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Skibidi Toilet
Screenshot of the thumbnail to the first short in the series (this head's model is from the video game Half-Life 2).
Produced byAlexey Gerasimov
Release date
7 February 2023–present

Skibidi Toilet is a series of viral YouTube Shorts uploaded on the DaFuq!?Boom! channel on YouTube. The series depicts a war between the Skibidi Toilets — disembodied heads inside moving toilets which can be killed by being flushed down — and a faction of people with hardware for heads, such as cameras, loudspeakers, or televisions. Skibidi Toilet is produced by Georgian animator Alexey Gerasimov using Source Filmmaker. The first short was posted on 7 February 2023.

Skibidi Toilet features bizarre visuals with a nonsensical nature and relatively short running length, and became viral several months after its debut. It quickly accumulated millions of views, becoming a meme on both YouTube and TikTok. According to Tubefilter, "DaFuq!?Boom!" was the most viewed YouTube channel during June 2023.[1]

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"[citation needed] by Timbaland[2] and "Dom Dom Yes Yes" by Biser King[3] 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 at the end of almost every episode. Both parties use increasingly powerful weapons to aid their advances.

In later episodes, other types of humanoids appear, which have TV or speakers for their heads. Some characters are much larger and more powerful than their normal counterparts.

Game Rant said the series lacked a coherent plot until episode 3, but began to expand on the lore starting from episode 10.[4]

Background and production

Skibidi Toilet was created by Alexey Gerasimov, better known as "DaFuq!?Boom!" and "Blugray",[5] an animator on YouTube. Since 2014, he has been learning animation on his own without formal education.[5] He lives in the country of Georgia.[6][7] His channel has produced a few prior viral hits, such as when his video I'M AT DIP accumulated over 45 million views.[5]

Every episode is produced using Source Filmmaker, a Valve-published 3D computer graphics software.[8] 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 an internet meme before the series release.[7][9]

The creator of Skibidi Toilet cites TikTok user Paryss Bryanne's adaptation of this meme as inspiration for his series, in which Bryanne moves in a jerky fashion with quick cuts.[9] Some assets are taken from video games Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source,[9] and Garry's Mod.[10] The most notable of the Skibidi Toilet models (pictured in infobox) uses the head of a Civilian (Male_07) from Half-Life 2.[citation needed]

Reception and influence

The magazine Dazed said that Skibidi Toilet is "frenetic, unpredictable, funny and at times genuinely unsettling".[7] According to Distractify, the channel is popular with a younger viewer base.[11] Many sources highlighted a viral tweet, in which a user @AnimeSerbia called the series Generation Alpha's Slender Man.[7][12][9]

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."[13] By June, the channel had achieved a milestone of five billion views,[14] making it most the viewed YouTube channel in the US during that month.[15] Gutelle noted that until recent months, the channel existed largely under the radar, except for a few "animation diehards in the meme community".[16]

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.[5] Skibidi Toilet has sparked many fans to create and post fanworks on TikTok.[12]

References

  1. ^ Gutelle, Sam (2023-07-04). "Top 100 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • June 2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  2. ^ "Try a trend: The Rise of Rizz". YouTube Blog. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ S, Luci (2023-08-01). "YouTube's Viral Skibidi Toilet Event Explained". Game Rant. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  5. ^ a b c d Lang, Jamie (2023-07-03). "How The Animation Channel DaFuq!?Boom! Became Youtube's Biggest Hit This Summer". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  6. ^ Johnson, Stephen (2023-07-21). "The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is Skibidi Toilet?". Lifehacker. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  7. ^ a b c d Greig, James (2023-07-12). "Skibidi Toilet: the terrifying new creatures haunting the internet". Dazed. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  8. ^ Winslow, Levi (2023-07-20). "YouTube's New Trend Features Creepy Singing Toilet-Creatures". Kotaku. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  9. ^ a b c d Smith, Ryan (2023-07-18). "What is Skibidi Toilet? Inside the eerie videos taking over the internet". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  10. ^ Rodríguez, Alejandro (2023-08-06). "¿Qué es el 'Skibidi toilet' y por qué es la sensación entre niños?" [What is the 'Skibidi toilet' and why is it a sensation among children?]. ABC Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ a b Schroeder, Audra (2023-07-20). "What is 'Skibidi Toilet,' the creepy YouTube series going viral on TikTok?". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  13. ^ Gutelle, Sam (May 1, 2023). "Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 04/30/2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  14. ^ Gutelle, Sam (June 13, 2023). "Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/11/2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  15. ^ Gutelle, Sam (July 4, 2023). "Top 100 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • June 2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  16. ^ Gutelle, Sam (June 26, 2023). "Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 06/25/2023". Tubefilter. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
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