Name Things That Aren't Jackie Chan

Name Things That Aren't Jackie Chan

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Updated Aug 15, 2017 at 01:39PM EDT by Don.

Added Nov 29, 2011 at 06:23PM EST by Amoe.

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Name Things That Aren't Jackie Chan is an online forum game and video remix series based on a comedy sketch from the Adult Swim television show Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, in which participants are ostensibly asked to name a specific number of items that aren't associated with the Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan.

Origin

On August 3rd, 2008, the joke was first introduced as a fictional board game in an infomercial parody skit from Season 3, Episode 2 of Cartoon Network's sketch comedy show Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (shown below).



Spread

On March 13th, 2009, Yahoo Answers[13] user dingelbury submitted a post asking "Can you name 10 things that aren't Jackie Chan?" On December 31st, Body Building Forums[12] member captainhorseboy posted a thread titled "Name ten things that aren't Jackie Chan," to which member kalamd replied with an animated GIF from the Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! sketch (shown below).



On August 18th, 2010, Newgrounds Forums[14] member sumidiotdude submitted a post inviting others to name 10 things that aren't Jackie Chan. On November 21st, 2011, Accursed Farms Forums[8] member Arby posted a "Name 5 Things That Aren't Jackie Chan" thread, intentionally mentioning Jackie Chan in the list.

Video Remixes

On May 15th, 2012, YouTuber WQLFY uploaded an edited version of the original sketch wherein the participants try to name 10 things that aren’t Lux, the champion character from the online strategy game League of Legends (shown below, left). In the following 14 months, the video accumulated more than 585,000 views and 900 comments. On June 19th, YouTuber GamingAwesomeness uploaded a dubbed version of the video in which Jackie Chan is replaced with the electronic music producer Skrillex (shown below, right). On March 31st, 2013, Redditor leftinfreezer submitted the Skrillex video to the /r/videos[11] subreddit, where it received upwards of 4,000 up votes and 150 comments in the first four months.



On June 21st, 2017, YouTuber grandayy uploaded a Donald Trump-themed remix titled "Name 10 things that aren't China" (shown below, left). On June 30th, YouTuber shonkywonkydonkey uploaded an edit of the clip based around the 2008 song "Fireflies" by Owl City (shown below, right).



On August 3rd, 2017, grandayy uploaded a Crash Bandicoot "Woah" remix of the sketch (shown below, left). On August 15th, YouTuber Flater released a Behind the Meme-themed version of the video (shown below, right).



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