What is the Bus Tongue Out meme?

Updated Nov 5, 2026 · By SameButMe

Bus Tongue Out is a clip of a seated bus passenger widening his eyes and sticking out his tongue at the camera. SameButMe lets you put yourself in that scene with one photo.

What is the Bus Tongue Out meme?

The clip opens with a seated passenger close to the camera, his eyes wide and his mouth open. He glances sideways, sticks out his tongue, and keeps shifting his gaze and head while repeating the expression through the end. Behind him, a standing passenger wears headphones and a face mask, looks at a phone, and later raises both arms to the yellow overhead rail. Blue seats and yellow grab rails frame the bus scene.

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An Instagram post by @vanilsonnevessofc on October 20, 2026 has 3,797,256 plays. The clip's original uploader and earliest posting date are unknown.

How to make your own Bus Tongue Out video

Upload one photo to SameButMe: your own, or a photo of an adult who agreed. Use a photo with one person, a close, front-on face, even lighting, no sunglasses, and nothing covering the face. Photos of minors, celebrities, and public figures are not allowed.

You replace the passenger closest to the camera, wearing the outfit from your photo. The video is 15 seconds long in a vertical 9:16 format. It costs 230 credits at 720p or 105 credits at 480p.

Label the video as AI-generated when you post it.

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