800 likes in nine days (shown below).

Increasingly viral iterations of the format surfaced in the following days. For instance, on September 19th, TikToker^[5] @dropdeaddez posted an iteration about "How I imagine the ibuprofen gets rid of my pain," gaining over 4.6 million plays and 651,600 likes in six days (shown below).

On September 21st, 2024, Kel Cripe reposted the original video to Instagram^[6] as a Reel, receiving roughly 31,100 likes in four days.

By September 25th, the trend's primary TikTok sound^[3] had amassed over 22,400 posts.

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