This iconic video clip originated on the social media platform Vine in 2014. It was filmed and uploaded by creator Katie Ryan, featuring her young daughter Ava Ryan as the star. In the scene, Ava stares into the camera with an intense, deadpan expression and utters the now-legendary phrase, 'I smell like beef.' The repetition of the line combined with her serious face created a masterpiece of absurdist humor during the golden age of six-second loops. This clip is commonly used as a meme to represent situations involving literal body odor or the feeling of being socially out of place. It also serves as a general 'mood' for when someone feels weird, chaotic, or simply unexplainable to those around them. Users often pair it with captions about cooking, long gym sessions, or internal social anxiety. Example caption ideas include: 'Me after sitting in a BBQ joint for ten minutes,' 'When you haven't showered since Friday,' and 'Me trying to act normal on a first date.'