About

DMC3 Jester Dance is an exploitable scene from Devil May Cry 3 in which the character Dante is seen shooting at the character Jester, who laughs and dances around the bullets. In late 2022 the scene began to see use in audio edits, memes and remixes on TikTok with different music put on top of the clip.

Origin

On January 24th, 2022, TikToker yaias_^[1] uploaded the full cutscene of the first time that Dante meets Jester in DMC3, with the original audio being present, gaining 100 likes within 10 months (shown below).

On October 5th, 2022, TikToker koyubi^[2] uploaded one of the first instances of an edit showcasing the Jester dancing part, with Jester's laugh being heard before Dante starts shooting at him, gaining over 2,500 likes in one month (shown below).

Spread

On November 11th, 2022, TikToker mcspyro^[3] uploaded a version of the video with the audio set to the song "Split My Face" while Jester dances, which received over 55 likes in four days (shown below).

On November 14th, 2022, TikToker Woncilga^[4] uploaded a TikTok he made showing a little more of the context of the scene before switching the audio for the dancing part, with the song "Split My Face" also being used for this and several other edits, receiving over 1.4 million views in three days (shown below).

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