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Everything You Need to Know About the “Suspect Challenge” Trend in TikTok

2024-12-03 , 5:07 pm

If you were anywhere on TikTok the past few weeks, you would have seen a new trend slowly starting to replace other trends like the “very demure, very mindful” trend. This newest TikTok trend is none other than the “suspect challenge” trend.

Here’s everything you need to know about it, so you know what to do the next time someone asks you if you’ve seen the trend.

What is the “Suspect Challenge” Trend?

The biggest hint as to what the “suspect challenge” trend is about comes from the name of the trend itself. Specifically, from the word “suspect”.

In this new TikTok trend, two people will usually be featured in the TikTok video. The two people will take turns being the “suspect” and the “police officer” — the “police officer” is usually the person behind the camera, while the “suspect” will be filmed running in front of the camera.

In these TikToks, the “police officer” will usually insult the “suspect” to try and get the “suspect” to stop in their tracks.

For instance, if Goody Feed’s Blue Cat were doing this trend as the “suspect”, the insult could be something along the lines of “suspect says he wants to lose weight, but eats ngoh hiang ten times a day”.

That’s bound to get Blue Cat to stop, perhaps even too stunned to speak.

Once the “police officer” has said one roast to the “suspect”, the two will switch positions — the “suspect” will now have the chance to be the “police officer” instead.

You can think of the trend a little like a “roasting contest”. The two people will take turns insulting each other, and the audience can decide for themselves who they thought had the better insults.

@triplets__delesafaThis trend is so funny😂😂..Watch till the end😂❤️♬ original sound – Triplets❤️

And before you say: “Wow… Insulting one another? This trend sounds so toxic,” most of these TikToks are rather light-hearted — they mostly involve insults that aren’t meant to be taken to heart.

But of course, while the trend is meant for friends, couples and even family members to roast one another in a light-hearted manner, some other TikTok users have put their own spin on the trend — some creators have used it as a means of humble bragging.

For example, instead of an insult, some people have captioned their suspect challenge TikToks with “when I’m getting chased by the police and he says “Suspect is a skinny queen”,” before showing themselves voluntarily stopping to get “arrested”.

@chiarakingcuff me up hig boy♬ original sound – Charles Mantaghi

As another example, we’ve also seen captions like “when the police are chasing us but we hear them say “suspects are two pretty best friends”,” before showing themselves once again voluntarily stopping to be “arrested”.

@katiamilen ♬ original sound – Charles Mantaghi

If Goody Feed’s Blue Cat decided to do such a spin on the trend as well, the caption would probably look something like “when the police is chasing me and he says “suspect voices the best YouTube videos in Singapore”.”

You can bet your bottom dollar that the team at Goody Feed will have to pick Blue Cat up from Woodlands Police Division HQ the next day.

Who are Some People Who Have Done the Trend?

If you go onto TikTok and search “suspect challenge Singapore,” you’ll probably be greeted by thousands of search results. However, there are some slightly more notable TikToks made by accounts you wouldn’t have expected to try the challenge.

For one, the Team Singapore badminton players have uploaded a TikTok of them trying the “suspect challenge” trend, with insults such as “suspect is 169cm but says he’s 170cm and above” being exchanged.

@team_singapore Suspects are guilty of cracking us up both on and off the court 🏸 #OneTeamSG #teamsingapore #teamsg #suspectchallenge #chillguy ♬ original sound – Team Singapore

Singapore’s very own DJs from 987FM, Sonia Chew and Joakim Gomez, have also tried the trend. The most potent roast in this one just might be the last one, where Sonia says: “Suspect has been single for four years.”

That’s a tough pill to swallow…

@987fm “Suspects look like they’ve been dating since 2014” 👀 The Shock Circuit with @sonzz @Joakim Gomez ⚡️🔌 Weekdays 6-10am 😆 #987fm #tiktoksg ♬ original sound – Mediacorp 987

Even the Singapore Police Force (SPF) has uploaded a TikTok showing its senior officer trainees trying out the challenge. Yes, you read that right — even the SPF is having fun with the trend.

One of the many insults exchanged in SPF’s TikTok includes: “Suspect knows all the traffic rules but don’t know left and right.”

@singaporepoliceforce Suspects running all night 🌚 #suspectchallenge #suspect #suspectontherun #suspectsgame #singaporepoliceforce #trainees #safeguardingeveryday ♬ original sound – Singapore Police Force

At this point, you should sort of get how the trend works lah.

Where did the Trend Come From?

But the million-dollar question is this — where did the trend even come from?

According to Forbes, it seems like the trend is a spin-off of an older “We’re X, Of Course We Y” TikTok trend. If you’ve yet to hear of this trend, here’s how it works.

TikTokers doing the trend would usually list stereotypes of themselves. For instance, you could say: “We’re Singaporeans, of course we join in long queues even without knowing what we’re queuing for.”

Or, you know… Maybe you could say: “We’re Singaporeans, of course we love Goody Feed.”

These type of self-descriptive TikToks might be what created this new “suspect challenge” trend. After all, in both trends, what you’re essentially doing is describing your traits — stereotypical or not.

So, what’s your take on the “suspect challenge” trend? Is it a good one, or is it just like any other “brain rot” TikTok trend?

Everything You Need to Know About the “Suspect Challenge” Trend in TikTok

What is the “Suspect Challenge” Trend?

Who are Some People Who Have Done the Trend?

Where did the Trend Come From?

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