Muhahaha refers to a viral TikTok sound is based off a clip from the hit anime ‘Bleach’ and the meme format built around a sequence of three escalating villain-style laughs, commonly interpreted as going from playful to unhinged. The meme is best known through the “How I Laugh” trend, where users lip-sync or animate characters laughing differently depending on the situation or audience. The format is frequently used ironically, with creators intentionally leaning into awkward or cringeworthy humour.
@eminarts503 REMASTED VERSION BOHAHAHA featuring Yuki Matsuoka (Osaka’s seiyuu) #bleach #azumangadaioh #animationmeme #azumanga
The trend gained momentum on TikTok throughout April and May 2025, driven by animation creators, Gacha editors, and fandom artists. While the meme is often labelled “Muhahaha” due to the exaggerated final laugh, the format itself centres on contrast — presenting increasingly sinister laughter to comedic effect.
Origin of The Meme
The audio and structure of the Muhahaha meme can be traced back to a Bleach-inspired fan animation created by TikTok animator @nuyuki, posted on March 27th, 2025. The animation features multiple characters performing three distinct laughs, each progressively more exaggerated and villainous.
@nuyuki which is the best bohaha😳 #orihime #ichigo #nel #rukia #bleach
The clip uses the background track “harinezumi” by waera, paired with rhythmic cuts between each laugh, which helped make the sound easy to remix and adapt. The original TikTok quickly went viral, amassing over 20 million views and 2.2 million likes within two months.
The clear structure of the sound — three beats, three laughs — made it especially appealing for reuse in short-form video, setting the foundation for what would become the “How I Laugh” trend.
Early Adaptations
On April 10th, 2025, TikTok animator @helena.official. posted a Gacha-style animation featuring a cat-girl character performing three increasingly evil laughs using the same audio structure. The video gained over 520,000 views in a month, helping introduce the format to Gacha and animation communities.
@akasa0_4 This sound make me addicted to heard. thank you to @nuyuki for the best edit😭🙏🏻. #sketch #bleach #orihime #rukia #neil #ichigo #bohahaha #arttok #artist #foryoupage #fyp
Two days later, on April 12th, the same animation was uploaded to Helena’s YouTube channel, ʜᴇʟᴇɴᴀ, where it saw explosive growth, reaching over 13 million views in a similar time span. This cross-platform exposure played a major role in cementing the sound’s popularity beyond TikTok.
Meme Spread
The Muhahaha meme continued to spread through fandom and gaming communities. On April 15th, 2025, TikTok artist @ammy_artdraw posted an animated video inspired by the Roblox survival horror game Dandy’s World, featuring characters Yatta, Shelly and Dandy laughing in sequence to the audio. The post gained over 2.4 million views in a month.
@oiianation BOHAHAHA X OIIA Cat #brainrot #spinningcat #oiiaiiooiiai
On April 17th, TikToker @mizuiro_thunder uploaded another Gacha animation using the same sound, which amassed over 1.6 million views within weeks. By this point, the audio had become a recognisable meme format rather than a single fandom reference.
Throughout May 2025, the original sound saw a sharp increase in reuse, being used over 150,000 times on TikTok. While many videos featured animated characters, others shifted toward live-action lip-dubs.
“How I Laugh” Trend
As the sound peaked in popularity, creators began applying captions to each laugh, framing the audio as a comparison meme. This led to the widespread “How I Laugh With X” format, where each laugh represents how the creator behaves around different people or in different social situations.
On May 19th, 2025, TikToker @kearsobased posted a lip-dub version captioning each laugh with different scenarios, gaining over 5.8 million views in just over a week.
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A few days later, on May 23rd, TikToker @zayzrtz uploaded a similar take, labelling the laughs as how he laughs around “the huzz,” “the bruzz,” and his enemies. The video garnered over 7.1 million views in five days, further solidifying the meme’s place on TikTok.
Legacy
The Muhahaha meme stands out for its simplicity and adaptability, making it especially popular among animators and short-form creators. Its structured escalation, combined with deliberately over-the-top laughter, allows the meme to function both as parody and self-mockery — a key reason it resonated so strongly on TikTok in 2025.
While its peak virality occurred in late spring, the sound continues to resurface in animation trends, fandom edits, and ironic humour posts, marking it as one of TikTok’s most recognisable laugh-based memes of 2025.
@scribvibes ☺️😆😤 BOHAHAHA Laugh Trend – Bleach Meme Edit (Orihime, Rukia, Ichigo) #bohahaha #laughtrend #bohahalaugh #bleach #animeedit #bohahahameme #orihime #rukia #ichigo
