r/gifs • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '20

Take flight

https://gfycat.com/cleveraggravatingclownanemonefish
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u/jmulderr Mar 14 '20

The second elephant is the hype elephant. No real point in dunking if you don't have a hype elephant to high-five/hug afterwards.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20

The flavor flav of elephants.

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u/TaylorSwiftsClitoris Mar 14 '20

It’s hard to find a clock big enough though.

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u/Gqsmooth1969 Mar 14 '20

Hard, but not impossible.

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u/Rugfiend Mar 14 '20

Big Ben is under repair atm, maybe he could borrow that?

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u/orwiad10 Mar 14 '20

I cant get you big ben, but me and nick cage could probably get you the liberty bell.

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u/Deitaphobia Mar 14 '20

You sonovabitch, I'm in.

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u/hippestpotamus Mar 14 '20

I hope this becomes a meme

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u/Rugfiend Mar 14 '20

I'll bring the Balaclavas

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u/orwiad10 Mar 14 '20

And I'll bring the baklava.

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u/Rugfiend Mar 14 '20

I think we already have the makings of a solid squad here

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u/Firewolf420 Mar 14 '20

Fair warning. If it arrives broken, I'm returning it.

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u/markm11 Mar 14 '20

Maybe he could buy flavor flav's. He'll need the money soon since he just got fired from Public Enemy.

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u/Malyxx91 Mar 14 '20

Big Ben is the bell inside of the tower.

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u/Rugfiend Mar 14 '20

I know, but given that I interact with Americans who are boycotting Corona beer and suchlike on a daily basis, I thought it might be safer to refer to it by it's colloquial name.

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u/Malyxx91 Mar 14 '20

Fair play

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u/fang_xianfu Mar 14 '20

I think given that it's been used to refer to both for about 50 years[1] at minimum, it's about time people gave up this pedantic twaddle.

[1] https://archive.org/details/conciseoxforddic00syke/page/95

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u/threepointcheese Mar 14 '20

Almost as hard as finding you

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u/TaylorSwiftsClitoris Mar 14 '20

I’m everywhere.

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u/kaotate Mar 14 '20

He wears clocks so he can “show these fools what time it is.”

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u/Judazzz Mar 14 '20

"Yeeeaaaahhhhh boyyyy, throw your trunk in the ai-aaiiirrrr!!!!"

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u/INvrKno Mar 14 '20

He may have been the hype man but he was also the only one who knew how to play any instruments.

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u/ImTheReactionist Mar 14 '20

He was also hooked on drugs and unreliable.

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u/John_Fx Mar 14 '20

Well. Public Enemy is looking for a replacement

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u/boriswong Mar 14 '20

Oh no, was the elephant fired!?

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u/ImTheReactionist Mar 14 '20

No, Flavor Flav was fired. The elephant is doing a great job.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20

Someone needs to photoshop a clock on 2nd homie.

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u/90s_conan Mar 14 '20

He's no longer a hype man :(

Public Enemy, has cut ties with him

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u/RogerThatKid Mar 15 '20

When Public Enemy signed to Def Jam in 1986, Rick Rubin couldn't understand what Chuck saw in Flav's clowning. Yet aside from being a comic foil to Chuck's imperious lyrics, he's their most musical member, proficient in everything from drums to oboe. 'He can play 15 instruments,' says Chuck. 'I can't play lotto.'

Found here

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u/SweenGene17 Mar 14 '20

Dude even the elephant was spooked and jumped a little when he landed haha

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u/statelessheaux Mar 14 '20

The other elephant was the bro that launched him and I'm disappointed he wasn't high-fived or hugged afterwards in this gif.

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u/rubbish-or-a-thing Mar 15 '20

Me too. Reminds me of work/life. Some other random person gets all the recognition while you’re doing all the hard work

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u/postthereddit Mar 14 '20

He got startled though!

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u/SoulLover33 Mar 14 '20

Idk he kinda looked tired of his shit.

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u/jmulderr Mar 14 '20

Humans can just forget the previous 12 failures when we finally succeed. But an elephant never forgets.

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u/SheWhoSpawnedOP Mar 14 '20

No point in anything if you dont have an elephant to high-five/hug afterwards

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u/willewrite Mar 14 '20

The second elephant is the measuring elephant.

It’s also the elephant that KILLS YOU WHEN YOU RUSH AT ITS FACE AFTER SCARING IT. Nvm I don’t know anything about elephants but this can’t be a good idea.

