# I'm Ethan Bradberry "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. ## Origin On November 25, 2015, the YouTube channel MoeAndET uploaded "Would Your Child Know How To Escape A House Fire!? (Social Experiment)," a fog-machine prank framed as a safety test[1]. The video opens with Ethan Bradberry aggressively announcing his full name straight into the camera before the setup starts. About a month later, on December 24, 2015, a small YouTube remix cut the intro together into a repeating loop, an early sign that the shout itself was the funny part, though it didn't spread far at that stage[5]. - **Platform:** YouTube (source) / YouTube (viral spread via h3h3 reaction) - **Creator:** Ethan Bradberry (MoeAndET) - **Date:** 2015 ## 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 effect[1]. 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-back[5]. 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 chats[3]. 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 reaction[4]. ## How It Spread Momentum picked up on March 3, 2016, when h3h3 Productions posted a reaction where Ethan and Hila Klein poked fun at the menacing delivery. Within two weeks that reaction pulled more than 600,000 views, pushing the clip in front of a much bigger audience[4]. The next day, March 4, 2016, editors piled on. One YouTuber posted a version that had Bradberry introducing himself on loop for a full minute[6], while another uploaded a green screen version of the shout so anyone could composite him into their own scenes[7]. By March 10, 2016, the /r/imethanbradberry subreddit was live as a home for the growing pile of edits[2]. Two days later, on March 12, 2016, My Instants added a dedicated soundboard button for the clip[3], and by March 13 a YouTube search for the phrase already returned over 1,000 results[8]. ## How to Use 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 clip[8]. Green screen versions of his head are commonly composited into scenes so his body appears in the frame while the shout plays[7]. For chat and stream use, the My Instants button is the standard way to trigger the audio live[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is I'm Ethan Bradberry? A shouted YouTube intro from a 2015 MoeAndET prank video that turned into a widely remixed audio and soundboard meme in early 2016[4]. ### Where did I'm Ethan Bradberry come from? From the November 25, 2015 MoeAndET video "Would Your Child Know How To Escape A House Fire!? (Social Experiment)," which opens with Bradberry aggressively announcing his name[1]. ### What does I'm Ethan Bradberry mean? There's no literal meaning; the joke is the mismatch between the menacing shout and the trivial context editors drop it into[4]. ### How do you use I'm Ethan Bradberry? People trigger the audio through a My Instants soundboard button[3] or drop it over unrelated video as a jump-cut punchline[7]. ### Is I'm Ethan Bradberry still popular? Its viral peak was March 2016, but the soundboard clip is still around on remix sites and the dedicated subreddit[2][3]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76q9q-AVYkY]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/imethanbradberry/]() 3. [https://www.myinstants.com/instant/im-ethan-bradberry/]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-ethan-bradberry]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FudmlF9owPg]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bCzbUiB87M]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtqIIko7eNw]() 8. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfB0aoi8vZQ]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/im-ethan-bradberry Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library