Real or FAKE ONLINE TRENDS of 2023! | Thomas Sanders

Putting a spin on the game, you all submitted prompts to us of either real trends seen online this year or fake ones you made up, and we had to guess which ones were which!! And, as suspected, my non-internety-savvy behind was quite surprised by what I learned!! Will YOU do better than us??
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[@AthenaPOfficial]

DOMINIC’S BARBENHEIMER OUTFIT REVEAL IS INCREDIBLE

[@juliazaloom]

hi Athena love your vids

[@ThomasSanders]

WE WERE GOBSMACKED

[@MonkeytheFander]

I like your videos Athena, and I’m very happy to know you’re a fan of Thomas Sanders as well.

[@twixandothertrixes]

Oh hey look, another person I follow 😂

[@sananatheskanana6299]

OMG ATHENA I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

[@kayleighmims9073]

Dominic scurrying up the stairs to the Barbenhiemer outfit like a rat was great. I don’t mean that in a rude way. Rats are great and so is Dominic

[@ThomasSanders]

We just thought he was going to get the new paddles, we had no idea he was changing lol

[@MissSarcastic21]

That egg trend was so cruel. I’m glad it went away quickly.

[@thespeedyyoshi]

Same. I’m did not like it. The poor kids are so shocked 😅😅

[@thatguyblu23]

Literally created trust issues for children ​@@thespeedyyoshi

[@ThomasSanders]

I enjoyed the ones where the parents allowed the kids to smash an egg on their heads in return

[@thatguyblu23]

@@ThomasSanders agreed, there was one in which the parent asked the child if they wanted an egg cracked on their head and if they said no, they didn't :)

[@lantearia]

ngl, I thought parents cracking eggs on your head was normal. My mum would do that to me as a kid while we were cooking. If I wasn't paying attention to her while I was doing other things, CRACK. No warning, nothing. Egg got in my hair or on my forehead? Must've moved, so it was my fault. Just got to the point that I expected it. She didn't even do it for clout. Parents have been doing it for years, it's just now, parents get attention for it. Which is, granted, much worse.

[@Ancusohm]

My favorite part of Goncharov was when Goncharov said, "It's gonching time." And then he gonched over everyone.

[@broblerone413]

should've won every Oscar with that scene alone

[@peachydoodles]

Lmao

[@NovaPearl58]

Wait I've literally never heard of this one just the 80s horror movie one

[@cheesencrackers9135]

Eepy is something my friends and I genuinely used FOR EACH OTHER, NOT JUST CATS We're a bit scattered across time zones, so whenever it's way too late for them to still be awake, we start lovingly pressuring them to "go a mimir it's eepy time" XD

[@ThomasSanders]

Frickin adorable

[@thespeedyyoshi]

All the time. My friends and are just say it casually. "I'm eepy" "go eep then" ">w< okayyyyyyyy"

[@bisdraws946]

So glad I’m not the only one

[@SuperNovaKat64]

yeah I use it all the time with my husband

[@fiflag]

SAME my friend group uses it constantly

[@That_Isabelle]

There is no way we got a Thomas Sanders x Genshin Impact Collab before GTA 6 😭

[@ThomasSanders]

Ya know, it surprised even myself

[@Harlem55]

​@@ThomasSanders Ah, another episode of spammersides?

[@justafangirl5221]

Can't believe Thomas Sanders who is in fact on tumblr DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE MASTERPIECE THAT IS GONCHAROV

[@Alex-qh8lo]

i know right??

[@bxbble_najimi]

Guys. He entered the genshin hole.

[@Fairy_Covers]

Heh… Genshin hole 😏

[@bxbble_najimi]

@@Fairy_Covers AYO???

[@isabellefuoss9737]

One of us, one of us, ONE OF US!! 😂

[@isabellefuoss9737]

One of us, one of us, ONE OF US!! 😂

[@bxbble_najimi]

@@isabellefuoss9737 ONE OF USSSS!!

[@ashcosplays7128]

I have an idea. It's less real vs. fake, but you should have people send in AO3 authors notes and figure out whether they updated the story or not.

[@_shroomish.unhinged_1003]

stop because theyre always so out there-

[@Dukeofnachos]

Ao3 authors be like "there's a category 5 hurricane on the way so I might not have power for a while" and then there's 30 more chapters

[@_shroomish.unhinged_1003]

@@Dukeofnachos "sorry for the late update, i got hit by a car and my heart temporarily stopped. im currently in the hospital" and theres 45 new chapters

[@AlphaSajza]

There's an entire Tumblr blog dedicated to this called "Come Hell or High Water They Will Write."

