About

5 Big Booms, also known as Aw We're So Sorry To Hear That Your Brother Passed Away, refers to memes and jokes inspired by a viral video of the Costco Guys, A.J. and Big Justice, taken from a TikTok Live in which A.J. says, "Aw we're so sorry to hear that your brother passed away, he gets five big booms," followed by the father and son duo saying, "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The clip of the "Five Boom Salute" went viral online after people reacted in shock and laughter at the pair doing their signature "Boom" emote to pay respect to someone's death. The snippet also became an exploitable green-screen meme used in various edits with added text for captions.

Origin

TikToker^[1] @absoluteexplorer is the earliest known internet user to have posted a video of A.J and Big Justice paying their respects to someone by giving them "Five Booms" on the Boom Meter. In the video, A.J. says, "Aw we're so sorry to hear that your brother passed away, he gets five big booms," followed by the father and son duo saying "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The video gathered over 31 million views and 4 million likes and garnered comments from the likes of Tana Mongeau, who wrote, "oh my god," and others who replied in disbelief that the duo "emoted on bro." Tana Mongeau^[2] later stitched the video, writing, "the internet is a hilarious place," and gathering over 100,000 likes in four days.

Spread

On January 5th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @twilightlounge303 posted a hopeless-core edit featuring the "5 Big Booms" video, gathering over 500,000 plays and 63,000 likes in three days.

On January 6th, TikToker^[4] @karma_cy posted an edit showing the brother of the protagonist from Big Hero 6 dying in a fiery explosion, gathering over 1 million plays and 300,000 likes in two days.

The clip also became a CapCut green-screen template, as seen in a January 6th video posted by TikToker^[5] jessayetv, who joked about how HR and management react to hearing that you need time off after the loss of a loved one. The video gathered over 3 million plays and 300,000 likes in two days.

On January 7th, 2025, TikToker^[6] @rottingsk1nsuit posted a video featuring clips from the show Arcane, gathering over 97,000 plays and 31,000 likes in a day.

Various Examples

Template / Green Screen

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