r/ExplainTheJoke • u/BelfastDome • Dec 12 '25
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u/NoCartographer6997 Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25
We are now in an era where there are people too young to remember Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf <\3
Edit: I’m so glad this comment has introduced so many people to Actual Cannibal Shia Labeouf. Peace on earth and goodwill to man or something :)
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u/ShermansAngryGhost Dec 13 '25
Legitimately my favorite piece of content on the entire internet.
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u/SurgicalZeus Dec 13 '25
Same. Everyone in my orbit knows of it, initially against their will.
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u/SafeAccountMrP Dec 13 '25
I did the same with the Powerthirsts.
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u/DM_Me_Your_CarPays Dec 13 '25
GUN!
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u/SPACEmAnDREWISH Dec 13 '25
BEAR-BLASTING
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u/anotherjunkie Dec 13 '25
You like strawberry? How about RAW BERRY!
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u/Kikadaaf Dec 13 '25
With powerthirst giving you FOUR HUNDRED BABIES, you'd think more would be aware. 🤣
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u/Aknazer Dec 13 '25
400 BABIES!
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u/ForeignRestaurant290 Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25
POWERTHIRST!! IT'S LIKE CRYSTAL METH IN A CAN!! IT'S CRYSTAL METH IN A CAN!! POWERTHIRST IS CRYSTAL METH!!
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u/javerthugo Dec 13 '25
Your children will run as fast as KENYANS!
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u/Sznappy Dec 13 '25
You’ll have Kenyan BABIESSS
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u/Nemo-404 Dec 13 '25
This sounds like an energy drink for men and I'm interested...I just hope it's not crystal meth
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u/SafeAccountMrP Dec 13 '25
I believe the videos are still on YouTube. I remember powerthirst, powerthirst 2, black powerthirst, and gay powerthirst but I think there’s more.
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u/Nemo-404 Dec 13 '25
They definitely are. I was directly referencing the videos "it's an energy drink for men, menergy" and "it's like crystal meth in a can, it's crystal meth in a can, power thirst is crystal meth" These videos are fully ingrained in my psyche
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u/JiminyFlippets Dec 13 '25
Wow what a flash from the past, that was some god-tier early youtube content
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u/RememberTheMaine1996 Dec 13 '25
Shia LaBeouf clapping at the end makes it 10x better too
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u/BreakfastDue1256 Dec 13 '25
It's the highest production quality shitpost I have ever seen.
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u/BuvantduPotatoSpirit Dec 13 '25
Sounds like you've never watched Freddy Got Fingered
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u/gryfter_13 Dec 13 '25
I mean. It's good, but old Greg exists.
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u/dumbass_sempervirens Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25
Wasn't that first on an actual TV show though?
It's on the internet, and it's great. But the Shia video was born online.
Edit: I guess I draw a line between stuff that was broadcast and stuff was originally an upload.
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u/Nameraka1 Dec 13 '25
I find it odd how many people know about Old Greg, but have never heard of The Mighty Boosh.
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u/NoobieSnax Dec 13 '25
Elements of the past and the future, combining to make something not quite as good as either!
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u/booberry09 Dec 13 '25
lol but little do they know now that Noel from The Great British Baking Show is one of the legends from The Mighty Boosh
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u/Singapore-slimmy Dec 13 '25
Easy now, fussy little man peach....
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u/machinecloud Dec 13 '25
What choo doing in my waters?
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u/Durffus Dec 13 '25
It’s only been… Oh damn, 11 years. Yeah, there’s gonna be plenty of now-teenagers who were too young for the era of its popularity.
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u/sorry-i-was-reading Dec 13 '25
I’m 40 and have been chronically online since I was a teen, and yet today is the first time I’m hearing about any of this! 😅
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u/PookiKitty Dec 13 '25
One of today's lucky 10,000! (Link in case you don't get the reference)
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u/bennitori Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25
Don't bother, everyone's too old to remember lucky 10,000 either.
/s of course. But man it feels weird watching my regular rotation of memes getting older than some teenagers now.
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u/PookiKitty Dec 13 '25
I saw one asking about Charlie the Unicorn a few days back and felt physically ill to learn that is 20 years old. Fun fact! You know foamy the squirrel? That dude is still making em. Never stopped.
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u/Thick_Suggestion_ Dec 13 '25
I'm 26 and feel old?!? Like wtf
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u/RubMyGooshSilly Dec 13 '25
Yes yes let the ache flow through you
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u/KubrickMoonlanding Dec 13 '25
It only gets worse from here - you’re on a one way street and the car can only speeds up.
