Taco Bell Execution (Warzone)

About

Taco Bell Execution or Taco Bell Takedown is a slang term that refers to the practice of executing another player in Call of Duty: Warzone by sneaking up behind them and throwing a drill charge up their butt, killing the player and causing them to explode when they hit the ground. The execution style, which gets its name from the common claim that Taco Bell causes diarrhea, became popularized on TikTok in November 2022 and spread over the following weeks.

Origin

On November 5th, 2022, TikToker^[1] @im2accurate posted a video captioned, "My new Taco Bell execution 😩" where he sneaks up on a player during a game of Call of Duty: Warzone and throws a drill charge at their butt, causing the player to die. After his body hits the ground, the charge explodes and an added fart sound effect plays. The video gained over 5.5 million views in a month (shown below).

Spread

The executions continued to spread over the following weeks as the term and practice spread online. On November 23rd, 2022, TikToker^[2] @dubslick_ posted a video doing a Taco Bell execution, garnering over 14,000 views in two weeks. On November 26th, TikToker^[3] @im2accurate posted a second video doing the execution, garnering over 3.5 million views in two weeks (shown below, left). On November 27th, TikToker^[4] @cooldude021407_ posted a video of a Taco Bell execution, garnering over 1.3 million views in the same span of time (shown below, right).

On December 3rd, 2022, TikToker^[5] @im2accurate posted a third Taco Bell execution video, garnering over 21.7 million views in five days (shown below). On December 7th, Twitter^[6] user @fullsquadgaming reposted the video, writing, "These Taco Bell takedowns are ruthless 💀," garnering over 11,000 likes and 250,000 views in a day.

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