We're Gonna Crash

About

We're Gonna Crash refers to a webcomic in which a woman on a passenger plane is telling the man sitting next to her, "I feel kinda silly for admitting this but I'm actually really nervous. This is my first-" The man cuts her off, saying, "We're gonna crash," looking directly at her and the viewer. The original meme was posted to iFunny in 2022. A voiceover of the comic went viral on TikTok in 2024, leading to redraws and exploitable usage with other characters from memes, television and movies.

Origin

On December 31st, 2022, iFunnier^[1] @Roal posted a two-panel comic in which a woman is talking to the male stranger sitting next to her on a plane, telling him that she's nervous about flying. The man looks at her and says, "We're gonna crash." In a year and a half, the post gained roughly 14,200 smiles (shown below). Around the same time, @Roal posted similar comics to iFunny.^[2]

i feel kinda silly for admitting this but im actually really nervous this is my firs-
WE'RE GONNA CRASH

Spread

Going into 2023, the comic was reposted elsewhere, like on January 6th, 2023, Tumblr^[3] user not-very-kawaii-of-you shared it, gaining over 6,800 notes in a year. Also on January 6th, Twitter / X^[4] user @shibmei posted it, writing, "This image killing me," receiving over 54,000 likes in a year (shown below, left).

On May 11th, 2023, Redditor^[5] kyubeiis shared a Chainsaw Man redraw of the comic with characters Kobeni and Power, gaining over 2,700 upvotes in one year (shown below, right).

On March 16th, 2024, TikToker^[6] @absurd_721 posted a moldy voiceover of the meme, receiving over 2.3 million plays and 341,500 likes in two months (shown below, left).

Going into March 2024, animators started to re-animate the meme with different characters. For instance, an early, viral example was posted by TikToker^[7] @grim_xx on March 21st, 2024, who used characters from the Roblox game Regretevator, receiving over 153,300 plays and 32,900 likes in two months (shown below, right).

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