Ok Batman We'll Take It From Here

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Ok Batman We'll Take It From Here refers to a scene from The Lego Batman Movie where LEGO Batman learns crime is greatly dropping and then becomes depressed and lonely feeling. Barbara Gordon pats his shoulder and tells him "ok Batman we'll take it from here." The scene is set to Harry Nilsson's cover of "One." A version of the scene went viral on TikTok in August 2021, and its Original Sound went viral that September in lip dub skits used to share a depressing realization or realization of loneliness.

Origin

On June 3rd, 2018, YouTuber^[1] soggy titties posted the scene, gaining over 17,000 views in three years. In the scene, LEGO Batman is told that crime is lowering thanks to him, and that he can spend more time with his family. LEGO Batman has no family to spend time with. He becomes depressed and lonely. Barbara Gordon pats his shoulder and says "Ok Batman, we'll take it from here," then a montage of Batman being lonely plays. On August 15th, 2021 TikToker^[2] @aalfp_ posted the scene with an additional caption reading "when you realise you don't need to fake your age for apps anymore," gaining over 13.3 million views in a month (shown below).

Spread

The original sound started to see use around August 31st, 2021 in lip dubs and captioned videos sharing depressing realizations. On August 31st, TikToker^[3] @jamescharlesplz posted a video captioned "When you start seeing people shaking hands in the hallway" using the sound, gaining over 1.6 million views in two weeks (shown below).

On September 10th, Tay Zonday, known for the Chocolate Rain song, posted a video to TikTok^[4] set to the sound about how nobody knows Chocolate Rain is about systemic racism, gaining over 3.8 million views in three days (shown below).

On September 11th, TikToker^[5] @lucxterminator posted a video of a drop spot from an old Fortnite season, meant to be nostalgic, gaining over 3.2 million views in two days (shown below, left). On the same day, TikToker^[6] @maxtaylorlifts posted a video about getting depressed after a kid shows him a meme he doesn't get, gaining over 2.2 million views in two days (shown below, right).

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