Overview

Tung Tung Tung Sahur Removed From Steal a Brainrot refers to the removal of the brainrot character Tung Tung Tung Sahur from the Roblox game Steal a Brainrot following an alleged copyright dispute by the AI-generated character's creator Noxa (noxaasht) and his agency, Mementumlab. The character was purportedly removed from the game by its creator, SpyderSammy, on September 13th, 2025. Anyone who owned the character was given a Gangster Footera as a replacement. The removal inspired backlash from the game's fans towards Mementumlab and Noxa, who put out a statement defending themselves and claiming that it was Sammy's decision to remove the character, claiming they were willing to work out a deal with him to use the character. The removal also inspired memes and posts mourning the loss of Tung Tung Tung Sahur.

Background

On September 13th, 2025, Tung Tung Tung Sahur was reportedly removed from Steal a Brainrot, a popular Roblox game about stealing brainrot characters from other players.^[1] At the time, Steal a Brainrot had reached massive heights in popularity, with tens of millions of concurrent players.^[2]

Players began to notice and post about the removal of the character as early as September 14th. For example, on that day, YouTuber^[3] Kwil posted a video about it, garnering over 379,000 views in three days.

Developments

Mementumlab's Statement

On September 15th, 2025, the @mementumlab TikTok^[4] account, the agency run by Noxa, which owns and created Tung Tung Tung Sahur, posted a statement that gained over 482,000 views in two days.

In the statement, Mementumlab claims that neither they nor Noxa removed the character, but Sammy, or SpyderSammy, the creator of the game, removed it. They write that Sammy directed them to his lawyer, then removed the character during discussions. Mementumlab reiterated that Tung Tung Tung Sahur is Noxa's "creation," that Steal a Brainrot is making "millions," suggesting they deserve a portion of the profits if the game wishes to use their character.

Noxa's Statement

On September 17th, 2025, TikToker^[5] @noxaasht posted an AI video about Tung Tung Tung Sahur leaving the game, showing him sadly saying goodbye to the other brainrot characters. The video features text-to-speech narration explaining that Sammy removed the character and that they want to bring the character back to the game. The video gained over 450,000 views in about five hours.

Online Reactions

Tung Tung Tung Sahur's removal from Steal a Brainrot inspired backlash and discourse online in mid-September 2025, as well as memes, with some pointing the blame at Noxa and Mementumlab for removing the character, and others at Sammy. The removal also incited worries that other Mementumlab and Noxa-made brainrot characters would be removed.

On September 14th, 2025, TikToker^[6] @entofym posted a video of the Los Tungtungtungcitos, said to be Tung Tung Tung Sahur's children, upset about the loss of their father from the game, garnering over 3.7 million views in three days.

On September 15th, TikToker^[7] @kroxx___ posted a video about Tung Tung Tung Sahur's removal, in which their Roblox avatar waits for a "good brainrot" to spawn on the field, garnering over 469,000 views in two days.

On September 16th, 2025, X^[8] user and Roblox content creator KreekCraft quoted a Dexerto post about the removal of the character, writing, "My cousin who’s in middle school said there were kids crying about this btw," garnering over 105,000 likes in a day.

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