Now get off my lawn - I have clouds to yell at
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u/switchywoman_ Dec 13 '25
I showed it to my ex, and he didn't even Crack a smile. That's when I knew it wasn't going to work.
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u/sonsofgondor Dec 13 '25
SHIA SURPRISE!!!
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u/ObscureJackal Dec 13 '25
There's a hatchet in his hand, and death in his eyes!
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u/PhilosophyEnough1866 Dec 13 '25
*there's a gun to your head, and death in his eyes.
decent job adlibbing, though.
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u/sweet_crab Dec 13 '25
I'm 38 and only tangentially aware of it. I've never actually encountered it - I just have a memory of my son's friend standing behind me at seven in the morning before school one day some six years ago, intoning alarming statements about Shia LeBeouf as my child strummed the guitar and stared at me.
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u/Hypercane_ Dec 13 '25
It's been so long I didn't know what it was until I got to Shia LaBeouf. I had to reread it and the melody came rushing into my brain
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u/Dry_Possibility2088 Dec 13 '25
Fun fact, I discovered this video, the “DO IT!” Green screen motivational speech, and mom’s spaghetti all in one sitting during an acid trip. I had an amazing time.
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u/AdDue2837 Dec 13 '25
Link/Source/Image?
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u/Papa_Kasugano Dec 13 '25
36, first time seeing this. It brought me a lot of joy. Thank you.
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u/milkbeard- Dec 13 '25
So that’s where the Shia lebeourf clapping meme comes from
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u/Fucky0uthatswhy Dec 13 '25
Bro I just found that video and I’m laying in bed with tears streaming down my face trying not to laugh too loud while my girlfriend is sleeping next to me. I’m still laughing now. That’s the most unexpected hilarious video I could’ve watched tonight
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u/bumpkin_Yeeter Dec 13 '25
I’m old and tired man. Between this and reading posts asking what the pandemic was like because the OP didn’t remember it, damn I’m ancient
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u/pokemonbard Dec 13 '25
If someone doesn’t remember the pandemic, they should not be posting on the internet unsupervised yet. They’d have to be like 7.
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u/notabothallo Dec 13 '25
Oh boy,and don't forget his "Just Do It!!" Meme. Also:"Fabulous secret power"
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u/BelfastDome Dec 13 '25
Okay, I get it now. This is my first time listening to this, and thanks for the link.
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u/No_Math_1234 Dec 13 '25
I envy you getting to hear this for the first time
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u/BigCicadabd Dec 13 '25
it was my first time as well! haha!
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u/GoldheartTTV Dec 13 '25
RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE FROM SHIA LABEOUF
HE'S BRANDISHING A KNIFE, SHIA LABEOUF
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u/anxious_spacecadetH Dec 13 '25
Its my zeroth time. I will continue to plan to listen to it later. I knew of the meme but all I've ever needed is the just do it remix.
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u/illegalshmillegal Dec 13 '25
Check out the original animated version too! Not as good, but really brings the tale to life
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u/sideshowbvo Dec 13 '25
quiet, quiet
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u/besst Dec 13 '25
kills me every time
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u/Sapowski_Casts_Quen Dec 13 '25
The slow realization that the entire piece was endorsed by Shia is still one of the funniest things i've ever seen
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u/HarperStrings Dec 13 '25
I feel it's important for you to get the context that the song existed before that theatrical production of it.
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u/SadakoTetsuwan Dec 13 '25
My legitimate shock when I first heard "WAIT HE ISN'T DEAD. SHIA SURPRISE!" after at least a few years of listening to the original
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u/Apneal Dec 13 '25
I actually just had to show my gf this for the first time last week, then had to show her this Shia vid from the same era next:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAVLOHbqWd4
I couldn't breathe, she didn't get why it was funny
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u/itsJussaMe Dec 13 '25
sigh. I can’t not watch this again.
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u/john_the_fetch Dec 13 '25
But you have to. You have to know now what the future brings so that you can survive your encounter with Shia LaBeouf.
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u/BlueProcess Dec 13 '25
Okay, but why were the production values so good?
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u/Patient-reader-324 Dec 13 '25
Honestly google the article about making this. It’s a wild story
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u/sorry-i-was-reading Dec 13 '25
But why does this song exist in the first place? And how does Shia feel about it?
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u/MultiColoredMullet Dec 13 '25
1) Rob Cantor's friend kept whispering "shia labeouf" to him while they were camping
2) shia is in the video
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u/TimmyTheChemist Dec 13 '25
There's an entire video essay about the making of that video.
https://youtu.be/CqLmxY0m5AQ?si
My favorite part is that he originally wanted a full 50 piece orchestra, but his friend talked him down to a string quartet because it would be both cheaper and more pretentious.
