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Chika Waga
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About
Chika Waga, also known as Chikawaga, Shicawaga and Is This the First Meme of 2024?, refers to a comedy skit in which a young kid comments "Chika Waga" after observing his brother fall, introducing "the first meme of 2024." The clip, originally posted in January 2024, inspired parodies and ironic memes based on it over the following months.
Origin
On January 7th, 2024, the skit comedy YouTube[1] channel BolingBros uploaded a YouTube short titled "The First Meme Of 2024!!!" The video starts with a young boy asking, "Is this the first meme of 2024???" with his brother falling down next to him and the boy commenting, "Chika waga!" two times. The boy's brother proceeds to repeat the phrase, with the third brother then joining in. The video (shown below) accumulated over 19 million views in six months.
Is this the first meme of 2024? Chika waga!
Spread
The video saw spread through reposts in the following weeks as it was shared to other sites and platforms. For example, on February 2nd, 2024, Redditor Sussy_Baka_1923 reposted it in the /r/lies[2] subreddit, with the post accumulating over 3,300 upvotes in five months.
On May 2nd, an unknown Redditor posted the earliest found edit of the video in which it was combined with an earlier Bite the Curb sketch by BolingBros (original author of the edit unknown). The post received over 2,700 reposts in the /r/discordVideos[3] subreddit in two months (shown below).
Real
by indiscordVideos
On June 28th, 2024, X[4] user @0rbulus made another repost of the video that gained over 3,400 reposts and 33,000 likes in three days.
The video saw more ironic popularity in June 2024 as memes have been compared against "chika waga" to signify their poor quality (examples shown below).
![OMG.. The LGBTQ crowd is mad because the Chika Waga kid is stealing their attention during Pride Month. OMG.. Interrobang!? @SoloInterrobang The LGBTQ crowd is mad because the Chika Waga kid is stealing their attention during Pride Month.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/852/546/569.jpg)
![this “meme” is chickawaga coded cass @SweaterPuppys this “meme” is chickawaga coded DramaAlert @DramaAlert • Jun 30 Hawk Tuah girl's really everywhere now. Tik Tok greatamericanbarscene Zach Bryan found her!! 11:20 PM ⚫ Jun 30, 2024 416 Views •](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/852/547/a34.jpg)
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7323773300583320874
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7327296327547637034
![crazy how the video of the kid saying "shicawaga is the first meme of 2024" is way funnier than any meme so far YES!! Mario Comes To The Real World @DeezNuts LMAO2 crazy how the video of the kid saying "shicawaga is the first meme of 2024" is way funnier than any meme so far • Glitchy Arlo @GlitchyArlo Feb 7 A thread of Mortimer Mouse saying "Ha cha cha!” APPARENTLY it's not a one time thing and I find it funny • 3:25 PM Feb 8, 2024 1,659 Views ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/852/544/d8e.jpg)
![h-------- it’s the chikawaga kid Hydro @Hydrocit11 (FREE PALESTINE) h-------- it's the chikawaga kid Zack @TheTechJacket May 22 jason & morty: x.com/multiversus/st... DEFY 220K 1,472 198K thebolingbros thebolingbros Original Follow Our new game! 10:30 AM - May 24, 2024 2,445 Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/852/545/35b.jpg)
![this is the real life version of that f------ "chickawaga" video ash @dragonfootjob this is the real life version of that f------ "chickawaga" video The ambassador, Chris @NightGuardian34 - Jun 30 Replying to @TaraBull808 I'm sorry y'all I DON'T ALWAYS SPIT ON THAT THANG Imgfup.com BUT WHEN I DO I HAWK TUAH 10:27 AM - Jul 2, 2024 124.4K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/852/548/87b.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] YouTube – The First Meme Of 2024!!!
[2] Reddit – This is the first meme of 2024
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