"The Bucket List": The Most Recent Mandela Effect Is Blowing Everyone's Mind on TikTok

Aghast. Confused. Angry. Insane. These are just a few of the words to describe the reactions to the most recent BONKERS Mandela effect that has come to light. TikToker Sam Doll posted a few weeks ago a now-viral video that is simply blowing everyone's minds. She found out that the term “the bucket list” has no proof of ever being used until the film The Bucket List came out in 2007. 

In the video, which now has over 3 million views, she says that apparently the screenwriter of The Bucket List made a list of things he wanted to do before he died called “Justin's list of things to do before I kick the bucket" and then he shortened it to “bucket list” and then he made a movie called The Bucket List. She couldn't believe her ears, so she did a little researched and called her parents. They also thought that the term had been around for centuries, but nope. There is no proof. 

The Bucket List Mandela Effect

Commenters are also in complete disbelief, with one person saying she is positive she wrote the term “the bucket list” in her diary when she was 10 years old. Doll excitedly told her to find the page and post a picture because it would make everyone feeling absolutely insane from this Mandela affect much better. But the next comment is the viewer saying she looked into her diary, read every word cover to cover, and she, in fact, never used the term. 

One viewer commented that she found the origin of the term and it dates back to 1904 from a called Slangs and Analogous. But others are quick to respond saying that book uses the term “kick the bucket” but never actually says “bucket list.” Other also found it in a book they thought came out in 2004, but in reality wasn't published until 2011. 

If you Google the term it says "popularized by the 2007 film The Bucket List…. Like what?? Everyone remembers using this term and didn't ask questions about what it meant when the film came out, yet… the film INVENTED that term?? No way. 

One commenter finally put this whole rollercoaster of insanity to rest and pointed out that The Simpsons actually used the term in 1991 with the episode “One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish.” But even with that, the term has very little evidence of being used no more than a couple of times in documented culture. It's obviously a term everyone understand, but allegedly has not been used often. The Mandela Effect is saying it didn't become a household term until The Bucket List in 2007…