About

Dude, Leave Some For the Rest Of Us or Mom, He's Taking Every Single One is a series of memes based on a video by TikToker @thatmartinkid (Martin) in which he Duets a diver scraping sea urchins off a rock and pretends to complain to his mom that the diver is taking them all, pleading, "Dude, leave some for the rest of us." The video was uploaded to TikTok in mid-September 2022 and went viral as the subject of edits on Instagram Reels in April 2026. The edits typically alter the look of Martin and the content he is reacting to, including changing Martin into an animal, like a sheep.

Origin

On September 13th, 2022, TikToker^[1] @thatmartinkid (Martin) Duetted a video with TikToker and diver @joeoceanside, showing him scraping sea urchins off of a rock. In the video, Martin acts as if he's complaining to his mom about the diver taking all of the urchins and not leaving him any. The video gained over 3 million views in four years.

Dude, leave some for the rest of us. Mom, he's taking every single one. Yes. I'll show you, he's taking every single one. Can I please go? No, there's not going to be any left!

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On December 26th, 2025, TikToker^[2] @moneybobcashpants posted an edit of the video where Martin has been replaced with an anthropomorphic sheep person, garnering over 40,000 views in four months. This does not appear to be the original upload, but is the earliest known reupload.

On January 24th, 2026, Instagram^[3] user heterosexual_avocado reposted the edit, garnering over 399,000 likes in three months.

On April 16th, Instagram^[4] user bella_beller_ posted an edit of the video where an animated bird replaces Martin and a video of a chick being fed replaces the diver's video, garnering over 85,000 likes in a week.

On April 18th, 2026, Instagram^[5] user lolobroadcast posted an edit of the meme that replaces Martin with a rabbit reacting to a video of carrots being harvested, garnering over 374,000 likes in five days.

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