Ruler Of Everything Do You Like How I Walk

2020Music video edit / lip-sync memesemi-active

Also known as: Do You Like How I Walk? · Ruler of Everything Meme

Ruler of Everything Do You Like How I Walk is a 2020 character-synced music video edit meme built around Tally Hall's song, starting with Big Floppa and exploding in January 2021 via a Trollface version.

"Ruler of Everything," also known as "Do You Like How I Walk?", is a meme trend built around the song "Ruler of Everything" by American rock band Tally Hall. Starting with a Big Floppa edit on Twitter in August 2020, the format exploded in January 2021 when a Trollface version hit Reddit, spawning hundreds of character-synced videos across YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Overview

The meme involves editing together clips or images of a character (fictional or real) performing actions that match the lyrics and rhythm of Tally Hall's "Ruler of Everything." The song's shifting tempos and theatrical delivery make it ideal for syncing visual gags to specific lyrical beats. Creators pick a character, find or draw images/clips of them doing things that correspond to the words ("Do you like how I walk? Do you like how I talk?"), and cut them together into a music video-style edit.

The format works because the song has a strong narrative arc with distinct sections. The opening is bouncy and conversational, the middle gets introspective, and the ending builds into an intense, almost menacing crescendo. Editors exploit these shifts to create tonal whiplash, often starting silly and ending dark or dramatic.

Tally Hall, a rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, released "Ruler of Everything" on their debut album *Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum* on October 24, 20053. The album was originally an independent release, later picked up by Quack! Media in 2006 and re-recorded for Atlantic Records in 20083. Despite the album's cult following, "Ruler of Everything" didn't become a meme until fifteen years after its release.

On August 30, 2020, Twitter user @radialasymmetry posted a video that paired clips and images of Big Floppa and other caracals with the song's lyrics, matching the animals' movements and expressions to the words1. The post pulled in over 100,700 views, 3,500 retweets, and 9,900 likes across six months1. While popular on its own, the video didn't immediately launch a wider trend.

Origin & Background

Platform
Twitter (first edit by @radialasymmetry), Reddit (viral Trollface version on r/okbuddyretard)
Key People
@radialasymmetry, vinlind, Tally Hall
Date
2020 (first edit), 2021 (viral spread)

Tally Hall, a rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, released "Ruler of Everything" on their debut album *Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum* on October 24, 2005. The album was originally an independent release, later picked up by Quack! Media in 2006 and re-recorded for Atlantic Records in 2008. Despite the album's cult following, "Ruler of Everything" didn't become a meme until fifteen years after its release.

On August 30, 2020, Twitter user @radialasymmetry posted a video that paired clips and images of Big Floppa and other caracals with the song's lyrics, matching the animals' movements and expressions to the words. The post pulled in over 100,700 views, 3,500 retweets, and 9,900 likes across six months. While popular on its own, the video didn't immediately launch a wider trend.

How It Spread

The format sat dormant for nearly five months after @radialasymmetry's original post. Then on January 23, 2021, Redditor vinlind posted a Trollface version of the edit to r/okbuddyretard, where it racked up over 16,700 upvotes in two weeks. The Trollface version tapped into the early 2021 Trollface renaissance, where the once-retired rage comic character was being repurposed in surreal and unsettling edits.

Four days later, on January 27, 2021, YouTube user McJimbles uploaded another Trollface version using the song's intense ending section, which collected over 145,000 views over the following two years. On February 4, 2023, YouTube user Chase Hukill assembled a complete Trollface version combining his own footage with vinlind's and McJimbles' clips, and that compilation pulled over 2.7 million views in two years.

The Trollface breakout triggered a wave of character-specific edits across multiple platforms. On January 28, 2021, Twitter user @harvjavivr posted a Super Mario version that earned over 4,800 retweets and 18,100 likes in a single week. A full-length version later appeared on their YouTube channel "Javi" in March 2021. On February 28, 2021, YouTube user intense uploaded a cat compilation version synced to the song, which hit over 500,000 views.

March 2021 brought even bigger entries. YouTube user Official Staircase posted a Hatsune Miku cover version on March 7, picking up over 900,000 views. The next day, Golden Goose Productions dropped a Dr. Doofenshmirtz version using the *Phineas and Ferb* villain, crossing one million views.

