About

Mitch Paranorman Edits, also known as I've Never Used Deltoids In My Life, is a meme edit trend inspired by the character Mitch Downe from the 2012 animated horror-comedy film ParaNorman. In July 2025, TikTokers began posting edits featuring the muscular blonde character, who is depicted as a well-meaning himbo in the film. The meme edits often focus on Mitch mogging his younger brother Neil, confusing steroids for deltoids and saying, "I've never used deltoids in my life, I swear," and revealing that he is gay by telling Courtney, "You're gonna love my boyfriend." Comments on Mitch Down edits often revolve around people saying, "Just take dih, brutal," or joking about how getting a boyfriend would give you Mitch's physique.

Origin

The film ParaNorman was created by Laika Studios and released on August 17th, 2012. The story follows a boy named Norman who has the ability to speak to dead people as he takes the help of his friend Neil Downe, his sister Courtney and her crush Mitch Downe to save the town from a zombie apocalypse.

The character Mitch Downe is depicted as a muscular but dumb character who is oblivious to Courtney's crush on him. Laika Studios posted a video compiling "Mitch's Best Character Moments" to YouTube^[1] on June 30th, 2022, gathering over 140,000 views in three years.

TikTok^[2] edits about Mitch began making the rounds in July 2025, with TikToker @crownedit79 posting one of the earliest known videos showing Mitch mogging his brother Neil. The video gathered over 5.4 million plays and 700,000 likes in 10 days.

Spread

On July 17th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @luno.cc posted a Mitch Downe edit where Courtney compliments him on his deltoid muscles but Mitch confuses the word for "steroids" and says, "I've never used deltoids in my life, I swear." The video gathered over 5 million plays and 600,000 likes in a week.

Also on July 17th, TikToker^[4] @ai7even.edit posted an edit featuring Mitch Downe, gathering over 5.6 million views and 700,000 likes in a week.

On July 22nd, 2025, TikToker^[5] @disciplinementality posted a video advising viewers on how to get Mitch Downe's physique, gathering over 9 million views and 1 million likes in a day.

I've Never Used Deltoids In My Life

Several TikTokers began using Mitch's line, "I've never used deltoids in my life," to show off their natural physiques, as seen in a July 20th, 2025, TikTok^[6] video posted by user @ayyeevlifts that gathered over 2.4 million plays and 300,000 likes in three days.

On July 22nd, TikToker^[7] @tyrounsaville1 posted a video flexing his shoulder muscles and joking about "using deltoids," gathering over 1 million plays and 100,000 likes in a day.

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