Get That Pepper Off There / Pepper On A Cliff

About

Get That Pepper Off There / Pepper On A Cliff refers to a TikTok duet of user air_Hardy's^[1] dad reacting to a Grill Nation cooking video, which lead to further video edits. In the original video, air_hardy is duetting a video from the Grill Nation TikTok page featuring a chef preparing a brisket by covering it in mustard and charcoal rub (which is often mistaken for pepper), and expresses confusion and frustration for how the brisket is being prepared.

Origin

On July 9th, 2020, Grill Nation^[2] uploaded a video of a chef preparing a brisket with mustard and charcoal rub (shown below, left). The video garnered over 6.4 million views in 3 months, and was the subject of duet reactions on TikTok, with many showing disgust and outrage over the preparation, and mistaking the charcoal rub for pepper (example shown below, right).

On July 15th, air_hardy posted a duet reaction to the Grill Nation video featuring his father, garnering over 3.5 million views and 518 thousand likes in 3 months (shown below). Users expressed their love of the video in the comment section of the post, particularly for the way air_hardy's dad pronounces the word "pepper" as "peppa."

"Oh, mustard. Come on, man, now don't put no mustard on it. You need to put a little seasoning on that thing. What? Man, come on, now, get that pepper off there. Come on, somebody come get this man. Come on, now. Come on, get that pepper off there. That's just too much doggone pepper. I don't wanna see this no more."

Spread

After its premiere on TikTok, the video was re-uploaded and remixed across social media platforms, particularly on YouTube. On July 17th, 2020, YouTuber Edgy Teen With Memes reuploaded air_hardy's duet to their channel, gaining over 120 thousand views in 3 months.^[3] On July 18th, YouTuber Common Intelligence uploaded a version of the video animated with stick figures (shown below.)

Pepper On A Cliff

On August 28th, 2020, Instagrammer kenny_2283^[4] uploaded a video edit of air_hardy's dad reacting to the Grill Nation video inserted over an image of a pepper sitting at the edge of a cliff. It's unclear whether this person made the video. The video was reuploaded to YouTube the same day by Daily Does Of Videos (shown below, left). This video inspired more "Pepper On A Cliff" variants. On September 4th, MioHonda uploaded a version of the meme to their channel, garnering over 3,900 views in just over a month (shown below, right).

On September 15th, TikToker ok.now.this.be.epic2^[5] uploaded a video re-enacting the "Pepper On A Cliff" meme, using an original sound featuring air_hardy's dad reacting (shown below, left). The video garnered over 74.2 thousand views in under a month. The sound has since been used in over 521 videos in under a month, including a September 21st upload by airmadnessofficial, which garnered over 628 thousand views in a month (shown below, right).

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