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Watch Yo Jet refers to a viral video of a clip of a Let's Play video featuring a character skydiving in the video game Grand Theft Auto 5 before being hit by a jet as the video's narrator screams "watch yo jet!"

Origin

The earliest mention of the "watch yo jet" video comes from a retweet ^[1] by @emanniggaa on August 18th, 2015, of a since-deleted post by YouTuber LeanandCuisin, which may have featured the clip.

On March 13th, 2016, YouTuber Marquise Swank shared the clip. The post received more than 3.1 million views in less than five years (shown below).

Spread

The video inspired a series of remixes, which placed the audio in different videos. For example, on August 10th, YouTuber DD One shared variation featuring the television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The post received more than 23,000 views in less than four years (shown below).

On November 19th, 2016, Urban Dictionary ^[2] user Edarba defined the phrase "watch yo jet." They wrote, "A generic warning that can be used in almost any situation to either warn of impeding danger or impending pranks" (shown below, right).

On March 14th, 2017, YouTuber Sath Bottons posted the audio track on YouTube. The post received more than 82,000 views in less than four years (shown below).

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