# "Fans Explaining" Montages "Fans Explaining" Montages, also called X Slander, are stereotype supercuts set to The Powerpuff Girls or What's New, Scooby-Doo? theme songs, where each clip roasts a different fandom under a genre umbrella. Twitter user @OnePunchDio started the anime version in March 2021, and by May 2022 YouTubers were running the same template for countries, Roblox and Mobile Legends under the Slander banner[1][6]. ## Origin On March 9, 2021, Twitter user @OnePunchDio (DioWhosAHeroForFun) posted a montage captioned "The current state of Anime Fans," cutting between reaction GIFs tagged as One Piece, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Attack on Titan fans over the Powerpuff Girls theme song[2]. The original tweet picked up 470 views, 30 retweets and 75 likes in its first three weeks, modest numbers that undersold what the format was about to do[6]. @OnePunchDio released "Anime Fans: Part 2" on March 22, 2021, keeping the same structure and audio[3]. Know Your Meme documents the format under the names "The State of Fans" Montages and "Fans When" Montages, tying it to the broader fandom generalization meme family[6]. - **Platform:** Twitter (origin) / YouTube (viral spread as X Slander) - **Creator:** @OnePunchDio (DioWhosAHeroForFun) - **Date:** 2021 ## Overview Each montage stitches together short reaction GIFs, meme clips and voice bites, with every segment labeled as a different fandom inside a shared category. The audio bed is almost always the opening theme of The Powerpuff Girls or What's New, Scooby-Doo?, which gives the roast a cartoon pep that undercuts the insults on screen[1]. A typical anime version will cut from a One Piece fan to a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fan to an Attack on Titan fan, each shown as some loud, deranged or oblivious caricature drawn from pre-existing viral clips like Thank God for My Reefer and Ibai Llanos Explaining Things[6]. The gag only works when the targets share a category, so the fun is in the taxonomy. Anime, retro FPS games, racing sims, countries and mobile games each got their own edition[9][12]. By mid-2022, the Slander Memes label took over on YouTube, where longer, punchier compilations replaced the short Twitter clip format[10][11]. ## How It Spread Reposts carried the clip faster than the original ever moved. A March 10 iFunny mirror pulled 580 smiles, a March 13 Instagram repost by needs.exe cleared 40,000 views and a March 17 crosspost to r/Animemes titled "shounen fans be like" hit 2,300 upvotes[6]. On March 22, 2021, the account Images with Deltarune Music swapped the Powerpuff theme for Deltarune tracks and landed 24,500 views in a week, the first proof that the audio was swappable[6]. The template jumped out of anime next. YouTuber BK4 uploaded a Gran Turismo version on March 23, 2021, and it drew over 65,000 views in a week[1]. On March 27, the @TheFunny_mp4 Twitter account's repost of the original anime clip hit 152,000 views in four days[6]. By mid-2022, the format rebranded as X Slander on YouTube. GabLikesFrogs posted "Country Slander (DARK HUMOR)" on June 24, 2021, which cleared 1 million views over ten months[3]. Soopkrz's follow-up country slander video from May 7, 2022 hit 1.4 million views in two weeks[4]. Tutili applied the template to Roblox on August 17, 2021 for 380,000 views[5], and Backrow Bandits' December 8, 2021 "Mobile legends Slander memes" video drew 122,000 views[7]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is "Fans Explaining" Montages? A video format that stitches together reaction GIFs and viral clips, each labeled as a different fandom inside a shared category like anime or racing games, usually over the Powerpuff Girls or Scooby-Doo theme[6]. ### Where did "Fans Explaining" Montages come from? Twitter user @OnePunchDio posted the first anime fans version on March 9, 2021, drawing on earlier fandom generalization memes[2][6]. ### What does "Fans Explaining" Montages mean? The title riffs on fandom generalizations, roasting each fanbase through a stereotype clip; the follow-up label X Slander describes the same roast structure applied to countries, games or platforms[1]. ### How do you use "Fans Explaining" Montages? Pick a category, line up short GIFs or clips for each sub-fandom under it, label each one, and lay the Powerpuff Girls or What's New, Scooby-Doo? theme over the whole cut[9]. ### Is "Fans Explaining" Montages still popular? The original Twitter format faded, but its X Slander descendant on YouTube kept racking up views into 2022, with Soopkrz's country slander video hitting 1.4 million views that May[4]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfIAZ4i0smU]() 2. [https://x.com/i/status/1369354981782982658]() 3. [https://x.com/i/status/1374153008641146884]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_mNEEm75W0]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMVPlAm6rUg]() 6. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fans-explaining-montages-x-slander]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruedJjZ1mw0]() 8. [https://x.com/i/status/1375513457223639041]() 9. [https://x.com/i/status/1376982207445790727]() 10. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHXs-Ki1PRE]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/fans-explaining-montages-x-slander Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library