Media

How to Use This Meme

The standard approach:

1

Pick a character with enough visual material (screenshots, fan art, photos) to match the song's lyrics

2

Listen through "Ruler of Everything" and identify the key lyrical beats ("Do you like how I walk?", "Do you like how I talk?", the philosophical middle section, and the intense finale)

3

Find or create images/clips of your chosen character doing things that literally or humorously match each lyric

4

Edit the clips together, timing them to the song's rhythm

5

The ending section is often where creators go hardest, matching the song's intensity with dramatic, creepy, or absurd visuals

Cultural Impact

The meme drove a wave of new listeners to Tally Hall, a band that had been largely inactive since the early 2010s. *Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum* was reissued on vinyl, cassette, and CD by Needlejuice Records on March 13, 2021, timing that coincided almost perfectly with the meme's peak popularity. While the reissue was likely planned before the meme blew up, the renewed attention to the band gave the album a second life among Gen Z listeners who discovered Tally Hall through the edits.

The trend also fed into a broader pattern of early 2021 meme culture, where creators were reviving and recontextualizing older internet characters (like Trollface) and pairing them with unexpected audio. The "Ruler of Everything" format proved that any song with strong rhythmic and tonal variation could become a meme template if the right edit caught fire.

Fun Facts

Tally Hall's *Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum* is named after a real museum of mechanized curiosities in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and the album cover art is based on machines from that museum.

A Simlish version of "Good Day" (another track from the same album) was created for *The Sims 2*, and was later included as a hidden pregap track on the Needlejuice Records CD reissue.

The five months between @radialasymmetry's original Big Floppa edit and the Trollface breakout show how meme formats can lie dormant until the right remix hits the right community at the right time.

"Good Day" from the same album won a $10,000 prize from the 2004 BMI John Lennon Scholarship for songwriters aged 15-24.

Derivatives & Variations

Trollface versions

— The most popular and widespread variant, with multiple creators contributing sections that were eventually compiled into full-length edits. The Trollface version's eerie tone during the song's climax became iconic[1].

Character-specific edits

— Super Mario, Hatsune Miku, Dr. Doofenshmirtz, and cat compilations each became distinct sub-trends with their own followings[1].

Hatsune Miku cover version

— Beyond just using Miku images, Official Staircase's version featured a vocal cover of the song in Miku's synthetic voice, blending the edit format with Vocaloid fan culture[1].

Frequently Asked Questions

Ruler Of Everything Do You Like How I Walk

2020Music video edit / lip-sync memesemi-active

Also known as: Do You Like How I Walk? · Ruler of Everything Meme

Ruler of Everything Do You Like How I Walk is a 2020 character-synced music video edit meme built around Tally Hall's song, starting with Big Floppa and exploding in January 2021 via a Trollface version.

"Ruler of Everything," also known as "Do You Like How I Walk?", is a meme trend built around the song "Ruler of Everything" by American rock band Tally Hall. Starting with a Big Floppa edit on Twitter in August 2020, the format exploded in January 2021 when a Trollface version hit Reddit, spawning hundreds of character-synced videos across YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Overview

The meme involves editing together clips or images of a character (fictional or real) performing actions that match the lyrics and rhythm of Tally Hall's "Ruler of Everything." The song's shifting tempos and theatrical delivery make it ideal for syncing visual gags to specific lyrical beats. Creators pick a character, find or draw images/clips of them doing things that correspond to the words ("Do you like how I walk? Do you like how I talk?"), and cut them together into a music video-style edit.

The format works because the song has a strong narrative arc with distinct sections. The opening is bouncy and conversational, the middle gets introspective, and the ending builds into an intense, almost menacing crescendo. Editors exploit these shifts to create tonal whiplash, often starting silly and ending dark or dramatic.

Tally Hall, a rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, released "Ruler of Everything" on their debut album *Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum* on October 24, 2005. The album was originally an independent release, later picked up by Quack! Media in 2006 and re-recorded for Atlantic Records in 2008. Despite the album's cult following, "Ruler of Everything" didn't become a meme until fifteen years after its release.

On August 30, 2020, Twitter user @radialasymmetry posted a video that paired clips and images of Big Floppa and other caracals with the song's lyrics, matching the animals' movements and expressions to the words. The post pulled in over 100,700 views, 3,500 retweets, and 9,900 likes across six months. While popular on its own, the video didn't immediately launch a wider trend.

