About

AI Free Tung Tung Tung Sahur Art is a fan art trend in which artists share drawings and other artwork of the Italian Brainrot character Tung Tung Tung Sahur created without the use of AI, which was used to create the original character. The trend began in late January 2026 after an image went viral where someone shared their original Tung Tung Tung Sahur art under the caption, "Found out that tung tung sahur is ai generated so I made an ai free version you can use instead." The trend continued over the following months, becoming notably popularized on X / Twitter in March 2026.

Origin

On January 28th, 2026, Redditor Ancient_Doctor_7738 posted a screenshot to the /r/ComedyHell^[1] subreddit of a Discord message reading, "Found out that tung tung sahur is ai generated so I made an ai free version you can use instead."

The attached image is a drawing of Tung Tung Tung Sahur in a cartoon style with fangs, a bi and trans flag on his chest, with a striped leg and checker-patterned arm. The post, titled "There was a concerning amount of people who fell for this bait," garnered over 2,100 upvotes in about a month. This is the earliest known user to post the meme.

On January 30th, 2026, X^[2] user @reindeerkisser reposted the image, garnering over 63,000 likes and 6,400 reposts in just over a month.

That day, X^[3] user @SnipemoreMHGame quoted the post, sharing an uncropped screenshot of the Discord message, writing, "My friend made this image as a joke Here’s the original post and the image from a server," garnering over 17,000 likes in the same span of time.

The user links to @Tinatown89 on X as the creator of the drawing, but the account has since been closed.

Spread

The post continued to spread over the following months in early 2026, inspiring parodies and other original Tung Tung Tung Sahur drawings.

On January 30th, 2026, X^[4] user @fortnitebussy1 reposted the image, writing, "I keep seeing fanart of that rocket monkeys robot and every time it looks like this," gaining over 5,900 likes in over a month.

Later that day, X^[5] user @citrusmpreg posted another drawing of Tung Tung Tung Sahur using the same caption, gaining over 15,000 likes in the same span of time.

On February 7th, Redditor I-eat-kids4 posted an edit of the original meme to the /r/antimeme^[6] subreddit that removes the flags from the Tung Tung Tung Sahur drawing, garnering over 1,700 upvotes in a month.

On February 20th, 2026, X^[7] user @sappyshaun posted a version of the meme that gained over 2,100 likes in two weeks.

On March 1st, X^[8] user @deinonyffect posted a piece of non-AI Tung Tung Tung Sahur art, writing, "My wife left me so I drew triple T," garnering over 47,000 likes in three days.

On March 2nd, 2026, X^[9] user @Nic_on_X posted another original Tung Tung Tung Sahur drawing, garnering over 20,000 likes and 1,700 reposts in two days.

Later that day, X^[10] user @volkheart22 quoted the post, writing, "The way og tung moggs tf out of this pencil slop is crazy," garnering over 32,000 likes in two days.

On March 3rd, 2026, X^[11] user @CoolioDavid posted a piece of Tung Tung Tung Sahur art, writing, "Triple T at your service," garnering over 12,000 likes in a day.

Later that day, X^[12] user @OrthodoxMugi quoted the post with an AI-generated image of Tung Tung Tung Sahur, writing, "Generated this image of Tung Tung Tung Sahur because I was tired of seeing people drawing him. #BreakThePencil," gaining over 11,000 likes in a day.

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