TikToker Pranks His Mom, Producing Viral "Roaches In The Cereal" Meme

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Munchie likes pranking his mom - probably because her reactions are so over the top, they can easily be meme'd. She really didn't seem to like when he said that growing up, there were roaches in the cereal...  For more information, visit:  https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/roaches-in-the-cereal  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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00:00Mother's Day is just around the corner, and if you don't know what to do for your mom,

00:03maybe consider what every mom loves, a good prank.

00:06Like this one, TikToker Munchie pulled on his mom, garnering a reaction so big it became a viral meme.

00:13On March 25th, 2025, TikToker MunchieXO posted a prank video called

00:18POV telling my mom she neglected us prank.

00:21In the video, he films himself telling viewers about his terrible childhood,

00:25in front of his mother, who doesn't seem to agree with his description of events.

00:30And my mom, listen, at first, she was not, she was, she was in prison in me and my sister lives, y'all.

00:36So we had went a long time without our mama, and she just...

00:40Boy, don't you ever f***ing lie on me like that.

00:42I make...

00:42Shut up.

00:48I'm making a video, you're killing me like that.

00:55Now, we can't see his mother, but we can clearly feel her palpable rage,

00:58which comes to a climax when her son insists on a particularly nasty part of his balanced breakfast.

01:03It used to be roaches in a cereal.

01:06Roaches in a cereal?

01:07And when we stayed in them apartments, it's...

01:09Over the next month, the video received nearly 10 million views,

01:12and the sound started to spread as it was used by other creators.

01:15Without the visual of the mom, TikTokers got imaginative,

01:19pairing her primal scream with other screaming characters or individuals,

01:22in order to properly represent her fury.

01:24For example, on April 10th, TikToker Finn with a headset posted a meme likening the mom to Goku.

01:30It used to be roaches in a cereal.

01:32Roaches in a cereal?

01:33And when we stayed in them apartments, it's...

01:35The sound was used in all kinds of creative ways,

01:38from users lip-syncing to it,

01:40to it being laid over all kinds of different clips from TV, movies, or music videos,

01:44featuring characters unleashing their most trill and harrowing screams.

01:48It used to be roaches in a cereal.

01:50Roaches in a cereal?

01:51And when we stayed in them apartments, it's...

01:52Users also used it in meme videos,

01:55with captions describing other moments that might make someone crash out.

01:59This isn't the only time Munchie's gotten viral attention from his mom's reactions to his pranks.

02:03On April 11th, for example, he pranked her with a seemingly broken TV,

02:07once again unleashing her viral fury.

02:09Oh my god, look at what she did to the TV!

02:12Oh my god, treasure, what is...

02:14Oh my god!

02:16You f***ing out!

02:18No, no, I don't f***ing out!

02:20I don't know what she did!

02:21I don't know what she did!

02:22George!

02:22S**t!

02:23S**t!

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