Viral "Roached In The Cereal" Meme Sound Explained

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Have you seen this TikToker's prank on his mom. She really didn't like it - so much so that her reaction became a viral meme sound on TikTok.   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, when, 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'm making...

00:43Shut up.

00:48I'm making a video, you kind of...

00:53Now, 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.

01:03There 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.

01:30There 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.

01:48There 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 with 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 now!

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

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

02:21Trust me!

02:23Trust me!

02:23I don't want to do it to you now!

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