Crazy Ukrainian Kid

About

Crazy Ukrainian Kid, also known as No New Memes Kid, is the nickname given to the Ukrainian child Sasha Fokin, who appeared in a television show pleading with his mother after his computer was taken away. The video is often remixed or paired with parody subtitles in a similar vein to the 420 MLG Montage Parodies. and Hitler Reacts videos.

Origin

On December 6th, 2011, the Ukrainian television series Кохана, ми вбиваємо дітей (Honey, We're Killing the Kids) aired an episode in which Sasha is shown fighting with his mother after his computer is taken away. On December 12th, YouTuber bergamonts uploaded the episode, which gained over 1.09 million views and 8,100 comments in the first three years (shown below).

Spread

On December 22nd, 2011, YouTuber ProdderingOfficial uploaded a dubstep remix video featuring clips from the episode (shown below, left). On February 17th, 2012, YouTuber arsenalgrinch uploaded a Counter-Strike gameplay video in which he uses Voice FX for Sasha's voice.^[3] On March 26th, 2012, YouTuber AContrariProject uploaded another dubstep remix video featuring Sasha, which garnered more than 1.93 million views and 5,600 comments within two years (shown below, right).

On May 13th, 2014, YouTuber Pananoz uploaded a video titled "No New Memes!", which featured clips of Sasha with parody English subtitles (shown below, left). Within four months, the video accumulated upwards of 150,000 views and 590 comments. On June 15th, the OfficialREKT YouTube channel uploaded a similar parody subtitle video, which gained over 230,000 views in the next three months (shown below, right).

Notable Examples

In addition to video remixes, Internet users have created illustrations and photoshops featuring Sasha (shown below).

Search Interest

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External References