What is the ‘slow motion jump’ challenge on TikTok?
One of the latest trends sweeping across social media has users roasting themselves for how they look while jumping up and down in slow motion.
There’s no shortage of hilarious challenges that go viral online, but a recent craze taking over platforms likeTikTok,Instagramand X is humbling people big-time.
The challenge doesn’t have an official name, but it’s generally known as the ‘slow mo jump’ trend, where someone will film themselves jumping in slow motion and pause on a close-up of their face.
The goal is to stay as stone-faced as possible to stop yourself from having an unflattering moment in front of the camera during the jump — but it’s basically physically impossible, no matter how hard you try.
The resulting footage is nothing short of hilarious. When falling down from the jump, gravity takes over, pulling people’s facial skin and muscles down in ways that some users have jokingly compared to Bloodhounds or Shar Pei dogs.
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TikTok’s hilarious slow motion jump challenge explained
Videos compiling the best ‘slow motion jump’ clips have started going viral online as of mid-May 2025, but the trend has been around for years prior.
In 2022, for instance, music artist Riley Clemmons got over 200K views on TikTok for uploading a compilation of herself and friends’ faces as they jumped in slow motion, leaving viewers crying with laughter.
The funny fad is still going strong three years later, proving that everyone looks unflattering in certain circumstances.
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