“Mange tes morts pour l'prochain défi” meme: meaning, origin and rare card

What does the “Mange tes morts pour l'prochain défi” meme mean?

The line expresses theatrical exasperation: the speaker loses their cool, or pretends to, in the face of an inappropriate request. “Mange tes morts” is a slang phrase used as a strong interjection and never taken literally. Adding “for the next challenge” turns it into a parody of the challenges that video makers launch. People use it to turn down an outlandish idea with humour, or to react to someone demanding too much. The verbal excess drives the comedy.

Where does the “Mange tes morts pour l'prochain défi” meme come from?

TheKairi78, real name Jaoued Daouki, a web video maker and streamer born in 1987, started his YouTube channel in August 2011, first around gaming. He built challenge videos in which he asks his audience to suggest trials. In one of them, titled “Défie TheKairi78”, he warns that he can hardly picture himself doing what the title suggests, while asking viewers for ideas. Another video, which carries the phrase “Mange tes morts pour le prochain défi” in its title, builds on the replies he received and on his exasperated reaction. That is where the line escaped to become a meme reused in comments and edits.

1. 9 August 2011TheKairi78 creates his YouTube channel.

How to use the “Mange tes morts pour l'prochain défi” meme

• Reply with the line to a friend suggesting an absurd challenge.
• Caption an edit of someone snapping after a wild request.
• Quote the phrase in the comments of a challenge video.
• Use it to cut short a suggestion you laughingly refuse.

The “Mange tes morts pour l'prochain défi” card in MyMemeCards

Number	No. 2154
Rarity	Rare
Collection	Memes FR pack
Fame	50/100 · #753 of 3514
Recycle value	10 MemeCoins (30 in Shiny)
Suggested by	@pp777prod

How to get the “Mange tes morts pour l'prochain défi” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; Mange tes morts pour l'prochain défi comes out of the Memes FR pack as a rare card. The pack odds say what each rarity weighs.

Your first pack is free and needs no account. After that a new free pack lands every 10 minutes, up to 3 waiting for you. You can also buy the card with MemeCoins on the market, bid for it at auction, or trade it — and a double recycles into 10 MemeCoins.

The reprint of the “Mange tes morts pour l'prochain défi” card

The “Mange tes morts pour l'prochain défi” card was reprinted as Epic (No. 2,425). A reprint is the same meme printed again, with a number of its own and a higher rarity than its first printing, which was rare. Its face reads “Reprinted card · Higher rarity”.

Every printing is dealt in the packs of the Memes FR pack, each at its own rarity: the higher it is, the rarer the card is to pull. Copies of the first printing already pulled stay as they are, and any printing counts toward completing a set.

MyMemeCards reprints a meme when it deserves more than the rarity of its first printing, such as a classic that became iconic after it came out: the reprint gives it a place among the most sought-after cards without taking anything from the players who already had it.

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