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Guy Tortured With a Cactus Ad refers to a viral mobile game ad where two men press the third against the cactus crotch-first and grind him against it before kicking him off-screen. The clip went viral online in April 2024 and has been used as a video caption format.

Origin

On March 30th, 2024, Redditor SeaAd2626 posted a clip of a bizarre ad for the mobile game Rise of Castles: Ice and Fire to the /r/shittymobilegameads^[1] subreddit. In the ad, two men grind the third crotch-first against a large cactus, kicking him of screen as he holds onto his crotch in pain. The man lands onto a pile of gold, and ad continues into simulated city building gameplay. The post gained over 370 upvotes in the subreddit in one month.

On April 1st, 2024, X^[2] / Twitter user @slayzilla posted the opening clip from the ad, with the video garnering over 18.9 million views, 11,000 reposts and 60,000 likes in three weeks (shown below).

Omg? pic.twitter.com/191iB0EkL2

— bussynetta🍥 (@slayzillaa) April 2, 2024

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The X post was followed by caption memes based on the video. For example, on April 2nd, 2024, X^[3] user @BreezyxSupreme quoted the post, writing, "This what y’all needa do to some of y’all weird ass homeboys that be trying to talk to minors." The quote post garnered over 7,200 reposts and 44,000 likes in three weeks (shown below).

This what y’all needa do to some of y’all weird ass homeboys that be trying to talk to minors https://t.co/gCsZkGda8d

— BREEZY SUPREME (@BreezyxSupreme) April 3, 2024

On April 3rd, 2024, X^[4] user @FigmentSaint posted a Dragon Ball meme based on the video that gained over 1,100 reposts and 13,000 likes in three weeks (shown below).

Vegeta and Nappa with Raditz when they're bored https://t.co/Mw75ISTFwh

— syd (@FigmentSaint) April 3, 2024

Later on April 3rd, X^[5] / Twitter gimmick account random videos with breakcore (@memesbreakcore) posted a breakcore edit of the clip that received over 8,700 reposts and 37,000 likes in three weeks (shown below).

pic.twitter.com/RbKUARXvE8

— random videos with breakcore (@memesbreakcore) April 3, 2024

Both the he video and its breakcore version maintained popularity as a caption format through April 2024, with multiple posts based on the format going viral on X / Twitter.

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