VIDEO: Texas High School's Anti-Bullying Lip Dub Video Goes Viral, Is Super-Cute

Posted byriese

on April 4, 2012

"The Great American NO BULL Challenge" is a student-led National Video Contest which aims to raise awareness about cyberbullying by soliciting 2-5 minute videos with anti-bullying themes rom students in 6th-12th grade. Entries were due March 31st and voting started April 1st -- over 260 videos were submitted. So far, it seems like the kids at Cypress Ranch High School in Texas might have at least one of the ten billion awards in the bag.

The Advocate calls Cypress Ranch, based on this video, "the most anti-bullying school we've ever seen. See, the entire student body pitched in to make this bit happen, set to the song "Who Do U Think U R?" written by Cypress Ranch student Kaitlyn K.

I thought the gayest part of the video is when a girl wearing one feather earring, a la Romi Klinger, sings as the women's softball team tosses bats over her head, but I changed my mind and decided the cameo by the Cypress GSA was definitely the gayest part.

If you pay close attention -- and I suggest that you do -- I think there's a Where's Waldo situation happening in a lot of these scenes. You'll see!

Vote for these cats at the No Bull Challenge website.

What's your favorite part?

50 responses to “VIDEO: Texas High School's Anti-Bullying Lip Dub Video Goes Viral, Is Super-Cute”

karmalaluna (member)
April 4, 2012 at 8:11 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I like that this came out of Texas! (It also makes me wish I grew up in that neighborhood because that high school looks baller and mine didn’t but that’s a whole other story.)There is a definitely a where’s waldo thing going on to!

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1. iHateTexas
  April 9, 2012 at 2:28 pm Permalink Reply
  
  Just because this video came out of Texas doesn’t mean Texas state or the city the video came from supports it. I currently live in Texas and I’m a lesbian and its hard. Texas is waaaay too conservative. High school sucked also. Its rare to meet people or makes friends with people who will stand up for lgbt. Most will just say good for you and pass you by. My advice to anyone: Don’t move to Texas until Gay Marriage is legal. And that will never happen. Dickhead I mean Rick Perry hates lgbt…So stick to New York City or Rhode Island or San Francisco. Texas sucks ass. I’m actually moving to NYC this summer and I’m counting down the days until I’m free of this stupid ignorant state.
  
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Sim (member)
April 4, 2012 at 8:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Best part of the video: finding Waldo.

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kd15 (member)
April 4, 2012 at 8:32 pm Permalink Reply Report user

The kid in the random chicken costume was the best.

Also, what’s a Key Club, is this a latch-key kid reference or a locksmith training group?

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1. Ashley Catharine (member)
  April 4, 2012 at 8:39 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Key club is the high school equivalent to Kiwanis (or on the college level, Circle K). It’s a community service club
  
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  1. kd15 (member)
    April 4, 2012 at 8:56 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Thanks, that’s cool to know
    
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    1. Ashley Catharine (member)
      April 5, 2012 at 1:38 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      no prob but your guesses were awesome regardless
      
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Emily (member)
April 4, 2012 at 8:40 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Hope for the future, y’all.

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Ash (member)
April 4, 2012 at 8:44 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Oh god this is fantastic. Plus I was tickled to see the choir kids in the last shot because choir is totally the shit. I have yet to be in a choir that wasn’t the single most accepting place I could find. Choir does indeed <3 you as long as you can keep a tune and maybe even if you can't. Choir is gay nerd heaven.

The Key Club is a service club, they're a sort of junior division of the Kiwanis. I only know that because my dad's in Kiwanis. They're like Shriners minus the cool hats.

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giles (member)
April 4, 2012 at 8:45 pm Permalink Reply Report user

It took me a couple of views to catch the feather earring, but only one view to marvel at the GIANTNESS of American highschools. Or maybe everything really is just bigger in Texas..

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1. Tori
  April 4, 2012 at 8:58 pm Permalink Reply
  
  This school is more than likely a 5A and it resides in the richer area. Also, they have this huge football program and tend to be recognized mainly for their football team and athletics in general. Of course, the scores are better too compared to lower class areas but football is important in Texas (for a majority). In my town, they just built a school on the richer side of town, worth more than 9 million, and my brother is going there next year. I remember when I was in high school and saw the sketches (knew the architect’s daughter) I asked her why does it look like high school musical lol
  
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Tori
April 4, 2012 at 8:51 pm Permalink Reply

Makes me proud this came out of Texas and damn I must say that school is sweet! It looks like the new one they built near me (younger bro). I’ve been teaching my brother about bullying and how messed up it is. I always tell him to be the better man and I have always told him that if a kid is being bullied he better step. I also remind him to inform his friends before they come over that I hate the words fag, faggot, gay used out of context, etc because I will go off into extreme detail of why that’s inappropriate and I don’t tolerate it. My brother made me proud when he defended a kid not to long ago. It shows that people can make an impact and gosh this school is awesome for doing this:)

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jessica (member)
April 4, 2012 at 9:12 pm Permalink Reply Report user

This is what I expect to see every time I watch Glee, and instead all I get is stupid Finn.

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LaurenOh (member)
April 4, 2012 at 9:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Girls in mustaches around 3:30 (french club?) would definitely have to be the gayest part. As a Tx high school grad (ugh), yeah, that looks about right.

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1. novastar (member)
  April 4, 2012 at 9:29 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Yes! The French club was adorable.
  
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  1. Jay (member)
    April 4, 2012 at 10:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    It makes me so ashamed of my 3 member French Club I am vice-president of. They looked so club-like, and super cool.
    
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    1. Mary (member)
      April 5, 2012 at 6:54 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      you probably just need some fake mustaches.
      
