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How Are You Not Dead?

How Are You Not Dead?

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Updated Nov 15, 2019 at 10:07AM EST by Philipp.

Added Nov 13, 2019 at 08:31AM EST by Philipp.

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About

How Are You Not Dead? refers to a scene from the trailer for the 2020 film Sonic the Hedgehog in which character Tom Wachowski wonders how the main protagonist Sonic the Hedgehog managed to stay alive. Online, a two-panel meme format based on the scene gained popularity following the trailer release.

Origin

On November 12th, 2019, the second trailer for the 2020 film Sonic the Hedgehog premiered. In one scene of the trailer, character Tom Wachowski, portrayed by James Mardsen, asks titular character Sonic the Hedgehog how he managed to stay alive, to which he responds that he has no idea how (shown below).[1] The trailer accumulated over 12.8 million views within 48 hours.



- How are you not dead?
- I have no idea!

On the same day, Redditor sim0n2 posted the earliest known meme based on the scene which gained over 37,300 upvotes in the /r/dankmemes subreddit in one day.[2]


My coworker after seeing me drink 10 energy drinks and 5 cups of coffee in the morning: How are you not dead? Thave no idea!

Spread

In the following hours, the format received further spread on Reddit, with notable memes based on the template being posted in /r/dankmemes, /r/historymemes and other subreddits. For example, a meme posted by Redditor G00DNAME2 in /r/dankmemes recieved over 26,700 upvotes in 24 hours.[3] A meme posted by Redditor guyshani in /r/HistoryMemes on the same day received over 15,900 upvotes in one day.[4]


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Various Examples


Me: Lives past 30 years old My friends from high school who heard all my suicide jokes: How are yoU not dead? I have no idea! my mom trying 4 times to abort me How are you not dead? I have no idea Pepe after being labeled as a hate symbol and still surviving The internet How are you not dead? T have no idea!
survive being When you stabbed, poisoned and shot Everyone How are you not dead Rasputin I have no idea Just Dance 2020 sold more on Nintendo Wii than Xbox One & PS4 Everyone How are you not dead? Wi Wii T have no idea! Jonathen in heaven who got killed by dio How are you not dead? Jospeh who surved 3 Gods the ultimate lifeform Dio andaguy who can turn anything he touches into a bomb. Thave no idea

Template


How are you not dead? T have no idea!

Search Interest

External References

[1] YouTube – Sonic The Hedgehog (2020) – New Official Trailer – Paramount Pictures

[2] Reddit – New design looks nice

[3] Reddit – We all know that it’s because of Funky Kong

[4] Reddit – The comments are gonna be fun

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