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Can You Send Me 30K? refers to Arknights: Endfield fan animation showing its characters, such as Perlica, asking Chen to send her $30,000, but Chen doesn't have that much money to send. It gained virality in the community in early 2026 as memes referencing the animation spread online.

Origin

On January 17th, 2026, Twitter / X^[1] user @Cho_theg uploaded a GIF caption meme using the character Perlica from Arknights: Endfield with the caption, "Paypal me $30000," and also says that they like the GIF and are planning to make something based on it. The post received more than 430 reposts and 5,600 likes in one month.

On January 21st, 2026, the same Twitter / X^[7] user uploaded the animation based on the previous GIF caption. The post received more than 1,000 reposts and 12,000 likes in one month.

The next day, @Cho_theg through the YouTube^[2] channel Simi and Chapchap uploaded a fan animation, which showed the character Perlica asking Chen to send her $30,000, but Chen didn't have that much money, with both of them then starting to dance while showing various currencies of $30,000. The video received more than 1,8 million views in one month.

Spread

Over the following days, both the GIF caption and the fan animation gained popularity in the Arknights: Endfield community with fan arts and edits referencing it.

For example, on January 25th, 2026, Redditor nightfawn uploaded Perlica fan art using the Ouhhh… Husbant. Now We Are Homeress meme, titled "Ouhhh… husbant… We don't have $30000," to /r/Endfield^[3] subreddit. The post received more than 8,100 upvotes in three weeks.

On January 29th, 2026, Twitter / X^[4] user @k231532s uploaded Perlica fan art referencing the GIF caption. The post received 2,200 reposts and 19,000 likes in three weeks.

On February 5th, 2026, YouTube^[5] user IkandaAnimate and Sader uploaded the 3D animation version of Simi and Chapchap's animation. The video received more than 548,000 views in two weeks.

On February 3rd, 2026, Redditor Jupiter-Pulse uploaded a post titled "Endfield 30k Ad" to find out about official Arknights : Endfield legally using the animation as a game advertisement on YouTube to /r/Endfield^[6] subreddit. The post received more than 3,000 upvotes in two weeks.

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