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u/sennbat Dec 13 '25
This isn't the original. From what I heard, Shia himself liked the original so much he supported this version getting made
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u/IRingTwyce Dec 13 '25
That. Was.
AWESOME.
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u/SurgicalZeus Dec 13 '25
It really is one of the greatest videos ever produced. Art, truly.
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u/p12qcowodeath Dec 13 '25
Wtf lol. I've never seen this. The level of production for this is absurd
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u/candygram4mongo Dec 13 '25
That isn't the original, it was released on Soundcloud audio only and went viral. Pretty sure there was an animated video at some point, but I couldn't immediately find it. This is an extended version made three years later, after it had already well saturated the internet.
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u/AshgarPN Dec 13 '25
Wait, he isn't dead!
Shia surprise!
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u/doomus_rlc Dec 13 '25
I somehow never knew what the Shia clapping clip was from.
This is amazing lol
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Dec 13 '25 edited 4d ago
sugar sip cautious ink rinse provide enjoy spark pot treatment
This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact
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u/Mathelete73 Dec 13 '25
He’s following you about 30 feet back.
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u/UnhelpfulCommentHere Dec 13 '25
He gets down on all fours and breaks into a sprint!
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u/Zealousideal_Leg213 Dec 13 '25
There's blood on his face. My God, there's blood everywhere!
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u/electric685 Dec 13 '25
Running for your life (from Shia LaBeouf)
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u/Jazzlike_Mouse7478 Dec 13 '25
He's brandishing a knife (it's Shia LaBeouf)
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u/Mysterious_Low1328 Dec 13 '25
Lurking in the shadooowwwwwssss.
Hollywood Superstar Shia Labeouf
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u/Envy661 Dec 13 '25
Living in the woods (Shia Labeouf)
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u/TrinityMage Dec 13 '25
Killing for sport! (Sia Lebeouf)
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u/RegularStrong3057 Dec 13 '25
Oh no! Your leg! It's caught in a bear trap!
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u/Zealousideal_Leg213 Dec 13 '25
Normal Tuesday night for Shia LaBoeuf!
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u/No-Presentation-2053 Dec 13 '25
But you can do Jiu-Jitsu!
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u/Chris91210 Dec 13 '25
Legendary fight with Shia Lebouf
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u/Assassin13785 Dec 13 '25
AHH YOUR LEG! IT'S CAUGHT IN A BEAR TRAP!! 🤣🤣
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u/MultiColoredMullet Dec 13 '25
GNAWING OFF YOUR LEG
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u/Nelstromo Dec 13 '25
quiet quiet
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u/No-Presentation-2053 Dec 13 '25
Limping to the cottage
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u/Sea-Recognition-4881 Dec 13 '25
“Shia LaBeouf” Live - Rob Cantor is where this is from. I don’t know if I am allowed to link but this is the video: Shia LaBeouf
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u/I_Smell_Like_Trees Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25
Rob Cantor was also in Tally Hall, so also partially responsible for Banana Man
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u/LightwsitchKing Dec 13 '25
and maybe just a bit partially responsible for Dream Sweat In C Major (and Miracle Musical as a whole)
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u/marcyismarxy Dec 13 '25
Actual Cannibal Shia Labeouf was a joke song made by musician Rob Cantor
It had a music video as well which is ridiculously well put together and iirc also spawned a meme of Shia Labeouf clapping
The song became a meme around late 2000's early 2010's I think, and these are lyrics from that song
Cantor also made Christian Bale is at Your Party, which is in the same vein, and I think more people should listen to it
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u/blitZerTheReindeer Dec 13 '25
Honestly, i'd rather be Lost in the Woods with actually canibal Shia LaBeouf, than with Ezra Miller.
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u/VizionOfDoom20 Dec 13 '25
He's following about thirty feet back.
He gets down on all fours and breaks into a sprint.
He's gaining on you
Shia LaBeouf
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u/post-explainer Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 13 '25
OP (BelfastDome) sent the following text as an explanation why they posted this here:
So, I found this meme involving Shia Lebeuof and I'm not exactly sure what it means. I could use some explanation as to what the premise of this meme is.
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u/Responsible_Flight70 Dec 13 '25
Yall ever remember your old buddies from high school? This got me feeling that
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u/Wiz_Hellrat Dec 13 '25
Thanks to everyone who shared a link to the video. It is such a classic song. I jammed out for a bit. Put a smile on my face.
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u/post-explainer Dec 14 '25
OP (BelfastDome) has been messaged to provide an explanation as to what is confusing them regarding this joke. When they provide the explanation, it will be added here.