About

Me Showing Up To The Competition refers to a TikTok trend and meme in which users create scenarios about participating in various fictional competitions and losing to their opponent in a dramatic or surprising manner. The trend emerged on TikTok in February 2024, with TikToker @lifeaccordingtoeli popularizing the trend in a series of posts beginning on February 19th, 2024. The setup for the skits notably follows a similar style to the When I'm in a Competition and My Opponent Is meme.

Origin

TikToker^[1] @xakei_pn posted a clip of them playing an out-of-tune piano on February 5th, 2024. The sound from the upload came to be used in "Me Showing Up To The Competition" later that month.

On February 19th, TikToker^[2] @lifeaccordingtoeli posted a video containing a text overlay that read, "When you are in a man-made horrors beyond comprehension competition with your friend, and they suggest a device capable of slowing our perception of time, allowing prisoners to serve thousands of years for their crimes." The post gathered over 118,000 plays and 10,000 likes in a week (seen below, left).

On February 20th, the TikToker^[3] posted another video, this time reading, "When you show up to the being late competition and your opponent isn't there yet." The post gathered over 7 million views and 1 million likes in six days (seen below, right).

Spread

On February 21st, 2024, TikToker^[4] @joelmostlikely posted a clip that read, "When I show up to the lying competition and my opponent says I'm at the wrong competition." The post gathered over 5.8 million views and 1.3 million likes in five days (seen below, left).

On February 23rd, TikToker^[5] @chikcennuggetz posted a clip that read, "When I show up to the IDGAF competition and my opponent didn't show cus they DGAF." The post gathered over 2 million plays and 500,000 likes in three days (seen below, right).

On February 24th, 2024, TikToker^[6] @serjreyna posted a video that read, "When you show up to the lying competition but I arrive without pants and 3rd degree burns." The post gathered over 6 million plays and 1 million likes (seen below, left).

Also on February 24th, TikToker^[7] @itsmarinfrost posted a video writing, "Me arriving to the "acting like a victim" competition but my mom is already there," gathering over 4 million plays and 1 million likes in two days (seen below, right).

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