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| == Plot == | == Plot == | ||
| The series is cringe. | |||
| 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. | |||
| In later episodes, other types of humanoids makes an appearance, where they have TV or speakers for their heads. Some characters are much larger than their normal counterparts. | |||
| == Background and production == | == Background and production == | ||
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| == Reception and influence == | == Reception and influence == | ||
| The magazine '']'' said that ''Skidibi Toilet'' is " |
The magazine '']'' said that ''Skidibi Toilet'' is "cringe, unsettling, and the worst trend on the internet".<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> | ||
| According to '']'' 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."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=May 1, 2023 |title=Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 04/30/2023 |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/05/01/top-50-most-viewed-us-youtube-channels-week-of-04-30-2023/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=]}}</ref> By June, the channel had achieved a milestone of five million views,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=June 13, 2023 |title=Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/11/2023 |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/06/13/top-50-most-viewed-us-youtube-channels-week-of-06-11-2023/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=]}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=July 4, 2023 |title=Top 100 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • June 2023 |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/07/04/top-100-most-viewed-youtube-channels-us-june-2023/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=June 26, 2023 |title=Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/25/2023 |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/06/26/top-50-most-viewed-us-youtube-channels-week-of-06-25-2023/ |access-date=July 23, 2023 |website=]}}</ref> ] has said the channel is popular with younger viewer base.<ref name=":2" /> | According to '']'' 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."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=May 1, 2023 |title=Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 04/30/2023 |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/05/01/top-50-most-viewed-us-youtube-channels-week-of-04-30-2023/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=]}}</ref> By June, the channel had achieved a milestone of five million views,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=June 13, 2023 |title=Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/11/2023 |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/06/13/top-50-most-viewed-us-youtube-channels-week-of-06-11-2023/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=]}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=July 4, 2023 |title=Top 100 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • June 2023 |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/07/04/top-100-most-viewed-youtube-channels-us-june-2023/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=June 26, 2023 |title=Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/25/2023 |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/06/26/top-50-most-viewed-us-youtube-channels-week-of-06-25-2023/ |access-date=July 23, 2023 |website=]}}</ref> ] has said the channel is popular with younger viewer base.<ref name=":2" /> | ||
| 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' |
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' cringe made 10 year olds cry.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Jamie |date=2023-07-03 |title=How The Animation Channel DaFuq!?Boom! Became Youtube's Biggest Hit This Summer |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/streaming/dafuqboom-youtube-alexey-gerasimov-skibidi-toilet-230239.html |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Cartoon Brew |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Skidibi Toilet'' have sparked many fans to create and post ] on ''Tiktok.''<ref name=":1" /> Influencer Apps LLC published a spin-off mobile game named "Skibidi War - Toilets Attack", which ] describes as a "traditional, top-down shooter". A ] version of the game is planned to be published by Hand Up Digital LLC.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Bitner |first=Jon |date=2023-07-26 |title=This Talking Head in a Toilet Is Taking the Internet by Storm — Everything to Know About the Skibidi Toilet Trend |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/skibidi-toilet-tiktok-explained |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Skibidi Battle - Toilets Attack on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2483560/Skibidi_Battle__Toilets_Attack/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}}</ref> | ||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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Youtube series and internet meme| Skibidi Toilet | |
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 Thumbnail of the first short in the series | |
| Produced by | Alexey Gerasimov |
| Release date | February 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 cameras for heads. 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
The series is cringe.
Background and production
"Alexey Gerasimov", better known as "DaFuq!?Boom!" and "Blugray", is 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 was gained over 45 million views. 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 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 "cringe, unsettling, and the worst trend on the internet". Many sources highlighted a viral tweet, in which a user @AnimeSerbia called the series a Gen Z'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 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". 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' cringe made 10 year olds cry. 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
- ^ Lang, Jamie (2023-07-03). "How The Animation Channel DaFuq!?Boom! Became Youtube's Biggest Hit This Summer". Cartoon Brew. 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.
- ^ Greig, James (2023-07-12). "Skibidi Toilet: the terrifying new creatures haunting the internet". Dazed. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
- Winslow, Levi (2023-07-20). "YouTube's New Trend Features Creepy Singing Toilet-Creatures". Kotaku. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ Smith, Ryan (2023-07-18). "What is Skibidi Toilet? Inside the eerie videos taking over the internet". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ Schroeder, Audra (2023-07-20). "What is 'Skibidi Toilet,' the creepy YouTube series going viral on TikTok?". The Daily Dot. 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.
- ^ 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.
- "Skibidi Battle - Toilets Attack on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
External links
- https://gamerant.com/youtube-viral-skibidi-toilet-event-explained/
- https://www.perthnow.com.au/technology/internet/explainer-youtube-shorts-sensation-toilet-head-man-created-by-alexy-aka-dafuqboom-c-11417801
- https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2023/07/27/original-song-from-skibidi-toilet-is-as-bizarre-as-viral-tiktok-trend-itself/
- https://www.intheknow.com/post/skibidi-toilet-youtube/
- https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/gen-z-becomes-self-aware-191358563.html