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The magazine '']'' said that ''Skidibi Toilet'' is "frenetic, unpredictable, funny and at times genuinely unsettling".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Greig |first=James |date=2023-07-12 |title=Skibidi Toilet: the terrifying new creatures haunting the internet |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/60336/1/skibidi-toilet-slenderman-youtube-tiktok-demon-internet-evil |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> Many sources highlighted a viral ], in which a user @AnimeSerbia called the series a ]'s ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Schroeder |first=Audra |date=2023-07-20 |title=What is 'Skibidi Toilet,' the creepy YouTube series going viral on TikTok? |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/skibidi-toilet-trend-youtube-tiktok/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
| == DaFuq!?Boom! == | == DaFuq!?Boom! == | ||
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'''DaFuq!?Boom!''' is am animator on YouTube who have been animating for 9 years (as of 2023). 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" /> | ||
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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 cameras for heads. Skibidi Toilet is produced by a Georgian animator using Source Filmmaker.
The bizarre visuals, nonsensical nature, short length and toilet humour of the videos all helped Skibidi Toilet become viral several months after its debut. It quickly accumalated billions 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
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. Both parties use increasingly powerful weapons to their conflicts.
Production
Every episode is produced using Source Filmmaker, a Valve-published 3D computer graphics software. According to Dazed magazine, the series took inspiration from the TikTok dance videos by user @yasincengiz38, which often plays the same music. This content is a pre-existing internet meme. Some assets are taken from games like Half Life 2.
Popularity
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 million 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".
Reception
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 Gen Z's slenderman.
DaFuq!?Boom!
DaFuq!?Boom! is am animator on YouTube who have been animating for 9 years (as of 2023). He lives in Georgia.
Influence
Skidibi Toilet have sparked many fanworks to be made and posted in Tiktok.
References
- Winslow, Levi (2023-07-20). "YouTube's New Trend Features Creepy Singing Toilet-Creatures". Kotaku. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ Greig, James (2023-07-12). "Skibidi Toilet: the terrifying new creatures haunting the internet". Dazed. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
- Gutelle, Sam (May 1, 2023). "Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 04/30/2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- Gutelle, Sam (June 13, 2023). "Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/11/2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- Gutelle, Sam (July 4, 2023). "Top 100 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • June 2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- Gutelle, Sam (June 26, 2023). "Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/25/2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ^ Schroeder, Audra (2023-07-20). "What is 'Skibidi Toilet,' the creepy YouTube series going viral on TikTok?". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
- Johnson, Stephen (2023-07-21). "The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is Skibidi Toilet?". Lifehacker. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
External links
- Dexerto interview with DaFuq!?Boom!
- https://www.distractify.com/p/skibidi-toilet-tiktok-explained https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/skibidi-toilets-youtube-memes-videos-what-are-they https://www.cartoonbrew.com/streaming/dafuqboom-youtube-alexey-gerasimov-skibidi-toilet-230239.html https://www.perthnow.com.au/technology/internet/explainer-youtube-shorts-sensation-toilet-head-man-created-by-alexy-aka-dafuqboom-c-11417801