The Rise And Fall Of TikTok's Hiccup Cult

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TikTok cults come and go, and most recently, there has been a wave of devotion shone to the How To Train Your Dragon character, Hiccup. It all started with one girl changing her pfp, and making a video about it.   For more information, visit: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hiccup-cult  Check out our new MEME STORE: https://thememestore.com/  Subscribe to our channel to learn more about trending memes, hear interviews from meme personalities and more! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbrPqq29C9Q_TQP7OFFRzcw?sub_confirmation=1

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00:00We gotta shut it down, shut it down, shut it down.

00:03It's your parents' worst fear come to life.

00:05TikTok is influencing users to join cults.

00:07And the most recent one seems to have been headed by this known charismatic leader.

00:11Hiccup, this guy, from How to Train Your Dragon.

00:13TikTok has already had a few big cults.

00:15And your parents can rest easy because that just means a bunch of TikTokers

00:18change their profile pictures to the same image, or at least the same person or character.

00:22The idea emerged in 2020, and we've seen waves of them throughout the last few years,

00:26ranging in scale.

00:27We had Ice Spice Cult and A-Train Cult, Hamster Cult, Vegeta Cult, and many others.

00:32So how did Hiccup become the face of the latest one?

00:35It all comes back to TikToker and Stinky Sock, now called Queen of the Hiccuplings,

00:39who posted a video on April 18th where she's really enthusiastic about the idea of

00:43changing her profile picture to Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon.

00:46She's giggling while explaining how hilarious it is when she leaves comments like this.

00:49So I just changed my profile picture from Rough Nut to Hiccup.

00:54The video gained over 2.8 million views in six days, and that infectious enthusiasm inspired

01:11numerous viewers to change their profile pictures to images of Hiccup and other characters from

01:16How to Train Your Dragon to drop into the comments.

01:18Naturally, beginning the cult that would grow so big, even the Duolingo L would succumb to it.

01:22Anne leaned into the cult and started posting videos addressing her Hiccup PNG army,

01:26including an April 19th TikTok where she prints out the Hiccup PNG to carry around with her in

01:31her pocket.

01:32The cult became increasingly popular over the next several days, largely due to videos and

01:36memes referencing it.

01:37For example, Aurora Light posted a video with a caption applauding her hilarious generation for

01:41the trend, which garnered over 1.4 million views in a day.

01:44Several notable accounts joined in on the joke,

01:46like rapper Baby No Money, who promised to join the cult if his video reached 200,000 likes,

01:51and then followed through on the promise, with follow-up videos, recruiting for, and

01:55trying to escape the cult.

01:56Users got really creative with this one, with members photoshopping Hiccup in all kinds of

02:00ways, putting his face on celebrities or other characters, or sprucing him up a bit with new

02:05hair.

02:05But like all good things, it seems the era of the Hiccup cult has recently come to an end,

02:09as the queen of the Hiccuplings has abdicated her throne.

02:12That's right, mother quit, and posted a video on April 26th, where she explains how things

02:16got a little out of hand.

02:18Some of y'all are a bit cuckoo.

02:20Number one, so people don't respect my boundaries.

02:22Though I absolutely love this whole family and like how much fun it's been, it's just,

02:25it's just been overwhelming as well.

02:27What TikTok cult do you think will be next?

02:29If it's a Kool-Aid man cult, then maybe we should start to worry.

02:42We'll see you next time.

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