[@WelcomeApathy]

ColeyDoesThings covered some one time and it made me realize how hilarious they are! I love them.

[@shaztalion]

I won't lie... Mildly surprised that they didn't know about Goncharov, considering how it broke containment and various news sites were doing stories on it.

[@broblerone413]

yeah, that one and 'eepy' surprised me, i thought that everyone who was on the internet at those points in time knew about them. Goncharov especially, although i could just be thinking that bc i was really into it when it was a thing

[@Caitydid561]

The Goncharov trend was absolutely real, and it happened overnight. In fact, there's still a bunch of Goncharov stuff circulating around tumblr now.

[@randompasserbyer]

YEEAAHHHHH GONCHAROV!!! MY FAVORITE MAFIA MOVIE!! I loved the scene where the dude's father revealed himself after everyone thought he was dead. It was amazing. The cinematography was GORGEOUS!!

[@ThomasSanders]

This is incredible lololol

[@felixjimmyleon]

But the clocks kinda told us ahead of time it would happen!!!

[@WatsBlob]

This video is how i found out it was fake 😂

[@acadiaw9305]

YES that was such a good scene!! my personal favorite was the bridge scene with all the clock sounds in the background

[@lil.AK05]

Okay but ANY KATYA SCENE!!?!!

[@starace4031]

So glad the 🎵 Oratrice Mecanique D'Analyse Cardinale 🎵 made it in. Such a iconic trend of 2023. 😄 Would love to see Thomas play Genshin sometime - he might love Neuvillette and Wriothesley.

[@peachydoodles]

The first pronunciation attempt lmao

[@Ostrich0071]

One of my favorite things about Goncharov was when they claimed a Thai show (KinnPorsche) was a remake of Goncharov and then 1. People started claiming a real original show was a knock-off and 2. People started thinking KinnPorsche was also fake

[@mycatshuman]

Saw Neuvillette and nearly screamed 😅

[@ThomasSanders]

Hahaha! Amazing lololol

[@calethelettuce]

Oratrice Mechanique d’Analyse Cardinale ✨

[@JG-vh1xc]

I want more of this also Scorsese himself and his daughter acknowledged the trend

[@ThomasSanders]

Whoaaaa! That's amazing!!!

[@dan5827]

he said it was his favorite movie to make 😂

[@WelcomeApathy]

@@dan5827 I mean, it was the easiest for him! Although, it just wasn't very lucrative. lmao

[@LooseyGooseyArt]

The Suzi Stitches were genuinely unhinged lol 😂😂

[@ThomasSanders]

I can *only* imagine

[@Starmix-off-the-floor]

I loved that trend but my favorite was one where this girl like in the most condescending voice "wow yeah...store bought pesto, you are wild girl...wild...so one time I...." idk it made it even funnier xD

[@screamsformemes]

0:06 Thomas is looking cuter than usual and its killing me 3:33 this is sucha trend in the furry community that I almost say it on accident at work (at Fedex) 5:07 AJKSDFKLJASDF THANK YOU COLLEEN FOR EDITING THIS IN

[@thespeedyyoshi]

I’m so eepy >w

[@ThomasSanders]

I asked Colleen to place that clip in, my NOOO was so reminiscent of that moment for me lolol

[@Healion123]

Huh! Didn't know eepy was a big thing in the furry community too

[@thespeedyyoshi]

@@Healion123 I had no idea people DIDN’T know it was a thing lol I guess I’m just in my own bubble without realizing it

[@Healion123]

@@thespeedyyoshi I mean I know about the whole cat meme part, & I know some people like to say it as just a general replacement for sleepy it's specifically the furry community part that I didn't know. ah well, ya learn smth new everyday!

[@flutehammer_]

i love goncharov, i watched it recently and it really lives up to the hype. my favorite character was Sofia, (she's played by Sophia Loren) but Ice Pick Joe was pretty funny sometimes too. it really is the greatest mafia movie ever made.