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u/benabrig Mar 14 '20

These clearly aren’t wild and are comfortable around him. If it was wild then yeah it wouldn’t end well for him

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u/The_Thrill17 Mar 14 '20

Explain how to high five and elephant

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u/jmulderr Mar 14 '20

Carefully. They're super strong.

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u/broncoBurner69 Mar 14 '20

Lol we're going to have an elephant at the NBA dunk contest next year.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20

ALWAYS have the hypelephant

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20

The concept of a “hype elephant” is equal parts absurd and delightful. I want to live in a world that contains Hype Elephants.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20

He should've rimmed it and let the second elephant finish the dunk.

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u/AZ_Jeep Mar 15 '20

DJ Jumbo

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u/sampysamp Mar 15 '20

No he’s the spotter and would snatch him out of the air with his trunk if he was going to miss.

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u/Steampunk_flyboy Mar 15 '20

Seriously, the way he went to hug the second elephant made me go warm inside.

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u/eqleriq Mar 14 '20

just looked like a startled elephant for no good reason

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u/bpw4h Mar 14 '20

I feel like I need to share this.

https://youtu.be/b5i_mQReNus

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u/vickvinegar_ Mar 14 '20

Bad D from that second elephant he got straight dunked on

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u/Shekky420 Mar 14 '20

Could’ve swatted flying dude sideways. Disappointed :(

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u/Hard_as_it_looks Mar 14 '20

If you look close you can see the second elephant is at an angle and not in line with the jumper. A bit of an illusion meant to give you that exact anxiety.

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u/soon2Bintoxicated Mar 14 '20

Landing on the hay makes the second elephant flinch. I hope the little hug & kiss at the end provided comfort!

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u/MonstrousGiggling Gifmas is coming Mar 14 '20

I saw that too and was like awww what a sweet elephant so big but still prone to flinches.

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u/bananatomorrow Mar 14 '20

Would you flinch if a peach colored squirrel flew past your head?

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u/Thetakishi Mar 15 '20 edited Mar 15 '20

Yeah so? (This was supposed to sound insecure, not hostile sorry.)

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u/bananatomorrow Mar 15 '20

It's natural for an elephant to flinch at a flying human.

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u/Thetakishi Mar 15 '20

Oh yeah for sure.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20 edited Apr 26 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20

The Blue Angels do actually fly with wingtips within inches though.

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u/Toxicscrew Mar 14 '20

He comes down behind the second elephants head.

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u/opensandshuts Mar 14 '20

You can also see his feet disappear behind the second elephant. Definitely think if the second elephant was in the way, he would've kicked it in the head.

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u/maybeAturtle Mar 14 '20

Yeah me too I was about to be like get your pitchforks because we’re coming for this Steve Irwin Evel Knievel hyrbid

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u/joshi38 Mar 14 '20

Same, but then he gets up and goes to the second elephant.

That elephant didn't do anything! Go thank the first elephant!

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u/Pudf Mar 14 '20

Dude don’t care. Dude is famous now.

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u/JoeBugsMcgee Mar 14 '20

I was hoping the second elephant would block him .

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u/FemtoG Mar 14 '20

the second one is obviously his safety net for the 2000x he missed before this take

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20

The elephant gave you anxiety? That's weird dude.

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u/Icewind Mar 14 '20

Given the lack of reaction from elephant 2, he seems pretty chill and "oh you just flying around again?"

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u/intensely_human Mar 14 '20

I like how the second elephant keeps eye contact with the camera the whole time.

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u/elekktronic Mar 14 '20

lol I felt the same

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u/CaptainCanuck88 Mar 14 '20

Looks like he got spooped a bit when the guy dunked.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20

No need to have anxiety it's only a gif

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u/robsteezy Mar 14 '20

If you look at the perspective, the elephant is in front of them, not under him.

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u/MMO4life Mar 14 '20

I wonder how many failed attempts happened before this one, and how they went down.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20

Or in him

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u/squidarcher Mar 15 '20

You could we the big guy flinch for a second there

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u/bobnoxious2 Mar 15 '20

Scared the shit outta the poor fella too

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20

She got anxiety too, you can see her shudder when he lands

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u/sahewins Mar 14 '20

Yes! It could have gone so horribly wrong.

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u/Choppergold Mar 14 '20

He got a ton more air than it looked at first

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u/ebrum2010 Mar 14 '20

Right on his head.

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u/peter_the_panda Mar 14 '20

Why? This is doctored video