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Template:Infobox memeSkibidi Toilet is a web series of YouTube videos and shorts created by animator Alexey Gerasimov and uploaded on his YouTube channel DaFuq!?Boom! The series follows a storyline about a war between human-headed toilets and humanoid characters with electronic devices for heads. Since the first short was posted in February 2023, Skibidi Toilet has become viral as an internet meme across various social media platforms, particularly among younger Generation Alphas. Critics saw the series as the Generation Alpha's first foray into internet culture, competing with the older Generation Z.

Plot and characteristics

A pen sketch of a humanoid character with a speaker for their head. It is wearing a headphone.
The Speakermen (depicted here as a fan art) are one of the humans groups in the series, alongside Cameramen and TVmen.

The dialogue-free series depicts a conflict between singing human-headed toilets—the titular "Skibidi Toilets"—and humans with CCTV cameras, speakers, and televisions for heads. In a New York City-esque setting, Skibidi Toilets, and their leader G-Man, threaten humanity. Two legions of hardware-headed humans, cameras and speakers form an alliance against the toilets. Each legion has one human that is much larger and more powerful than the rest, termed "titans". A toilet parasite infects the speaker titan, leading to casualties. Later in the series, TV-headed humans and their titan are introduced, and with their help, the speaker titan is broken free from the mind control. The battle spreads to other cities, where the titans destroy what seems to be the G-man, but turns out to be a decoy. The titans convene and seems to defeat the mastermind, the Scientist Toilet, but once again are fooled by a decoy. The true Scientist Toilet is revealed to be in hiding.

Business Insider describes the series as "an endless arms race as both the toilets and their foes stronger fighters". Mashup of the songs "Give It to Me" by Timbaland and "Dom Dom Yes Yes" by Biser King", created by TikTok user @doombreaker03, appear in each episode as the theme of the Skibidi Toilets, and is the origin of the name Skibidi. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears is featured in some videos as the theme of the camera-head resistance.

The show contains references to video games, such as the character G-man, whose name comes from the Half-Life video game series. Additionally, the dances performed by the Cameramen are inspired by the online battle royale game Fortnite.

Background and production

Skibidi Toilet is produced by Alexey Gerasimov (born 1998), also known as "DaFuq!?Boom!" and "Blugray". Since 2014, he has been learning animation on his own. He lives in the country of Georgia. His channel has seen prior hits, such as when his video I'M AT DIP accumulated over 45 million views. Some assets are taken from video games such as Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source.

First released in February 2023, every episode is produced using Source Filmmaker, a free Valve-published 3D computer graphics software, often used to create and edit clips and movies online, primarily using video game assets. In 2022, the song "Dom Dom Yes Yes" by Biser King became a TikTok meme. Another TikTok user Paryss Bryanne, in turn, parodied this meme, complementing it with her style of jerky acting with rapid cuts. Alexey cites her adaptation as one of the inspiration for Skibidi Toilet.

Reception and influence

Skibidi Toilet's audience is predominantly among Generation Alpha, who were born in 2010 or later. While the series does not appear in YouTube Kids, an app designed for children under the age of 13, it still enjoys a massive popularity among elementary students. Skibidi Toilet has sparked many fans to create and post fanworks, such as games, fanfiction, and art, as well as the Generation Alpha slang "skibidi".

As of November 2023, YouTube videos associated with Skibidi Toilet have accumulated over 65 billion views, while on the social media platform TikTok, the "Skibidi Toilet" hashtag is trending, and comprises 15.3 billion views. By December, the channel "DaFuq!?Boom!" has amassed 36 million subscribers, experiencing such rapid growth that, on occasion, has surpassed those of MrBeast, the second most subscribed channel of YouTube. The series has found its way into memes and Instagram videos. The Washington Post went as far as to call it "the biggest online phenomenon of the year."

The magazine Dazed characterized Skibidi Toilet as "frenetic, unpredictable, funny and at times genuinely unsettling". Yahoo's In The Know compared the animation to a mobile game, describing it as having "choppy movements and exaggerated facial expressions". The animation-focused website Cartoon Brew reported that Skibidi Toilet “may look rough around the edges compared to major studio fare, but there is no question that Gerasimov is a filmmaker who understands pacing, camerawork, sound design, and how to tell a story.”

Many publications highlighted a viral tweet, in which a user @AnimeSerbia called the series Generation Alpha's Slender Man. Insider claimed the series exemplified the start of a new generation gaining prominence, using the relationship between millennials and Gen Z as an example, a stance that Indy100 repeated, who commented that " will be facing the same mocking and ridicule they dished out to Millennials." News.com.au opined that " is a timely reminder that Gen Alpha are on the horizon".

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. By June, the channel had achieved a milestone of five billion views, making it the most viewed YouTube channel in the US during that month. The editor, Sam Gutelle, noted that previously, the channel existed largely under the radar, except for a few "animation diehards in the meme community". Daily Dot's offshoot publication Passionfruit suspected the popularity of the series was due to how the "designs combined a simple, cute style with more uncanny elements", citing other popular characters like Sans and Siren Head.

Trend analyst Phil Ranta on news website Cartoon Brew explained that the serialization of the Skibidi Toilet made it so that "people had a reason to come back". The Washington Post noted the series' uniqueness in creating a narrative entirely our of short-form videos, and remarked on YouTube's ability to stay relevant as TikTok. In his newsletter Garbage Day, journalist Ryan Broderick remarked that the series leans into "weird internet aesthetics", creating a nostalgic element. Business Insider echoed this perspective, remarking on the series' use of old video game assets.

Several parental websites and Indonesian newspapers claimed that Skibidi Toilet's violence and bizarre visuals may have a harmful effect on young children, dubbing it "Skibidi Toilet Syndrome" (Indonesian: Sindrom Skibidi Toilet). Viral videos have surfaced wherein children sit inside various containers and mimic the Toilets.

See also

References

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  19. Wahyu Kurniawan, Romafi (3 August 2023). "Hati-Hati, Kecanduan Skibidi Toilet Bisa Berbahaya Bagi Anak-anak" [Beware, Skibidi Toilet Addiction Can Be Dangerous For Children]. Jawa Pos (in Indonesian). Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  20. F. Pujangga, Raka (7 August 2023). "Waspada Bahaya Sindrom Skibidi Toilet Pada Anak, Segera Arahkan Ke Konten Positif" [Beware of the Dangers of Skibidi Toilet Syndrome in Children, Immediately Direct to Positive Content]. Tribun Jateng (in Indonesian). Retrieved 17 October 2023.

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