Mememysterymemehistory on Instagram: "Meme history: The Afro Ninja meme comes from a viral video that first surfaced online in 2004 and became one of the earliest classic internet “fail” clips. The footage shows stuntman Mark Allen Hicks performing an intense nunchuck routine during what was reportedly an audition for a commercial. In the clip, he confidently spins the nunchucks and attempts a dramatic backflip, only to lose control and crash hard to the ground in an unexpectedly brutal wipeout.