Origin & Background

Platform
Twitter (first edit by @radialasymmetry), Reddit (viral Trollface version on r/okbuddyretard)
Key People
@radialasymmetry, vinlind, Tally Hall
Date
2020 (first edit), 2021 (viral spread)

Tally Hall, a rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, released "Ruler of Everything" on their debut album *Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum* on October 24, 2005. The album was originally an independent release, later picked up by Quack! Media in 2006 and re-recorded for Atlantic Records in 2008. Despite the album's cult following, "Ruler of Everything" didn't become a meme until fifteen years after its release.

On August 30, 2020, Twitter user @radialasymmetry posted a video that paired clips and images of Big Floppa and other caracals with the song's lyrics, matching the animals' movements and expressions to the words. The post pulled in over 100,700 views, 3,500 retweets, and 9,900 likes across six months. While popular on its own, the video didn't immediately launch a wider trend.

How It Spread

The format sat dormant for nearly five months after @radialasymmetry's original post. Then on January 23, 2021, Redditor vinlind posted a Trollface version of the edit to r/okbuddyretard, where it racked up over 16,700 upvotes in two weeks. The Trollface version tapped into the early 2021 Trollface renaissance, where the once-retired rage comic character was being repurposed in surreal and unsettling edits.

Four days later, on January 27, 2021, YouTube user McJimbles uploaded another Trollface version using the song's intense ending section, which collected over 145,000 views over the following two years. On February 4, 2023, YouTube user Chase Hukill assembled a complete Trollface version combining his own footage with vinlind's and McJimbles' clips, and that compilation pulled over 2.7 million views in two years.

The Trollface breakout triggered a wave of character-specific edits across multiple platforms. On January 28, 2021, Twitter user @harvjavivr posted a Super Mario version that earned over 4,800 retweets and 18,100 likes in a single week. A full-length version later appeared on their YouTube channel "Javi" in March 2021. On February 28, 2021, YouTube user intense uploaded a cat compilation version synced to the song, which hit over 500,000 views.

March 2021 brought even bigger entries. YouTube user Official Staircase posted a Hatsune Miku cover version on March 7, picking up over 900,000 views. The next day, Golden Goose Productions dropped a Dr. Doofenshmirtz version using the *Phineas and Ferb* villain, crossing one million views.

Media

How to Use This Meme

The standard approach:

1

Pick a character with enough visual material (screenshots, fan art, photos) to match the song's lyrics

2

Listen through "Ruler of Everything" and identify the key lyrical beats ("Do you like how I walk?", "Do you like how I talk?", the philosophical middle section, and the intense finale)

3

Find or create images/clips of your chosen character doing things that literally or humorously match each lyric

4

Edit the clips together, timing them to the song's rhythm

5

The ending section is often where creators go hardest, matching the song's intensity with dramatic, creepy, or absurd visuals

Cultural Impact

The meme drove a wave of new listeners to Tally Hall, a band that had been largely inactive since the early 2010s. *Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum* was reissued on vinyl, cassette, and CD by Needlejuice Records on March 13, 2021, timing that coincided almost perfectly with the meme's peak popularity. While the reissue was likely planned before the meme blew up, the renewed attention to the band gave the album a second life among Gen Z listeners who discovered Tally Hall through the edits.

The trend also fed into a broader pattern of early 2021 meme culture, where creators were reviving and recontextualizing older internet characters (like Trollface) and pairing them with unexpected audio. The "Ruler of Everything" format proved that any song with strong rhythmic and tonal variation could become a meme template if the right edit caught fire.

Fun Facts

Tally Hall's *Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum* is named after a real museum of mechanized curiosities in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and the album cover art is based on machines from that museum.

A Simlish version of "Good Day" (another track from the same album) was created for *The Sims 2*, and was later included as a hidden pregap track on the Needlejuice Records CD reissue.

The five months between @radialasymmetry's original Big Floppa edit and the Trollface breakout show how meme formats can lie dormant until the right remix hits the right community at the right time.

"Good Day" from the same album won a $10,000 prize from the 2004 BMI John Lennon Scholarship for songwriters aged 15-24.

Derivatives & Variations

Trollface versions

— The most popular and widespread variant, with multiple creators contributing sections that were eventually compiled into full-length edits. The Trollface version's eerie tone during the song's climax became iconic[1].

Character-specific edits

— Super Mario, Hatsune Miku, Dr. Doofenshmirtz, and cat compilations each became distinct sub-trends with their own followings[1].

Hatsune Miku cover version

— Beyond just using Miku images, Official Staircase's version featured a vocal cover of the song in Miku's synthetic voice, blending the edit format with Vocaloid fan culture[1].

Frequently Asked Questions