# You're Too Slow! You're Too Slow! is a taunt Sonic the Hedgehog performs in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where he jogs in place with his feet tracing an infinity sign while mocking opponents[3]. After the game's 2008 release, the clip was ripped, looped, and remixed into one of the earliest Sonic-based YouTube Poops, spawning years of parody edits. ## Origin Super Smash Bros. Brawl launched in the United States on January 31, 2008, and the taunt was written specifically for Sonic's appearance in the game[1]. Within days, taunt-showcase videos began hitting YouTube; one of the earliest circulating uploads collects Sonic's full taunt animations in a single clip[5]. The line was flagged as grating almost instantly, both because of Sonic's smug tone and because the taunt could be mashed without cooldown. On August 3, 2008, YouTuber onepiececool uploaded one of the first remix tracks to use the audio, pitching the line into a looping song that pulled in hundreds of thousands of views over the following years[6]. That video helped establish the template for every You're Too Slow! edit that followed: isolate the clip, loop it, build something stupid around it. - **Platform:** Super Smash Bros. Brawl / YouTube (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2008 ## Overview You're Too Slow! is Sonic's down taunt in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, delivered while he jogs in place with his legs blurring into a figure-eight loop[1]. The pose borrows directly from the Super Peel-Out move introduced in Sonic CD, where Sonic charges his feet into an infinity sign to launch forward at ramming speed[2]. In Brawl the animation is purely cosmetic, which is part of what made it so irritating since players could spam it mid-match without consequence[3]. The meme itself is less about the taunt in isolation and more about what fans did with the audio. The line was ripped from Brawl footage almost immediately and spliced into music remixes, YouTube Poops, and shitpost edits that loop Sonic's smug delivery over and over[1]. Visually, the figure-eight leg animation became a shorthand for Sonic cockiness, resurfacing in webcomics and animated shorts long after Brawl's hype cycle ended[4]. ## How to Use The typical format samples Sonic's audio line and the figure-eight running animation, then loops either or both into a longer bit. Common conventions include stretching the clip into a music remix, dropping it in as a punchline over an unrelated video, or recreating the pose in fan art and animation to signal that a character is being insufferably cocky. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is You're Too Slow!? It's Sonic the Hedgehog's taunt in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where he jogs in place with his feet drawing a figure-eight while taunting the opponent, later remixed heavily online[1]. ### Where did You're Too Slow! come from? The line was written for Sonic's inclusion in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which launched in the U.S. on January 31, 2008; the figure-eight run itself dates back to the Super Peel-Out move in Sonic CD[2]. ### What does You're Too Slow! mean? In context it's Sonic bragging about his speed, but as a meme it's shorthand for over-the-top smugness, usually paired with the looping run animation[8]. ### How do you use You're Too Slow!? People typically sample the audio into music remixes, splice it into YouTube Poop edits, or reference the figure-eight leg animation in fan art and cartoons like Piemations' 2016 Sonic video[7]. ### Is You're Too Slow! still popular? It's a classic Sonic-meme touchstone that still gets referenced in fan work and comics well after Brawl's launch, with notable 2016 revivals from Piemations and Completely Serious Comics[4]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4KwbIdBZRs]() 2. [https://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Peel_Out]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-re-too-slow]() 4. [https://completelyseriouscomics.com/?p=581]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4KwbIdBZRs]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcIoBcGtdPI]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Fy_5Su10s]() 8. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=You%20Re%20Too%20Slow]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/you-re-too-slow Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library