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'@@ -6,26 +6,5 @@ }}{{Italic title}} -'''''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{{Emdash}}disembodied heads inside moving toilets who can be killed by being flushed down{{Emdash}}and a faction of people with hardware heads, such as cameramen. ''Skibidi Toilet'' is produced by an animator in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] using [[Source Filmmaker]]. - -''Skibidi Toilet'' features bizarre visuals, a nonsensical nature, a relatively short running length, and [[toilet humour|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 [[Toilet|toilets]], called Skibidi Toilets and [[Closed-circuit television|CCTV]]-headed people, called Cameramen. A remix of the songs "[[Give It to Me (Timbaland song)|Give It to Me]]"{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} by [[Timbaland]]<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=[[USA Today]] |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 make an appearance, where they have TV or speakers 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",<ref name=":3" /> an animator on [[YouTube]]. Since 2014, he had been learning animation on his own for 9 years without formal education.<ref name=":3" /> He lives in [[Georgia (country)|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=[[Lifehacker]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> His channel has seen few prior viralities, such as when his short ''I'M AT DIP'' gained over 45 million views.<ref name=":3" /> - -Every episode is produced using [[Source Filmmaker]], 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=[[Kotaku]] |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 [[TikTok]] 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=[[Newsweek]] |language=en}}</ref> - -The creator of ''Skibidi Toilet'' cites Tiktok user Paryss Bryanne's adaptation of this meme, in which Bryanne moves in a jerky fashion with quick cuts.<ref name=":4" /> Some assets are taken from video games like ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' and ''[[Counter-Strike: Source]]''.<ref name=":4" /> - -== Reception and influence == -The magazine ''[[Dazed]]'' said that ''Skibidi 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=[[Dazed]] |language=en}}</ref> Many sources highlighted a viral [[Twitter|tweet]], in which a user @AnimeSerbia called the series a [[Generation Alpha]]'s [[Slenderman]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":12">{{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=[[The Daily Dot]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> - -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."<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=[[Tubefilter]]}}</ref> By June, the channel had achieved a milestone of five billion 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=[[Tubefilter]]}}</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=[[Tubefilter]]}}</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=[[Tubefilter]]}}</ref> [[Distractify]] 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' "genuine" feel and just plain luck boosted its popularity.<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 [[fanworks]] on TikTok.<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=[[The Daily Dot]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Influencer Apps LLC published a spin-off mobile game named "Skibidi War - Toilets Attack", which [[Distractify]] describes as a "traditional, top-down shooter". 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