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Fastest Running Cartoon Characters Ever, also known as the Cartoon Characters Running Meme or Fastest Hussers, is a viral video uploaded by YouTuber RED SIDE in mid-August 2026, which depicts a 3D animation comparing 70 famous characters from different cartoons running across a desert environment, ranking their speed from the slowest to the fastest.

After being posted to YouTube, the video spread to TikTok and became the source of memes, with people editing various clips from the animation or adding text captions, as well as sparking powerscaling debates. Many of the edits also referenced the Huss Valley meme on TikTok.

Origin

The video used in the memes was originally uploaded by the YouTube^[1] channel RED SIDE on August 14th, 2026, titled "Fastest Running Cartoon Characters Ever! 3D Comparison," which garnered over 1.3 million views, 39,000 likes and 4,700 comments in 12 days. As of late August 2026, many of the comments notably reference memes that spawned from the video.

Created in Unreal Engine, the animation features 70 famous cartoon characters, such as Angry Birds, Minions, Shin Chan and SpongeBob, in a 3D running speed comparison, ranked from slowest to fastest.

In the days after it was uploaded to YouTube, the video spread to TikTok, where users started calling the characters "hussers" or saying that they were "hussin," a reference to the Huss Valley memes that spread online in July and August 2026.

For example, on August 19th, 2026, TikToker^[2] .2amu_01 reposted a part of the animation in a TikTok captioned, "Why they lwk [lowkey] hussin each other," receiving over 42,000 likes and 410 comments in a week.

Spread

Over the following weeks in late August 2026, the animation and viral video continued to spread online as people used it in memes, shared reactions and debated it, primarily on TikTok.

For instance, on August 19th, 2026, TikToker^[3] mmsmsnssmeke shared the clip of Garfield running from the video, asking when he became that fast, garnering over 8,100 likes and 270 comments in a week.

On August 20th, YouTuber and Twitch streamer Blueryai Live Plus uploaded a video of him reacting to the animation as it continued spreading across the internet, receiving over 18,000 views, 1,000 likes and 90 comments in six days.

Many of the posts and memes on TikTok discussed Po from Kung Fu Panda amid the video's virality online, including TikToker^[4] lmp1is_tuff, who shared a clip on August 22nd that garnered over 201,600 likes and 2,260 comments in four days.

On August 23rd, 2026, TikTok^[5] user peakedits9 posted an edit of the video, making it look like Po was "the best husser," receiving over 809,500 likes and 7,400 comments in three days.

On August 25th, 2026, TikToker^[6] _pontanjaeditz_ used the clip of Po running in the animation with the caption, "yo there's free food at the function," garnering over 48,600 likes and 750 comments in a day

The viral video also spread to Reddit in late August 2026, including the /r/powerscaling^[7][8] subreddit, as users there debated who was faster.

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