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Crandall High School AI Teacher Edits refers to a series of AI-assisted video edits (using a tool like Viggle AI), primarily by TikTok and Instagram user @crandall.kirkinator, in which he calls out or praises teachers that he dislikes or likes at Crandall High School in Texas, using what appear to be their actual likenesses. The TikToker started posting the videos in mid-January 2026 and continued posting throughout the month, with numerous memes going viral. The videos also notably inspired discourse online as they spread.

Origin

On January 14th, 2026, TikToker^[1] @crandall.kirkinator posted a video of a balding man holding up cash set to the 67 song. The description reads, "Mr. Howard is so tuff," and features the hashtag "#crandallhighschool," suggesting the man in the photo is on the staff at Crandall High School in Crandall, Texas. The video gained over 275,000 views in two weeks.

Spread

Throughout January 2026, TikToker @crandall.kirkinator continued to post AI-assisted video edits of the teachers and staff at Crandall High School, usually dancing under captions either hating or praising them. He also started posting these edits to the crandall.kirkinator Instagram^[2] page on January 15th, 2026.

For example, on January 18th, the TikToker^[3] posted a video criticizing a teacher named Mr. Hamilton for doing "nothing all period," garnering over 1.7 million views in 10 days.

For example, on January 23rd, 2026, the TikToker^[4] posted a video of a woman named Ms. Wallace dancing, captioned, "Ms. Wallace, dance if you support Israel, the IDF [Israel Defense Forces], Palentir, buy and wear vivet, listen to Ironmous and 2slimey, enjoyed Stranger Things season 5, Expedition 33, and donate all your life savings to Kai Cenat," garnering over 1.6 million views in five days.

On January 25th, TikToker^[5] @denfourpointzero posted a video reacting to the Crandall High School videos by @crandall.kirkinator, garnering over 2.7 million views in three days.

As the videos continued to go viral, others started posting videos hating on teachers said to be from Crandall High School.

For example, on January 27th, 2026, TikToker^[6] @tkkirkinator posted a video about teachers named "Mr. Hareesh" and "Mr. Yandi" fighting, garnering over 45,000 views in a day.

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