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Black Characters TikTok, Nigward TikTok or "The God Ending" refers to a series of skits on TikTok in which the TikToker acts as if they've run into a variety of stereotypically racist versions of popular characters in the same vein as Nigward, matching the race of the TikToker, then showing depictions of each character as they name them off. The trend is often performed by Black creators, and is set to the original sound "the god ending," consisting of a combination of the song "okok/depressing" by BKTHERULA and Skyviewray's 'Let's Go.'

Origin

On June 8th, 2021, TikToker^[1] @whiteboyjared posted the original sound "the god sound" as part of an unrelated skit, garnering over 700,000 views in a month. On June 24th, TikToker^[2] @lil_dre35 posted a video set to the sound in which he enters the Krusty Krab from SpongeBob SquarePants via green-screen effects, then sees Nigward at the cash register, a Black version of Squidward (shown below). The video gained over 8.7 million views in just under three weeks. This is the earliest known video following the trend.

Spread

Over the course of the next month, a number of TikTokers posted skits following this format, presenting new locations via green screen and new alternative versions of the setting's characters, often depicted as racist stereotypes matching the TikToker's race.

On June 30th, TikToker^[4] @saiyandre posted a video following the format with Phineas and Ferb characters, garnering over 13 million views in just under two weeks (shown below, left). On July 1st, TikToker^[5] @brendoe._ posted one with Cars character Lightning McQueen, garnering over 19 million views in a comparable span of time (shown below, right).

On July 6th, 2021, TIkToker^[3] @manlikeisaac posted a video following this format with Winnie The Pooh characters, garnering over 36 million views in six days (shown below).

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