About

Yeah, but Solid Snake comes from a video by a YouTuber named Arlo, who does not show his face, and instead takes the role of a blue puppet, who keeps his same personality as his real self. the video was about the upcoming game Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Arlo was trying to avoid all trailers and videos so he could remain "spoiler free", and was comparing it to when he was a junior in college, and he was talking to a friend about the Super Smash Bros Brawl trailer that came out that day, after telling his friend not to say anything about the trailer, his friend said "Yeah, but Solid Snake", implying that Solid Snake from the Metal Gear Solid series of games, would show up in the trailer, and presumably be a playable character (which he was).

Origin

February 13, 2017, YouTuber Arlo uploaded the video named Breath of the Wild: The Struggle to Be Spoiler Free (3:29 in the video).

Spread

After that video, Yeah but Solid Snake became a joke of the channel (mostly in the comments), usually having something to do with spoilers, or having to do with someone being annoying, but mostly they are just twists on the yeah, but Solid Snake joke, adding a diffrent character, or referencing something in the video. Arlo has brought this up multiple times in jokes, and since, it has become an inside joke on his YouTube channel, and Twitter profile.