About

Sonic Frontiers Status refers to a series of bait-and-switch videos that end with the song "I'm Here" by Tomoya Ohtani and a scene from Sonic Frontiers to serve as a nonsensical punchline. The meme is inspired by other "X Status" memes like shitpost status and Reveangance Status and became popular on YouTube in November 2022 following the release of the game.

Origin

On November 8th, 2022, YouTuber^[1] Dakster posted a video titled "Sonic Frontiers Status" using the babe please stop format where the nu-metal boss fight song from Sonic Frontiers, titled, "I'm Here," plays, garnering over 210,000 views in a week (shown below, left). On the same day, YouTuber^[2] El Classic posted a more traditional bait-and-switch video with the title "Sonic Frontiers Status" where a scene from Spy x Family plays, followed by the same song and footage from Sonic Frontiers, garnering over 10,600 views in the same span of time (shown below, right). These are the earliest known version of the meme.

Spread

The format spread across YouTube over the following days in videos where an often lewd clip plays before cutting to the song and footage from the game. For example, on November 10th, YouTuber^[3] Wasabii Laurant posted a version of the meme, garnering over 94,000 views in a week (shown below, left). On November 12th, YouTuber^[4] 4G LTE posted another version of the meme, garnering over 142,000 views in five days (shown below, right).

On November 17th, YouTuber^[5] Lessons in Meme Culture posted a video about the meme, garnering over 75,000 views in under a day (shown below).

Various Examples

Related Memes

Pootis Status

Pootis Status refers to a series of Team Fortress 2 video edits where a clip from the Pootis video "Pootis Engage // EXTREME" is edited over an unrelated video clip in a bait-and-switch manner. The video titles always include the catchphrase "pootis status," a turn on the phrase "shitpost status." The trend began in October 2022 and is similar to the Revengeance Status meme.

DMC Status

Nero Status or DMC Status is a series of bait-and-switch videos where clips of Nero and other characters from Devil May Cry set to the songs "Devil Trigger" and "Bury the Light" by Casey Edwards play at the end of unrelated videos. The meme, inspired by Revengeance Status from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, became popularized on YouTube in May through June 2022.

Search Interest

External References