He's Jaking It? The Bait And Switch Adventure Time Meme Explained

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Are you an Adventure Time fan? Then you'll probably hate this one, as it takes your beloved characters from the show and puts them in a whole new light - one that makes you wish you were in the dark. No one wants to see Jake "Jaking it" (Jakeing it?) and yet...   For more information visit: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jaking-it-jakeing-it  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  #memes #adventuretime #jakethedog

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00:00Oh, I'm shaking it.

00:02Jake the Dog of Adventure Time has

00:04become the subject of a meme where he is, uh, jaking it.

00:07You can't escape it.

00:09You can't escape it.

00:09I can't escape it.

00:10We all just straight jaking it, bro.

00:12The earliest known example of the jaking it meme

00:14was posted to Instagram Reels by Noggin Moppers

00:17on January 21, 2025.

00:19And it features a scene from Adventure Time, which

00:21abruptly cuts to a Photoshopped image of Jake the Dog in bed

00:24and an audio that implies that jaking it is just Jake really

00:28enjoying his own company.

00:29I'm jaking it.

00:30Yeah, so this began to spread as a bait and switch

00:33meme, further popularized by Instagram user FreeMemeVan21,

00:37who posted many of these Reels featuring

00:39a clip from Adventure Time being interrupted

00:41by the unsettling audio-visual pairing.

00:43On January 30, TikToker I'mJakingIt69

00:46posted a similar one of these to TikTok,

00:48garnering over 1.3 million views in under two weeks.

00:51The same user continued to post these edits

00:53over the following weeks, with many other creators

00:55joining the trend.

00:56The viral spread of these would lead

00:57to the audio being used as a sound in other meme videos

01:00and to creators referencing Jake jaking it

01:03in all other kinds of meme content.

01:04People even made variations using other characters,

01:07like showing Finn finning it.

01:09I'm finning it.

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