[@codenamemolarpixie8412]

This video made my day! I love how Dominic and Quil just popped up out of nowhere, and I’m so happy everyone liked the dicey prompt❤

[@ThomasSanders]

Dude, that prompt was EVERYTHING

[@broblerone413]

i really wish that trend was real now 😭it'd be so funny

[@nemnyoom]

dominic and quil popping up from behind thomas and calypso made me genuinely squeal "yay!!!" and clap my hands like a child what odd habits we pick up by age 25

[@moonyloony8018]

Dominic's Barbeheimer outfit SLAYS❤❤

[@SkyLightBlue239]

Oh no.... i saw neuvillette and knew this is going to be interesting

[@equally.marketable]

A morsel of Thomas and friends shenanigans for the soul 🫶

[@ThomasSanders]

It's good for our souls as well!

[@twixandothertrixes]

I love that in the end, Dominic’s dancing was like way more chaotic than everyone else’s 😂

[@bonniesanders3340]

Seeing Thomas and Neuvillette as a video thumbnail- you KNOW this video is gonna be great

[@seahouse_cosplays4779]

The genshin one was my fav.

[@2placename]

5:34 As a Canadian who has learned French and maintained a barebones knowledge of the language with the ability to hold a basic conversation in the language, Dominic’s French is alright. It’s pretty in par with other Canadians who don’t know or maintain much French. I have friends who have grown up French from Sudbury and Kapuskasing who speak the language a lot better than me and plenty others. So again his French is on par with that of the majority of Canadians non-French Canadians.

[@hewwo6941]

As a French person myself, Dominic actually didn't do too bad ! Good job!

[@brynr2953]

Can't believe the Goncharov trend was this year. Feels like that movie's been around for 50 years.

[@jazzybubblezzz3114]

Even if Thomas doesn't see this, I just want to comment on how visibly happy, healthy and gorgeous he looks. It seems his new look has given him a new level of confidence and Im extremely happy for him ❤❤❤

[@Sophia.Stark17]

Love the frequent diverse content you create lately, keep it up!❤

[@ThomasSanders]

This means so much to hear!! We've been absolutely loving delving into whatever makes our hearts happy!

[@Charlie_exe777]

11:42 - HELP I LOVED THIS SO MUCH! There were lots of wild trends this year and it was fun watching them trying to guess it right! Kinda scared for what trends come next but I guess only the future will tell

[@ChaoticWriterRising]

As a photosensitive epileptic, I appreciate you always having a flash warning when one is warranted.

[@Inuyasha619]

Lets make thats so dice one a trend next year please😂

[@ThomasSanders]

YES PLEASE

[@Jessie-bo9mo]

I LOVE your laugh, Thomas! It made me smile and it’s so infectious 😊

[@randompasserbyer]

I say eepy all the time lol. My partner and I use it to describe ourselves to emphasize how drowsy we are

[@raidahblossom]

This is honestly the best video ever oh my GOD- the Barbenheimer outfit, the chronically online/chronically offline duo, the Benjamin's Deli trend at the end? Phenomenal!!!!!

[@Patch-lz9yi]

And remember to not share your passwords online, no matter how old they may be!

[@user-no3jo3jz2i]

my sister and I are actually obbsessed with the oretrice thing from genshin, she even made a comic and hung it on her wall. I don't even play genshin but because of her I know basically everything about it.

[@SusiesCrochet.24]

Hey Thomas! I’ve been watching your videos for 4 years now and every time you post it makes my day ❤

[@Clairelaferret]

So I guess this comment is just going to be an in-order list of reactions: Calypso roasting Thomas right out of the gate. You're gonna need something for that burn. OMG Dominic and Quill hiding was amazing! CABBAGECORE! So glad Goncherov was submitted! Thomas's friend group is amazing, love them all!

[@kiwithekiki234]

Gonchorav was wild. People made fake posters, full on meta analysis of the symbolism in the movie. There were characters with full on motivations that were solidified. You take tumblr, the "let's treat dumb discourse like it's the end of the world" website, and give them a fake movie trend. There was also fake discourse about the movie. There is an Ao3 category for the movie. There was... So much. It was wild.

[@Nescio_Gravissime]

Goncharov was really really cool, it was massive and there were so many people making really amazing art and music for it. Seriously there's a masterpost somewhere (think it was the Goncharov score mastepost) that links to *a lot* of the music made for it and it's legitimately really gorgeous music, would highly suggest looking some up

[@trashgoblin2745]

I love Thomas's fashion journey. From American eagle shirts to open collar button ups, I'm living for it!

