About

Zero Two Dodging Animations refers to a series of redraw animations showing characters from various fandoms rhythmically dodging stabs from a bat, metal pole or other object to a slowed-down version of "Forget" by Pogo. The memes are inspired by the 2022 TikTok dodging trend and became popularized on TikTok and YouTube in late 2022 throughout early 2023. The meme is named after the Darling in the Franxx character Zero Two, with the dodging motion mirroring the dance she performs in 2020's Hai Phút Hơn meme.

Origin

In November 2020, TikTokers began performing a dance trend known as "Hai Phut Hon" in which they copy a dance seen in an animation of Zero Two where she sways her hips from left to right rhythmically.^[1] In July 2022, a trend went viral on TikTok in which users perform the same dance as another person pretends to stab at them with a bat, dodging each stab to the rhythm of a slowed-down version of the song "Forget" by Pogo (shown below).

On October 30th, 2022, YouTuber^[2] HOWCOW uuu posted an animation titled "Nahida zero two dodging" in which Nahida and other characters from Genshin Impact perform the dodging trend, garnering over 2.6 million views in eight months (shown below).

Spread

New animations showing characters Zero Two dodging were uploaded to YouTube and TikTok over the following months. On November 18th, 2022, YouTubers^[3][4] somacguffin and Fuwari posted animations following the trend, the latter showing Nezuko from Demon Slayer dodging, garnering over 8.7 million and 14 million views, respectively, in seven months (shown below, left and right).

On December 13th, 2022, TikToker^[5] @afiqaiman_cool posted an animation of Mario and Luigi doing the trend, garnering over 90,000 views in six months (shown below).

The meme continued to be prevalent in 2023. On January 11th, 2023, YouTuber^[6] GH'S posted an animation in which characters from Wednesday do the trend, garnering over 11 million views in five months (shown below, left). On January 18th, YouTuber^[7] Ichika posted an Undertale version of the meme, garnering over 2.2 million views in the same span of time (shown below, right).

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