I'm Ethan Bradberry
Published August 31, 2026
"I'm Ethan Bradberry" is a shouted self-introduction from a November 2015 YouTube prank video that got a second life in March 2016 after h3h3 Productions mocked its over-the-top delivery. Within days the aggressive intro fueled a run of remix edits, a dedicated subreddit, and a soundboard button, making it a signature audio drop of early 2016.
Overview
The joke works entirely on tone. Ethan Bradberry's introduction is delivered like a threat rather than a greeting, and editors loop, chop, and layer the shout over unrelated footage for absurd effect1. Common versions include green screen edits where his head floats over other clips, mashups where the audio replaces a movie line, and rapid-fire cuts that repeat the phrase back-to-back5.
The audio's life as a soundboard clip helped it stick around long after the original prank fell off. My Instants added a dedicated button so anyone could trigger the shout in a browser, which pushed it into Discord calls and stream chats3. The remixes lean on the gap between Bradberry's serious delivery and whatever trivial thing they're bolted onto, which is exactly the contrast h3h3 Productions picked apart in their reaction4.
Origin & Background
How It Spread
How to Use This Meme
Typically, editors take the isolated audio of Bradberry yelling his name and drop it over unrelated video, often as a hard cut or a punchline at the end of a longer clip8. Green screen versions of his head are commonly composited into scenes so his body appears in the frame while the shout plays7. For chat and stream use, the My Instants button is the standard way to trigger the audio live3.
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