Surprised Marsai Martin

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Surprised Marsai Martin is a reaction clip of American actress Marsai Martin known for her role in the television show Blackish and the film Little. The clip shows the actresses reaction to winning the Young Star Award at the 2019 BET Awards.

Origin

On June 23rd, 2019, The BET Awards^[1] aired and that day Twitter user @glowin_melanin tweeted the clip with the caption "New meme alert😈😂 #BETAwards" (shown below). The tweet gained over 29,300 retweets and 118,400 likes in two days.

New meme alert😈😂 #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/c3JQ2hWDTB
— Mercy Williams (@glowin_melanin) June 24, 2019

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On June 23rd, 2019, Twitter users began captioning the clip. Twitter user @TamaraDsoLovely^[2] captioned the clip, "When you thought your account had $7.28… & you check it and see $149.61 ‼️🤧😂 @BETAwards @Blackish @bet @marsaimartin" (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated over 4,400 likes and 620 retweets in two days. Twitter user @Shervin360^[3] replied to the original Tweet with an image of Martin with the "Same energy" (shown below, right). The tweet garnered over 4,400 likes and 200 retweets.

Mrs.Hayes @TamaraDsoLovely Replying to @glowin_melanin When you thought your account had $7.28... & you check it and see $149.61 ! @BETAwards @Blackish @bet @marsaimartin #BETA BET 7:18 PM 23 Jun 2019

witiy Light Skin Demon @Shervin360 Replying to @glowin_melanin @niyahbabii91 Same energy GIF 5:33 PM 23 Jun 2019

Various Examples

When the friend your girl and her boo brought along for you is actually cute pic.twitter.com/fN6iWIlPRx
— C. Price (@CMP_4) June 24, 2019

Girls that eat hot chips for breakfast: ILL SMACK ANYBODY IN THIS CLASS RIGHT NOW.
Me: #BETAwards2019 #MarsaiMartin pic.twitter.com/Hw3YNrMHEP
— TisseyBeatz 💋 (@TisseyMUA) June 24, 2019

When you get employee of the month after making a scene in the last meeting. #MarsaiMartin #CustomerService pic.twitter.com/3mKs5PKXgw
— Kamaya Tarpley (@kamayatarpley) June 25, 2019

Me when I found out I passed my driving test after almost hitting a pedestrian on the way there #marsai #BETAwards #MarsaiMartin pic.twitter.com/DxDG6dYlfv
— Katya (@katyaheydari) June 25, 2019