About

Takis Are Seriously Intense refers to a series of commercials featuring streamer Ninja and TikToker Charli D'Amelio eating Takis and saying, "Takis are seriously intense," then gaining a massive rush of power, resembling someone going Super Saiyan. The ads ran on YouTube in June 2021 and ads became the subject of video edits that month on YouTube and Instagram.

Origin

On May 31st, 2021, the official Takis YouTube^[2][3] channel uploaded a series of advertisements featuring Charli D'Amelio and Ninja eating Takis. Ninja was given two commercials. In the 15-second one, a boy eats Takis, inspiring a tornado of Takis to spin around his body. He says, "That was intense." Ninja then picks up a Taki, says, "Takis are seriously intense," takes a bite, then appears to go Super Saiyan as the two begin gaming together (shown below, left). In the six-second ad, Ninja starts a camera and says, "Gaming is intense, but Takis are seriously intense," then bites a Taki, going Super Saiyan (shown below, right). The ads were used on various YouTube videos throughout the month of June.

Charli D'Amelio's ads are similar, featuring a girl dancing and eating Takis in the 15-second cut then being surrounded by a Takis tornado, followed by D'Amelio saying, "Takis are seriously intense," and similarly surging with power then dancing with the girl (shown below, left). The six-second cut simply shows the back half of the ad (shown below, right).

Spread

In early June, memers began editing the videos in various ways, often adding sound effects after Ninja or Charli eats the Taki. On June 6th, 2021, Instagram^[5] user @wokebans used the Charli D'Amelio video in an image macro format, garnering over 30,000 views and 3,300 likes in a week (shown below). On June 7th, Instagram^[8] user @repostrandy shared the D'Amelio clip, garnering over 100,000 views and 35,000 likes in a week.

On June 8th, YouTubers^[6][7] Xxticklish-bank Xx and Molikos uploaded edits of the Ninja commercial adding fart sound effects as he goes Super Saiyan, garnering over 104,000 and 37,000 views in six days (shown below, left and right).

On June 9th, 2021, Instagram^[4] user @ocpoods posted a video combining the Charli D'Amelio and Ninja "Takis are seriously intense" ads with "anime" footage over the Kanye West song "Father Stretch My Hands Part 1," (shown below).

On June 13th, YouTuber^[8] SomeWhatKindofly posted the Ninja commercial adding the sound from a viral clip of Ninja shouting, "The fuck did you say to me you little shit?" to someone while streaming, garnering over 222,000 views in a day (shown below, right, next to source, left).

On June 14th, YouTuber^[1] Lessons In Meme Culture posted a video explaining the meme (shown below).

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