[@dudeilovebats]

goncharov is my favorite meme EVER. i get legitimately emotional about that movie and it's not actually real. but it is to ME

[@izzybeth]

Goncharov was a truly beautiful moment. the internet at its finest.

[@coyotix]

I love Dominic frantically scrambling up the stairs and rushing back down with a Barbenheimer outfit was the reveal of the century

[@claireaquos6532]

3:00 DON'T DO IT! I saw this trend being critizes a lot! Raw eggs on skin is a very bad idea!

[@pepperonicici]

That was so a nice episode c: I really love the different vibes every person brings to the videos. It is refreshing and fun! Also, I just really enjoy the format. It is silly but entertaining without being too complicated Also you should absolutely watch Goncharov! there's a lot of really good memes for it, too c: (with actual film footage ofc)

[@skvll.andstarss]

I loved the real or fake videos, the notification made me so happy😭💗

[@Error__0]

DOMINIC’S BARBENHEIMER OUTFIT IS PERFECT

[@ZhaneX24]

lol love how the very first one was like, "No way that's a thing!" Meanwhile I'm like, "They don't know about long bacon?"🤣 Guess it just shows what circles I'm in

[@emmetttheotter28]

THE ENDING OF THE VIDEO REALLY MADE ME GIGGLE LMAO Im in class watching this while working but the end really threw me off and I was trying to hard not to laugh too loud because it is DEAD silent 😭😭

[@randomcosplay6389]

According to the judgment of the Oratrice Mechanique d’Analyse Cardinale this video was very fun to watch. And this one is my favorite trend, I hope it never stops.

[@MiniKitty27]

that dance trend at the end just feels like Harlem Shake 2.0 in a way

[@aloveheartunicorn]

I'm sad that Josh Hutcherson whistle edit didn't make it into the video lmao

[@equally.marketable]

OH MY GOD I SHOULDVE SUGGESTED THAT

[@mcrkilljoy666]

Not as big of a trend as some of these, but around the time Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves came out there were a lot of videos of people at the theater being asked what movie they were going to see and the camera pans over to show them all dressed as DnD characters, and it was hilarious!

[@elarianasky]

they even have a renai circulation version of the Oratrice Mecanique D'analyse Cardinale meme it's gold.

[@em_and_m_handicrafts]

I love Quil's hat! I wonder if they crocheted it themselves?

[@katiem7463]

Can't believe Thomas didn't know eepy... Clearly we need to be incorporating it into fanart of the sides more!

[@wegotthechoccies]

I'm sorry but Dominic's outfit is the coolest thing I've seen this year. King.

[@Bardic_Knowledge]

Tumblr's had some wild ones. One of my favourites is when polls became a thing and Vanilla Extract started winning all of them, including ones like "Best Goncharov Character."

[@nonameless2]

"no i don't know any of your characters" if that honesty aint real friendship, idk what is

[@jennayaadain]

9:20 I remember this! Even Martin Scorsese, who was said to have directed it, joined in on the meme!

[@Echosworldofficial]

I love this so much Thomas!! I’m currently sick but thank you for making everyone smile and laugh ❤️

[@SammyJay107]

Dominic's outfit looked AWESOME! I loved how you recreated that trend at the end xD

[@airotiv7916]

"People got time"sums up how I feel about all of them😮, my level of Internet is about the same as Calypso's ♥️

[@Happter-N-Friends]

2024's starting off real strong with its trends, in the Dancing Toothless meme. It's my favourite one. He just looks so dumb and silly and I love him.

[@juliemassam933]

I knew about the Susie stich because there's a whole bunch of scary/paranormal stories that Loey Lane covered! Super good video!

[@broblerone413]

so surprised they didn't know about Goncharov, i mean, it's such a classic piece of cinema. Truly Scorsese's finest work

[@darkcadk]

I'm a simple person, I see Genshin on the thumbnail, I click. Specially when I know it's gonna be the oratrice mechanique danalice cardinal meme XD

[@the.mushroom.faerie]

the fact that I got most of these right especially the fact that I recognized most of these trends 😅😅😅

[@cbear6117]

I love your videos! Ty for the entertaining shorts and longer pieces of content!

[@ThomasSanders]

So happy you enjoy them!!!

[@bug_a_boo3309]

i legit SCREAMED at thomas when he said goncharov was a fake trend lmao best movie of all time tho frfr

[@Ace_Greymoore]

Fun fact: I blocked the Goncharov tag on Tumblr because I felt like everyone else was in on a joke I didn't get and I hated that

[@kibbyanimates6251]

Goncharov was such a surreal experience.