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sunhaina (member)
April 4, 2012 at 9:14 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Did you guys catch the girls with mustaches at around 3:30? I couldn’t read their club sign, but I’m really hoping they’re the Ironic Mustache Appreciation Society or something equally awesome.

Also, this reminds me of my high school in the sense that everyone came together to support a good cause and work together and promote inclusiveness. Not in the sense of scale, because my school had about 98 students. Everything really is bigger in Texas.

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Alie (member)
April 4, 2012 at 9:16 pm Permalink Reply Report user

This is amazing. Made even more amazing by the fact that a 15 year old wrote and sang the song – it’s super catchy and I totally just bought it on Itunes.

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Nate (member)
April 4, 2012 at 9:50 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Did anyone else catch the “You is kind, You is smart, You is important” on the art club signs at 2:00? Totally adorable!

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1. Mary (member)
  April 5, 2012 at 6:56 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  my favorite part, I think.
  
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Lynne (member)
April 4, 2012 at 10:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user

omg! this is adorable.

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Mary (member)
April 4, 2012 at 10:23 pm Permalink Reply Report user

i love the french kids (^~w~^ )

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Laneia (member)
April 4, 2012 at 10:34 pm Permalink Reply

i think it’s totally ok that i cried through 90% of this video. i just cannot handle high school kids singing! IT’S JUST TOO MUCH.

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1. Sim (member)
  April 5, 2012 at 4:44 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  It’s okay Laneia, we’re all in this together.
  
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Lemon (member)
April 4, 2012 at 10:40 pm Permalink Reply Report user

TEXAS <3

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1. Miriam (member)
  April 5, 2012 at 12:19 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Word. It reminds me of my HS at its best.
  
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Camila Andrea (member)
April 4, 2012 at 11:32 pm Permalink Reply Report user

That is the biggest high school I have ever seen!

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1. taylor (member)
  April 5, 2012 at 10:54 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  everything is bigger in…
  
  nevermind
  
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hana (member)
April 4, 2012 at 11:34 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Okay I definitely cried a little. And I probably watched this like five times trying to find all the Waldo’s, but I kept getting overwhelmed by how adorable and sweet and heartwarming this whole thing is and forgetting about Waldo.

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1. Ferin (member)
  April 5, 2012 at 1:35 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I cried too, don’t worry…
  
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Hailey
April 5, 2012 at 2:29 am Permalink Reply

This is great and all, but for the love of god I am happy I’m not in high school anymore.

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Kenya (member)
April 5, 2012 at 4:44 am Permalink Reply Report user

Texas <3 I miss living in that semi-wonderful state. This video makes me happy.

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Sawyer (member)
April 5, 2012 at 6:38 am Permalink Reply Report user

TURTLE POWER!

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busy (member)
April 5, 2012 at 7:05 am Permalink Reply Report user

Super cute! I was blown away by how brave one of the girls in the beginning was… walking backward through a tunnel of softball players throwing metal bats back and forth directly behind her head!

Seriously, though, really cute, really hopeful, and super super catchy. I will probably be singing this all day.

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Merin (member)
April 5, 2012 at 8:19 am Permalink Reply Report user

I like the girl dressed as a giant box or a giant die. Unclear.

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1. Charlie Jae (member)
  April 5, 2012 at 9:15 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  i think she was a giant camera
  
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  1. Wissy (member)
    April 5, 2012 at 4:03 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    My total fave bit. amazeballs.
    
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  2. K (member)
    April 5, 2012 at 8:52 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    yea, definitely a camera.
    
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Olli (member)
April 5, 2012 at 9:42 am Permalink Reply Report user

That was so cute!!! And I never knew American schools had so many clubs. We have choir….and more choir. Yay choir!

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taylor (member)
April 5, 2012 at 9:54 am Permalink Reply Report user

hey i went to highschool near cy ranch! this a) is adorable omg b) is all one shot…whoa! c) blows my mind…when i was in highschool (at klein oak, in houston too) we weren’t allowed to have a GSA.

in retrospect i probably should have set everything on fire. i mean… advocated for positive change in a constructive way

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june. (member)
April 5, 2012 at 10:01 am Permalink Reply Report user

So, uh, I don’t know what just happened, but I was sitting there watching this video, kind of smiling, kind of rolling my eyes at the cheesiness, but in a pleased sort of way, when all of a sudden, I

just started crying????

help emotion how do

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1. busy (member)
  April 5, 2012 at 12:11 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Same exact reaction here.
  
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Janimaify
April 5, 2012 at 2:36 pm Permalink Reply

So cute!
Their high-school population looks really small, but I guess that’s part of the appeal
Loved the mustaches. Going to start mustache club in own school now…

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K (member)
April 5, 2012 at 8:54 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I definitely cried through that entire thing. Those are pretty much the best high-schoolers ever.

I missed Waldo though

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K (member)
April 5, 2012 at 8:58 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Of note:

This is apparently the same district as Asher Brown, the 13-year-old bullying victim lost to suicide.

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Meeka (member)
April 5, 2012 at 9:17 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Crying forever. This is so, so wonderful.

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Robin
April 7, 2012 at 9:10 pm Permalink Reply

This video transcends politics, cultures, etc. This is a very conservative area, OMG Republican suburb. but many of my conservative,Christian friends tear up at this video.

when real people care for each other, and we ignore the media gin ing up division…this is the result.

I know, my son did the video. And yes I tear up too.

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dc
April 9, 2012 at 2:15 pm Permalink Reply

Did anybody else catch the “Harry Potter / Quidditch Club” in the credits?

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1. Mrs.Granger
  April 9, 2012 at 2:33 pm Permalink Reply
  
  BLODDY HELL! I TOTALLY SAW THAT TOO!!!
  
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