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I'm in North Liberty / Asher's House refers to a viral video of a teen boy getting an angry phone call from his dad because he snuck out of the house. The dad asks, "Where you at?" and the son says, "I'm in North Liberty." The dad says, "Doing what?" to which the kid replies, "I'm at Asher's house." The dad then stammers and says, "I am fucking, fucking pissed." During the phone call, the dad maintains a deep, gravelly voice, like Batman according to many viewers. The video garnered attention online in late 2024 and early 2025. Many made '99.99% Accuracy' Reenactments of the video or lip dubbed the audio. The original video was posted to TikTok in December 2024.

Origin

On December 12th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @2ktoks24 posted a video of a teen boy in a car getting berated by his dad for sneaking out of the house to go to North Liberty to see his friend Asher. The video's text caption read, "Bro's never sneaking out again." In a month, the video received over 4.5 million likes (shown below). Currently, it is the video's first known upload.

Where you at?
I'm in North Liberty.
Doing what?
I'm at Asher's house.
Your mom's on her way to get you.
Okay.
I am fucking, fucking pissed!
'Kay.
Call your mom and tell her where the fuck you're at.
Alright, bye.

Spread

In the following weeks, the video received memetic spread. For instance, on December 16th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @chxlr reposte the video, adding a Red Circle Perpetrator that likened the dad to LEGO Batman, gaining over 1 million likes in a month (shown below).

Viral usage of the original video's TikTok sound^[3] also spread the meme online. For instance, on December 20th, TikToker^[4] @strangeandsexy lip dubbed the sound, adding a text caption reading, "Me when my BF is out and his location don't load," gaining over 286,100 likes in a month (shown below).

On December 27th, 2024, TikToker^[5] @jackson.miller6 did a reenactment of the original video with his friend on the other line. The video amassed over 288,000 likes in a month (shown below).

Memetic spread continued in January 2025. For instance, on January 2nd, TikToker^[7] @michaellhills posted a reenactment in which he and his friend dressed up like Batman and Robin with the caption, "Robin snuck out." The video earned over 2.9 million likes in three weeks (shown below).

The original TikTok sound^[3] also continued to amass videos, like on January 5th, 2025, TikToker^[6] @1kspice posted a video, lip dubbing the sound, adding a caption that joked about, "How strict I be 2 days into texting," gaining over 554,800 likes in three weeks (shown below).

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