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Melendezsammy4's Spanish Dubs of American TV Shows refers to a series of humorous lip dubs videos posted in June 2022 on TikTok by user @melendezsammy4, showing original Spanish dubs of American television shows with @melendezsammy4 pretending he is one of the characters. The videos inspired others on the platform to make similar skits.

Origin

On June 17th, 2022, TikToker @melendezsammy4^[1] recorded a video in his car making fun of the Spanish dubs of American television shows. He dubbed himself talking in Spanish while the original, English audio of a television show is playing in the background, a common trope for reality TV shows dubs. The video reached 6 million views and 2 million likes in one month (shown below).

Spread

After the success of the first video, @melendezsammy4^[2] continued to post different variations on the skit. On June 21st, 2022, he posted a skit translating insults from North American TV Shows into Spanish. The video reached 3 million views and 800,000 likes in one month (shown below).

TikTok Trend Using Melendezsammy4's Audio

Some people also used the first viral video of @melendezsammy4 to use as audio for other funny skits about the Spanish dubs of American TV shows. On June 24th, 2022, @juaanisaias^[3] uploaded a video using @melendezsammy4's audio to show him and his friends acting like they are on a reality TV show. The post reached 35k views and 2,900 likes in one month.

@tonymarq7 also joined the lip dub trend on June 25th, 2022, with a video mocking the Spanish Dubs of American TV shows. The post received 2,800 views and 271 likes in a month.

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