About
“I’m Ethan Bradberry” is a memorable quote uttered by YouTuber Ethan Bradberry during the introduction to a prank video uploaded to the channel MoeAndET. After YouTuber h3h3 Productions posted a reaction to the video, a clip of Bradberry’s intro was used in numerous remix videos.
Origin
On November 25th, 2015, the MoeAndET channel uploaded a video titled “Would Your Child Know How To Escape A House Fire!? (Social Experiment)”, in which Moe and Ethan Bradberry use a fog machine to test how a child would react to a house fire (shown below, left). On December 24th, 2015, YouTuber Watch My Videos?! posted a remix video of Bradberry’s aggressive introduction repeated several times (shown below, right).
One of MoeAndETs pranks were later revealed to be fake.
Spread
On March 3rd, 2016, YouTuber h3h3 Productions uploaded a reaction to the original prank video, in which hosts Ethan and Hila Klein mocked the menacing and aggressive tone of the intro. In less than two weeks, the video garnered more than 600,000 views.
The following day YouTuber VinnytotheK uploaded an edited version of the prank video, featuring Bradberry repeatedly introducing himself (shown below, left). Also on March 4th, YouTuber Nela uploaded a greenscreen of Ethan shouting his name (shown below, right). As March 13th, searching “i’m ethan bradberry” on YouTube leads to over 1,000 results.[1] On March 10th, the /r/imethanbradberry[3] subreddit was launched, featuring remix videos of using the audio clip. On March 12th, a button for the audio clip was added to the web app My Instants.[2]
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]YouTube – Search for i’m ethan bradberry
[2]MyInstants – Im Ethan Bradberry
[3]Reddit – /r/imethanbradberry