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== Plot and characteristics == == Plot and characteristics ==
The series documents the conflict between human-headed ], called Skibidi Toilets and ]-headed people, called Cameramen. A remix of the songs "]"{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} by ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Try a trend: The Rise of Rizz |url=https://blog.youtube/culture-and-trends/july-culture-trends-2023-rizz-permission-to-flex/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=blog.youtube |language=en-us}}</ref> and "Dom Dom Yes Yes" by Biser King<ref>{{Cite web |last=Curtis |first=Charles |date=2023-07-24 |title=What are Skibidi toilets? Explaining the bizarre YouTube video series that's taking over the internet |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/skibidi-toilets-youtube-memes-videos-what-are-they |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=For The Win |publisher=] |language=en-US}}</ref> makes its appearance in every episode as the theme song of the Skibidi Toilets. The events unfold from the perspective of a Cameraman, who ends up getting caught or killed by the Skibidi Toilets in the end of almost every episode. Both parties use increasingly powerful weapons to their conflicts. The series documents the conflict between human-headed ], called Skibidi Toilets and ]-headed people, called Cameramen. A remix of the songs "]"{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} by ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Try a trend: The Rise of Rizz |url=https://blog.youtube/culture-and-trends/july-culture-trends-2023-rizz-permission-to-flex/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=blog.youtube |language=en-us}}</ref> and "Dom Dom Yes Yes" by Biser King<ref>{{Cite web |last=Curtis |first=Charles |date=2023-07-24 |title=What are Skibidi toilets? Explaining the bizarre YouTube video series that's taking over the internet |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/skibidi-toilets-youtube-memes-videos-what-are-they |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=For The Win |publisher=] |language=en-US}}</ref> makes its appearance in every episode as the theme song of the Skibidi Toilets. The events unfold from the perspective of a Cameraman, who ends up getting caught or killed by the Skibidi Toilets in the end of almost every episode and even gets infected in one. Both parties use increasingly powerful weapons to their conflicts.


In later episodes, other types of humanoids make an appearance, where they have TV or speakers or computers for their heads. Some characters are much larger than their normal counterparts. In later episodes, other types of humanoids make an appearance, where they have TV or speakers or computers for their heads. Some characters are much larger than their normal counterparts.
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== Background and production == == Background and production ==
''Skibidi Toilet'' was created by Alexey Gerasimov, better known as "DaFuq!?Boom!" and "Blugray",<ref name=":3" /> an animator on ]. Since 2014, he had been learning animation on his own for 9 years without formal classes.<ref name=":3" /> He lives in Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2023-07-21 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is Skibidi Toilet? |url=https://lifehacker.com/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-what-is-s-1850662263 |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> His channel have seen few prior viralities, such as when his short ''I’M AT DIP'' gained over 45 million views.<ref name=":3" /> ''Skibidi Toilet'' was created by Alexey Gerasimov, better known as "DaFuq!?Boom!" and "Blugray",<ref name=":3" /> an animator on ]. Since 2014, he had been learning animation on his own for 9 years without formal classes.<ref name=":3" /> He lives in Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stephen |date=2023-07-21 |title=The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is Skibidi Toilet? |url=https://lifehacker.com/the-out-of-touch-adults-guide-to-kid-culture-what-is-s-1850662263 |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> His channel have seen few prior viralities, such as when his short ''I’M AT DIP'' gained over 45 million views.<ref name=":3" />

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Skibidi toilets is a absolute work of art and is the best thing in the world Tyler A.


Every episode is produced using ], a Valve-published 3D computer graphics software.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Winslow |first=Levi |date=2023-07-20 |title=YouTube’s New Trend Features Creepy Singing Toilet-Creatures |url=https://kotaku.com/youtube-skibidi-toilet-song-dafuqboom-tiktok-explained-1850660405 |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> The creator has said he uses this software because “it allows me to work easier and faster with assets that I need doing animation, direction, writing, and editing myself.” The music prominently featured in the series was popularized due to a ] dance video posted by the user @yasincengiz38, which was also has become an internet meme prior to the series release.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Ryan |date=2023-07-18 |title=What is Skibidi Toilet? Inside the eerie videos taking over the internet |url=https://www.newsweek.com/what-skibidi-toilet-inside-eerie-videos-taking-over-internet-1813590 |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> Every episode is produced using ], a Valve-published 3D computer graphics software.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Winslow |first=Levi |date=2023-07-20 |title=YouTube’s New Trend Features Creepy Singing Toilet-Creatures |url=https://kotaku.com/youtube-skibidi-toilet-song-dafuqboom-tiktok-explained-1850660405 |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> The creator has said he uses this software because “it allows me to work easier and faster with assets that I need doing animation, direction, writing, and editing myself.” The music prominently featured in the series was popularized due to a ] dance video posted by the user @yasincengiz38, which was also has become an internet meme prior to the series release.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Ryan |date=2023-07-18 |title=What is Skibidi Toilet? Inside the eerie videos taking over the internet |url=https://www.newsweek.com/what-skibidi-toilet-inside-eerie-videos-taking-over-internet-1813590 |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>

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YouTube series and internet meme
Skibidi Toilet
Thumbnail of the first short in the series
Produced byAlexey Gerasimov
Release dateFebruary 2023

Skibidi Toilet is a series of YouTube Shorts posted on the YouTube channel DaFuq!?Boom!. The first short was posted in February 2023. The series depicts a war between the Skibidi Toilets—disembodied heads inside moving toilets who can be killed by being flushed down—and a faction of people with hardware such as cameraman. Skibidi Toilet is produced by a Georgian animator using Source Filmmaker.