[@sherangles]

around the start of the year, there was a trend with tyler the creators song 'see you again', and now at the end of 2023, theres a new trend with the same song and i think thats rly cool

[@felinefurkin4275]

Omg the dancing, amazing. I love Calypso’s dress. I knew eepy and Goncharov, but I guess I’m less internet than I used to be.

[@WelcomeApathy]

This video was adorable! I love you guys together!

[@rhiannonphillips5705]

The dancing at the end was incredible

[@just_Nyra]

I CONSTANTLY say “The missile is very eepy.” when I’m tired 🤣

[@Ghv5t]

The fact I knew the Goncharov one was real because of the times tumblr has made something up and gaslit everyone really says something

[@abibolgrien7097]

The only fake movie that I was aware of was zepotha, an 80s horror movie that almost got gaslit into reality.

[@Qaos]

I love how Thomas attributes "birds aren't real" to TikTok lol.

[@Rans21515]

Dude you are my absolute favorite vine person this was so hilarious. Thank you King😂❤

[@sammyofthevalley]

goncharov is my favorite movie

[@ellymyths]

7:22 The only reason I thought this was fake because D&D/TTRPGS would never get THAT mainstream, they’re pretty mainstream, but not that much

[@Chilltoons-kl3jl]

hi! as a frequent tumblr user, I just feel the need to clarify the origins of goncharov. It didn't occur because people were trying to copy tiktok or anything (the part of tumblr I'm on HATES tiktok for its predatory business tactics) It started when somebody posted about one of their favourite pairs of shoes, simply because it advertised a Martin Scorsese film that did not exist, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense because A) if you're going to announce your fandom interests, you'd likely put it on a shirt where it is easily noticeable; and B) As a tumblr user I forgot the username of had pointed out, Goncharov did not exist. Tumblr then became dedicated to clowning on this guy for the next few months as they Yes And-ed Goncharov into existence, complete with a themes of time and how we choose to spend our days on earth, and a homoerotic relationship between Goncharov and his rival. My favourite part of the meme was the shoe saying "Directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Mateo JWHJD715" which, as one tumblr user had put it "it's so funny we've agreed [that] is just a normal name, like yeah his mother was Italian and his father was a license plate."

[@Narutosonicrule1245]

I can't believe you've never seen the greatest mafia movie ever made that in Goncharov

[@citrinide]

Eepy has absolutely DESTROYED my girlfriend and I's vocab. Home from college? Ooo someones eepy! Got home late? Eepy time! Also the absolute JOY that stretched across my face at Gonchorov as a Tumlr resident (and the fact Scorsesee unironically acknowledged it was the HIGHLIGHT of that arc)

[@vivi_needssleep]

THIS IS AMAZING, glad I got to watch this today :D

[@patton_virgil103]

8:26 HONEY WAKE UP THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BEST MAFIA MOVIE OF ALL TIME GONCHAROV!!!!

[@wiggletonthewise2141]

I’ve been saying “cabbage core” for years and it never caught on, hopefully it will now

[@Lostflightwarriorcats]

I saw eepy used a few times but now it won’t leave my vernacular.

[@JonihnHart]

I heard Dominic say “Oratrice” and immediately lost it. French was a little off but I’m so glad you saw a video after, cause when I say that audio is everywhere on my KZbin feed, I mean EVERYWHERE. It’s great!! 💙 🎶Oratrice Mechanique d’Analyse Cardinale🎶

[@dragonairice3375]

Your videos always make my day so much better

[@aili_arting3741]

I was literally rewatching all of your older videos when I got this notif I am so cool

[@ignorance_is_not_bliss]

real quick correction of a very common misconception: gonchorav actually started years ago on tumblr before zepotha. someone got a boot that said 'gonchorav' on it and said that it sounded like a non-existent martin scorcese mafia movie. that snowballed and now we have some of the saddest lore i have ever heard in my life?? it's also queercoded with the two ships being gonchorav x andrey and katya x sofia. coleydoesthings has a video about it, but this lore goes DEEP. highly recommend it for the gays actually. as a tumblr dweller, i felt like this was my responsibility to share lol. Love you thomas! edit: it was also more of a november of 2022 thing, though i love that thomas discovered this.