It Could Literally Be Any One Of Us

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It Could Literally Be Any One Of Us is a line said in the Hotdog Car Sketch in I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. The line, in conjunction with the scene itself, has been used as a Reaction Image since it's creation. Online, the line and dressing up as a Hotdog have been used in conjunction as a reference to the scene in memes.

Origin

On April 23rd, 2019, the first season of I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson aired, with the Hotdog Car sketch appearing in the fifth episode, I'm Wearing One of Their Belts Right Now. In the sketch, a store has a hotdog car crash into it, with the patrons trying to figure out who the driver was. In the store, however, is Tim Robinson dressed in a hotdog costume, with him attempting to persuade the others that he isn't responsible while he clearly is. On October 18th, 2020, the official Netflix YouTube channel^[1] uploaded the sketch, where it gained over 3.2 million views in three years (shown below).

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References to the sketch started to get more attention after the show's third season in 2023 aired. That October, people wearing hotdog costumes would film themselves on TikTok Lip Dubbing themselves with the audio from the sketch in the background. On October 29th, 2023, the TikToker shortkatie10^[2] uploaded a TikTok of herself reciting the lines in costume, with others filling in the supporting roles, earning over 1,300 likes in one month (shown below).

On December 3rd, 2023, as part of the Internet Historian Plagiarism Allegations, the X user @4cade1^[3] uploaded a gif from the sketch, with the phrase shown, with a caption indicating the Internet Historian talking about others who were accused while being guilty himself is similar to being Tim Robinson in the hotdog suit, earning over 75,000 views in one day (shown below).

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