Edgar's Fall — Two-panel image showing a boy in orange walking on a log and a boy in red jersey falling off into water

Edgar's Fall

2006viral videoclassic

Published November 3, 2026

Edgar's Fall, also known as Ya Guey, is a Mexican home video from May 2006 showing a boy named Edgar tumbling into a creek after his cousin Fernando shakes the log bridge under him. Edgar's shouted "Ya Guey!" turned into one of Latin America's earliest YouTube catchphrases, spawning Flash games, mobile ringtones and video game crossover parodies that approached 24 million aggregated views by 2011.

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Overview

Three ingredients carry Edgar's Fall / Ya Guey: visible hesitation on the branch, the sharp Monterrey-accented shout "Ya Guey!" and the splash that lands exactly when a viewer expects it1. Spanish speakers quote the line as a reaction to any slow-motion prank by a friend, where you can see the betrayal coming but cannot stop it in time.

Audio from the original was reused inside edits featuring video game and movie scenes. Fan parodies swapped Fernando for characters from Mario Bros, Street Fighter, Pokémon and Star Wars while keeping Edgar's yell on the soundtrack356. Real-life Edgar also appeared in Mexican television segments, and a mock presidential campaign site was set up around him4.

Origin & Background

Platform
YouTube
Creator
Fernando
Date
2006

The 20-second clip was uploaded to YouTube in May 2006 and shows Edgardo trying to cross a shallow creek on two tree branches at a ranch outside Monterrey, Mexico1. His cousin Fernando, filming off-screen, jostles the log; Edgar curses in a thick northern Mexican accent and pitches sideways into the water1. Both boys and the cameraman were later identified by Mexican media4.

How It Spread

Email forwards and Spanish-language blogs carried the video through the summer of 2006, and English-speaking viewers also shared it for the universal "friend knocks friend into water" setup. YouTube Mexico invited Edgar to its 2007 launch party, where he recorded a localized welcome video for the Mexican portal4. That same year, the cookie brand Gamesa produced a sequel commercial titled "La Venganza de Edgardo" ("Edgardo's Revenge"), reuniting the three original participants with Roman-costumed guards who shove Fernando and the cameraman into the creek (translated from Spanish)2.

By May 2011, aggregated re-uploads of the fall approached 24 million views on YouTube, keeping it among the most-watched Latin American clips on the site at the time4. User-generated spinoffs included Flash minigames based on the log-shaking mechanic and mobile ringtones made from the shout, plus edits reusing the audio inside gaming and film scenes56.

Timeline

2006-05

Fernando uploads the original clip of Edgar falling into the creek near Monterrey to YouTube[1].

2007

Gamesa releases the "La Venganza de Edgardo" cookie commercial with the three original participants[2].

2007

YouTube Mexico invites Edgar to its launch party; he records a welcome video for the Mexican portal[4].

2011-05

Aggregated re-uploads of the clip approach 24 million views, one of the most-watched Latin American YouTube videos of the era[4].

How to Use This Meme

Fans typically caption "Ya Guey!" over footage of someone noticing a prank an instant too late, or splice the original audio onto a video game or movie moment where a character gets betrayed by their partner.

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