Skibidi Toilet features bizarre visuals, a nonsensical nature, a relatively short running length, and toilet humor, and became viral several months after its debut. It quickly accumulated millions of views, becoming an Internet meme on both YouTube and TikTok. According to Tubefilter, "DaFuq!?Boom!" was the most viewed YouTube channel in the United States in June 2023.

Plot and characteristics

The series documents the conflict between human-headed toilets, called Skibidi Toilets and CCTV-headed people, called Cameramen. A remix of the songs "Give It to Me" by Timbaland and "Dom Dom Yes Yes" by Biser King makes its appearance in every episode as the theme song of the Skibidi Toilets. The events unfold from the perspective of a Cameraman, who ends up getting caught or killed by the Skibidi Toilets in the end of almost every episode and even gets infected in one. Both parties use increasingly powerful weapons to their conflicts.

In later episodes, other types of humanoids make an appearance, where they have TV or speakers or computers for their heads. Some characters are much larger than their normal counterparts.

Background and production

Skibidi Toilet was created by Alexey Gerasimov, better known as "DaFuq!?Boom!" and "Blugray", an animator on YouTube. Since 2014, he had been learning animation on his own for 9 years without formal classes. He lives in Georgia. His channel have seen few prior viralities, such as when his short I’M AT DIP gained over 45 million views.

QUOTES

Skibidi toilets is a absolute work of art and is the best thing in the world Tyler A.

Every episode is produced using Source Filmmaker, a Valve-published 3D computer graphics software. The creator has said he uses this software because “it allows me to work easier and faster with assets that I need doing animation, direction, writing, and editing myself.” The music prominently featured in the series was popularized due to a TikTok dance video posted by the user @yasincengiz38, which was also has become an internet meme prior to the series release.

The creator of Skidibi Toilet cites Tiktok user Paryss Bryanne's adaptation of this meme, in which Bryanne moves in a jerky fashion with quick cuts. Some assets are taken from video games like Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source.

Reception and influence

The magazine Dazed said that Skidibi Toilet is "frenetic, unpredictable, funny and at times genuinely unsettling". Many sources highlighted a viral tweet, in which a user @AnimeSerbia called the series a Generation Alpha's Slenderman.

According to Tubefilter rankings, by the end of April 2023, "DaFuq!?Boom!" entered the fifty most viewed YouTube channels in the United States, at 33rd place. Editor Sam Gutelle remarked that animators "used to struggle with the demands of the YouTube algorithm; now it’s possible to get millions of views with a bunch of pixelated toilets." By June, the channel had achieved a milestone of five billion views, making it most viewed YouTube channel in US during that month. It also garnered 2.9 billion views and saw a 9% weekly increase in viewership. Gutelle noted that until the recent months, the channel existed largely under the radar, except for a few "animation diehards in the meme community". Distractify has said the channel is popular with younger viewer base.

Trend specialist Phil Ranta explained that the serialization of the series made it so that "people had a reason to come back". They also explained the series' "genuine" feel and just plain luck boosted its popularity. Skidibi Toilet have sparked many fans to create and post fanworks on TikTok. Influencer Apps LLC published a spin-off mobile game named "Skibidi War - Toilets Attack", which Distractify describes as a "traditional, top-down shooter". A Steam version of the game is planned to be published by Hand Up Digital LLC.

References

  1. "Try a trend: The Rise of Rizz". blog.youtube. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  2. Curtis, Charles (2023-07-24). "What are Skibidi toilets? Explaining the bizarre YouTube video series that's taking over the internet". For The Win. USA Today. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  3. ^ Lang, Jamie (2023-07-03). "How The Animation Channel DaFuq!?Boom! Became Youtube's Biggest Hit This Summer". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  4. Johnson, Stephen (2023-07-21). "The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is Skibidi Toilet?". Lifehacker. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  5. ^ Greig, James (2023-07-12). "Skibidi Toilet: the terrifying new creatures haunting the internet". Dazed. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  6. Winslow, Levi (2023-07-20). "YouTube's New Trend Features Creepy Singing Toilet-Creatures". Kotaku. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  7. ^ Smith, Ryan (2023-07-18). "What is Skibidi Toilet? Inside the eerie videos taking over the internet". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  8. ^ Schroeder, Audra (2023-07-20). "What is 'Skibidi Toilet,' the creepy YouTube series going viral on TikTok?". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  9. Gutelle, Sam (May 1, 2023). "Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 04/30/2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  10. Gutelle, Sam (June 13, 2023). "Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/11/2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  11. Gutelle, Sam (July 4, 2023). "Top 100 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • June 2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  12. Gutelle, Sam (June 26, 2023). "Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/25/2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  13. ^ Bitner, Jon (2023-07-26). "This Talking Head in a Toilet Is Taking the Internet by Storm — Everything to Know About the Skibidi Toilet Trend". Distractify. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  14. "Skibidi Battle - Toilets Attack on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2023-08-10.

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