People Getting Arrested Over Big Boots

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People Getting Arrested Over Big Boots refers to a series of AI-generated videos of people in extremely oversized boots getting fined and arrested by police for wearing them. Originally created by TikToker @bluweesh, the clips feature humorous arguments over the legality of wearing big boots in public and saw viral spread in early 2024.

Origin

On December 17th, 2023, TikTok^[1] user @bluweesh posted a slideshow of AI-generated images of people wearing extremely oversized boots at a supermarket. The video (shown below) received over 80,000 views and 5,500 likes in two months.

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7313689467175341345

On December 27th, 2023, @bluweesh posted an AI-generated video consisting of multiple clips of people wearing oversized boots getting fined by police officers, paired with AI-voiced dialogue between the policemen and the detained. The video (shown below) received over 2.4 million views and 202,000 likes on TikTok^[2] in one month.

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7317421325822315809

I haven't done anything wrong, they're just big boots!

Spread

In the following month, @bluweesh posted multiple AI-generated videos of people being fined and arrested over wearing extremely oversized boots. Several of the videos went viral: for example, on January 12th, @bluweesh posted a TikTok^[3] that garnered over 4.2 million views and 642,000 views in one month (shown below, left). On January 22nd, 2023, @bluweesh posted a video that received over 5.8 million views and 801,000 likes on TikTok^[4] in two weeks (shown below).

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7323333752736730401

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7326989169044114720

I'm genuinely confused, they are just big boots.

The videos saw furthers spread online through reposts on Instagram, iFunny^[5] and other sites. For example, on February 5th, 2024, X^[6] user @AinterShow reposted one of the videos, with the repost garnering over 20 reposts and 140 likes in three days.

I'm Covered In Foam, Dawg

I'm Covered In Foam Dawg refers to a series of AI-generated videos of people covered head-to-toe in foam and talking with the police, often saying the line, "I'm covered in foam, dawg." The videos are spun off of the "People Getting Arrested Over Big Boots" meme and were popularized on TikTok in mid-February 2024, with numerous examples also including big boots or big gloves.