(clicks mouse)
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
- If you're Patrick, then who's that?
(unzipping)
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!! - Goddamn it.
Goddamn it. NO!
(unzipping)
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!! - John Cena, yes, yes.
(unzipping)
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪ (spectators cheer wildly)
- (baffled) What?
- We were just binging these.
- Why John Cena? I don't understand. - Yeah, I don't understand either.
- (Eminem) ♪ Hi, My name is... chicka-chicka ♪
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!! - Oh, I'm seeing a theme.
- (Eminem) ♪ My name is... chicka-chicka ♪
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!! (laughing)
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪
- I feel like I'm missing out on something here.
- Is this a new meme or a new thing that's going on?
♪ (chime) ♪
- (Mario) It's-a me-- - (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
(cracking up) ♪ (trumpets blare) ♪
♪ (chime) ♪
(snickers) - (Mario) It's-a me--
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
- (imitating trumpets) Ba-ba-dum-ba!
(laughing) I actually liked that one a lot.
- (dad) Okay, hold on. - (child) Can someone put him back in water?
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!! (laughing)
- This is my favorite. (laughing)
- Are these Vines?
- I'm not too on top of the Vine trends.
I just started seeing What Are Those?
(spectators murmur) - Oh no.
- (spectator) Whoa! - (boy) That was--
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!! - Oh my goodness.
- How many of these are there? (laughing)
- That's amazing.
- (baker) Okay. Let me spank my dough.
(laughing)
- (baker) Who's your daddy?
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!! (snickering)
- Yeah, momma.
- (baker) Who's your daddy?
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!! (cracking up)
- I love it when it's, like, distorted loud.
- I'd like John Cena to be my daddy. - I would too.
I would prefer it.
- (children) Who's that Pokémon?
- (sarcastically) I wonder who it is? - (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
- Oh, it's John Cena.
- (children) It's-- - (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪
- Why does it get me every time?
- (Darth Vader) Luke... I am your--
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!! - I knew that was coming. (laughs)
- (Vader) I am your-- - (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪ (breathless laughter)
- Stop it, guys. Stop it. I get it. I get it.
♪ (horror music) ♪ - There's more?
- (Jack) Here's John-- - (announcer) CENA!!!
(both laugh)
- (Jack) Here's John-- - (announcer) CENA!!!
- See that? The nice ones are when they include John.
They're far and few inbetween, but when they work-- (blows kiss).
♪ (dramatic music) ♪ (snickers)
- (Leonidas) This is-- - (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪ (spectators cheer loudly)
- (Leonidas) This is--
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!! - John Cena!
(giggles)
- Why the-- why the [bleep] am I still laughing?
- (Goku) Of course, you probably won't... - Goku.
...feel that way about it after he's beaten you.
- (Cell) You suddenly seem to have a lot of confidence
in this mystery fighter of yours.
- Uh-oh.
- The anticipation is building.
♪ (dramatic music) ♪
- (announcer) AND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA!!! (laughing)
- Good integration of the "And his name is".
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪
- I feel like I should've seen some of these already,
but I haven't.
- I love it.
It does not matter what it is.
It's always-- - (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪ (spectators cheer loudly)
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
- (Finebros) Okay, so were you familiar with this meme before today?
- (both) No.
- No.
- Not at all. (Finebros snickers)
But I love it.
- I'd seen a couple of them, yes.
- I binge watched several of these on Friday.
- I'm very, very familiar with the John Cena meme.
I've integrated it into my own daily videos
every now and then.
- (Finebros) As far as trends go, how does this one stack up?
- This one is not too bad.
- I don't think it's that original.
I feel like-- I mean, maybe we've been on the internet too long now.
- I like it. It's funny.
- I'm not jaded by it quite yet.
It's a joyful frustration.
- (Finebros) And who exactly is John Cena?
- Who is John Cena?
Come on, who is John Cena?
- He's a wrestler, right?
- A wrestler. - He's a wrestler, yeah.
- John Cena is a WWE superstar.
He doesn't have the personality of The Rock or Steve Austin.
He's just kind of there and for whatever reason
the internet made him--
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪ (spectators cheer wildly)
- (Finebros) So do you know where this audio clip
that everyone keeps using is from? - No clue.
- I do not know where that came from.
- That's a Steam song.
That's his-- when he steps into the ring, right?
- (Finebros) It actually isn't. - Hmm.
- (Finebros) So this actually comes from a viral video
from over a year ago. - What?
- (Finebros) It was called "John Cena Prank Call"
and we're going to play it for you right now.
- All right.
(phone rings) - Oh, this is a great screencap.
- (lady) Hello? - Is this a radio show?
- (radio host #1) I have just one question for you:
- (lady) Who's this?
- (announcer) Are you ready for this Sunday night
when WWE champ John Cena defends his title?!
- (lady) I'm sorry, no, there is not any chance in hell
that we're ever gonna have wrestling in this house again.
Thank you.
- Again? (laughs) (phone rings)
What happened the first time?
- (lady) Hello? - It's the same lady! Ha!
