‘Tung Tung Tung Sahur’ Has Returned to Rot Our Feeds

Summary

• TripleT references Tung Tung Tung Sahur, a brainrot meme featuring a wooden humanoid holding a baseball bat

• The meme resurfaced in 2026 primarily through TikTok filters that let users control the Tung Tung Tung Sahur character like a video game avatar inside their videos.

• On May 4th, Donald Trump shared the meme Truth Social.

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TripleT refers to a series of brainrot style AI videos showing an wooden creature holding a baseball bat while an Indonesian voice repeats “tung tung tung.” The character appeared during the 2025 wave of "Italian Brainrot" memes narrated by an Italian text to speech voice, alongside characters like Bombardiro Crocodilo and Tralalero Tralala. In 2026 the character returned to social media primarily through a TikTok filter that lets users control TripleT like a video game character inside their videos.

On February 28, KnowYourMeme posted that the meme had first surfaced one year ago.

On April 3, TripleT was added to the Fortnite item shop as a skin. A circulating post on X claimed the skin became the most sold item shop skin to date, reporting 10 million sales within 24 hours, though this figure was not officially verified.

Trader @youngjazzeth also posted that he was building a position in TripleT.

In the month of May, the meme saw multiple new mentions. Following the JPMorgan-related story, multiple memes began circulating online. Users started drawing comparisons and jokingly claiming that the individual in question resembled Tung Tung Sahur, which further amplified the trend across social media.

On May 4th, Donald Trump also shared the meme on his Truth Social account, breaking the ATH.

TripleT launched on Pump fun on February 24, 2026 by @pxblocito, and climbed to an all-time high of $7M market cap, as the character regained visibility across social media.