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Kai Cenat Save Us 💔 or Kai Cenat Help Me is a catchphrase used in a series of memes next to videos and images of monsters eating planets or world-ending disasters, ironically calling on streamer Kai Cenat to save the victims of the shown disaster. The memes were popularized on TikTok in December 2024 and became increasingly popular over the following weeks, also becoming increasingly abstract, with the name "Kai Cenat" often misspelled, shortened, or made unrecognizable. The meme shares some similarities with the only in Ohio memes.

Origin

The earliest known use of the phrase "Kai Cenat save us" was posted by X^[1] user @cookimyun on August 1st, 2024 in reference to his Bloodborne stream, with the poster hoping that Kai's stream inspires a remaster of the game. The post reads, "please kai cent kai cenat save us get us a bloodborne remaster and pc port kai cenat please please kai cenat please," garnering over 37,000 likes in five months. However, it is unclear if this post is the inspiration for the larger trend or simply a coincidence.

On December 18th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @mill.vyz posted a video of a house crumbling to the ground, captioned, "@KaiCenat help me," garnering over 1.9 million views in a month. This is the earliest known TikTok to use the format, despite using a somewhat different caption.

Spread

The meme garnered viral spread throughout late December 2024. Most examples of the meme put the phrase over an image of an AI-generated monster, though some use artwork from other sources.

For example, on December 26th, 2024, TikToker^[3] @rs.tighh posted a version of the meme using art from Magic: The Gathering's New Phyrexia set that garnered over 606,000 views in two weeks.

On December 28th, TikToker^[4] @alphamalerrrr posted a version of the meme using the phrase over another image of a galaxy-eating monster, garnering over 800,000 views in two weeks.

As the meme continued to spread, it became more abstract, particularly in the way that Kai Cenat's name is spelled. For example, on December 29th, TikToker^[5] @pystts posted a version of the meme displaying the caption, "kai cent💔," garnering over 500,000 views in just over a week.

That same day, X^[6] user @funnyhoodvidss shared an example of the meme, garnering over 22,000 likes in the same span of time.

On January 8th, 2025, TikToker^[7] @tendenciiies posted a version of the meme that simply reads "k💔," garnering over 442,000 views in a day.

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