- (lady) Hello? - Dude, she--
- (announcer) And goodbye to anyone standing in John Cena's way!
- (lady) Have I mentioned before we're not ordering this,
so please stop calling my house. - Oh, she mad.
(phone rings) - Oh god. No!
- (lady, angrily) I swear to Jesus...
if this is those wresting [bleep] again-- - (cracking up) Oh!
- (radio host #2) Okay, good morning! Uh, hi.
I'm just calling this morning to ask
if you're a supporter of the United States military.
- (lady) Oh my god. I apologize.
We've been getting called all morning.
I-I apologize, and yes. - (radio host #2) Good.
- It's coming, it's coming.
- (radio host #2) That's great because a former decorated member
of the United States Marine Corps needs your support.
- (announcer) AND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA!!!
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪ - I can't!
We have to stop the video, guys. I can't take it anymore.
You don't have any more prank calls, do you?
(phone rings) - Oh-ho, dude!
- Poor lady.
- (lady) I swear I'm about to call the police.
- (electronic voice) Hello?
You have a collect call from:
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪ - (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
(cracking up)
- (lady) Go [bleep] your mother.
- Oh, there it is. Oh Jesus.
(phone rings)
- (lady) Guys, [bleep] what?! - (radio host #1) Ho-- Ho-- Ho-- Hold on!
Marie? This is the Z Morning Zoo radio.
- Are they going to give her something for all this trouble?
- (radio host #1) Your husband Donny told us to to prank you.
- (lady) Are you kidding me right now? (radio hosts laugh)
- Ohhh my god.
- What's actually funny about that video is
we're just staring at a picture of a ripped John Cena the whole time.
- Which might be the best part. - It might be.
- He's got a great body.
- (Finebros) So what do you think about how this video went viral
and then a year later it resurfaced in a completely new way
and went viral again? - That's the internet, man.
- The internet's like fashion, man.
You know, it just comes right back around.
- It's amazing but it happens a lot on the internet.
Something happens in some forum or something,
and then a year or two years later it's--
- (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪ (spectators cheer wildly)
- It has a lot to do with just repurposing content
and finding a new way to portray the joke.
That's pretty much what Vine is, right?
- (Finebros) How much, as an online creator,
is it important to stay on top of what's trending and all of the memes?
- It is incredibly important to keep up with the trends.
- It's not easy to keep up with the amount of things that start trending.
- I don't think that it's necessary, but it's great.
- That's a tough question because what I do is so different
from the seven second long John Cena memes.
- As an online creator, it's definitely important to know
what is going on in your world.
I think-- just like any business or industry--
you need to at least know what people are doing.
- You have to stay relevant or else you die, Benny.
Or else you die! Literally.
- Once you hit the million sub club, as a YouTuber,
you're so focused on creating content for your audience
that it's so hard to keep up.
Like, I feel like you guys are keeping me in the know
when it comes to this stuff.
- (Finebros) So lots of these trends come from other places like Vine.
Do you feel that Vine is a threat to YouTube
or is it just a good thing overall for web video
- I'm not worried about it, just 'cause it's such a different format.
- I feel like almost everything ends up on YouTube
at some point anyway.
- It might take maybe 20% away from the YouTube people
but it's all the same digital age that we're in right now.
- They are two completely separate mediums
and one is long form, obviously, and one is extremely short form.
Actually, YouTube's not long form.
YouTube is now like medium form. (laughs)
- You could argue it both ways, right?
If people are spending their time on Vine,
they're not spending that time on YouTube,
so in a way it is taking away from YouTube.
But it's also a whole another way for people to discover your videos.
- As a YouTuber, Vine doesn't scare me.
I don't see Vine as, "Oh, they're stealing my views!
They're taking our jobs!"
They co-exist peacefully. For now.
- (Finebros) Mwahahahahaha!
♪ (creepy music) ♪
- (Finebros) So back to this meme, there are thousands of John Cena videos
and a subreddit completely devoted to this meme.
It's gone so viral that there's no way people making it
and enjoying it are all wrestling fans.
So what do you think this is that transcends,
that even when you have no idea who John Cena is
you still love this trend?
- I think people just like seeing something unexpected.
- Just the way it's delivered, it's so troll.
- It's the timing. It's the tone of the video.
It's what you match it up with and things that mismatch.
- There's some things that are just funny regardless.
Like, even if I don't speak English
I think I would still find that funny.
- I think that the fact that you don't know who John Cena is
is even better.
Suddenly you're like, "Who's this guy?"
- (Finebros) So, finally, we want to create
an unexpected John Cena video with you right now.
How would you set it up? Go for it.
- Ho-ho! Okay.
Most people know me as Jacksfilms,
but my real name isn't Jack.
It's actually John-- - (announcer) CENA!!!
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪ (spectators cheer wildly)
- I think Vine is dying. - Oh?!
Who did it? - (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪ (spectators cheer wildly)
- That smells good. What kind of blend is that?
- Oh, it's, uh-- - (announcer) JOHN CENA!!!
♪ (trumpets blare) ♪ (spectators cheer wildly)
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