Viral Video Events

1985 Mar 14 "Donga", Starring Chiranjeevi and Radha, Released in India
Donga (Thief) is a Telegu film which was released on March 14, 1985. This film was directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy, and stars Chiranjeevi and Radha. This film is produced by T. Trivikram...
1992 MC Double Def DP Says: "Don't Copy That Floppy!"
Don’t Copy That Floppy was a popular anti-copyright infringement campaign run by the Software Publishers Association (SPA) beginning in 1992. The video for the campaign, starring M.E. ...
1998 "Tunak Tunak Tun" by Daler Mehndi Released
"Tunak Tunak Tun", often referred to solely as "Tunak", is a bhangra/pop love song created by Punjabi artist Daler Mehndi and released in 1998. It has become an internet meme because of i...
2000
to 2002
"All your base are belong to us" Gains Popularity Online
"All your base are belong to us" (often shortened to "All Your Base", "AYBABTU", or simply "AYB") is a broken English phrase that was central to an Internet phenomenon, or meme, in 2000-2...
2001 Apr 4 "Yatta!" By Green Leaves Released
On April 4, 2001, the "Yatta!" single was released under the Pony Canyon label in Japan, it surprisingly hit #6 in the charts and went triple-platinum in Japan within a number of weeks. W...
2002 Mar 21 "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" Makes Its Debut on Newgrounds.com
"Peanut Butter Jelly Time" was a Flash animation created by Ryan Gancenia Etrata and Kevin Flynn posted onto the Offtopic.com forums in early 2002. On March 21, 2002, a user by the name Y...
2002 Nov 4 "Star Wars Kid" Video Created
"Star Wars Kid" is an Internet phenomenon (also called an Internet meme) which started when a fourteen-year-old French Canadian high school student filmed himself wielding a golf ball ret...
2003 The Whistles Go 'Wooooo!' - Bubb Rubb Makes His Internet Debut
Whistle tips, also referred to as whistler tips, or whistlers, are modified vehicle exhaust pipes that generate a deafening whistling sound during the operation of a motor vehicle, and th...
2003 May 22 My Way Entertainment Releases, "The Juggernaut, Bitch!!"
On May 22, 2003, the parody troupe My Way Entertainment released "The Juggernaut Bitch!!", an overdub of part of the X-Men animated TV series episode "Phoenix Saga Part 3: Cry of the Bans...
2003 Sep 2 "Badger Badger Badger" by Jonti Picking First Published
"Badger Badger Badger", "The Badger Song" or "Badgers" is a Flash cartoon by British animator Jonti Picking. It consists of images of badgers doing calisthenics, a toadstool in front of a...
2004 Apr 19 Nickelback Booed Off the Stage, Pelted with Rocks in Portugal
Ultimate-Guitar: In Portugal Nickelback took the stage during the second song crowds started throwing rocks, plastic and any handy things came in their hands. Soon singer put the guitar d...
2004 Jun 2 Günther Releases "Pleasureman" Including the Single "Ding Dong Song"
"Ding Dong Song" is a song by Swedish pop singer Günther, featuring The Sunshine Girls. The song, originally released in 1984 as Tralala by Dutch band Phil & Company, was released in 2004...
2004 Dec 6 "Numa Numa" First Appears on Newgrounds.com
The Numa Numa phenomenon was first popularized by Gary Brolsma's release of Numa Numa Dance onto Newgrounds.com on December 6, 2004. The video shows Gary Brolsma in headphones lipsyncing ...
2005 Dec 15 "Canon Rock" by JerryC Posted Online
"Canon Rock" is a neo-classical metal arrangement of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D major by the Taiwanese musician and composer Jerry Chang (JerryC). The composition contains a variety of...
2005 Dec 23 "Boom Goes the Dynamite" - Brian Collins Nervously Anchors Sports News
Brian Collins, a nervous sports anchor, fumbles highlights, concluding with this infamous catch phrase. Popularly used in an episode of Family Guy among numerous other popular references,...
2006 Jan 24 "Developers" - Steve Ballmer Pumps Up the Volume
Footage featuring Ballmer's flamboyant stage appearances at Microsoft events have been widely circulated on the Internet, becoming viral videos. The most famous of these is commonly title...
2006 Mar The "Crichton Leprechaun" Shocks and Mystifies Mobile Alabama
The Crichton Leprechaun (known alternatively as the Mobile Leprechaun) is a leprechaun purported to have been sighted in March 2006 by the residents of the Crichton neighborhood in Mobile...
2006 May 8 "La caida de Edgar (Edgar's Fall)" Posted Online
Edgar's fall (La caida de Edgar) is a video that was uploaded to YouTube in March 2006 from México. This internet meme has been one of the most popular videos in YouTube, with 15,011,758 ...
2006 Jun 21 "Angry German Kid" Delights Millions With a Healthy Dose of Schadenfreude
The Angry German Kid apparently left his webcam on as he prepared for another gaming session at the PC. Well, first the game wouldn't load properly, and the kid starts getting very angry,...
2006 Aug 6 "Leeroy Jenkins" Charges Into Battle
Leeroy Jenkins, sometimes misspelled Leroy Jenkins and often elongated with numerous additional letters, is an Internet phenomenon named for a player character created by Ben Schultz in B...
2006 Aug 17 "Bas Rutten Street Defense" - Everybody Underestimates the Kick to the Groin.
Bas Rutten produced a series of self defense instructional videos. I hope I never get into a situation that will require these brutal techniques, but damn he makes it look easy.
2006 Oct 3 Basshunter Releases "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA", The Internet Eats It Up
"Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" (English "We're sitting in Ventrilo, playing DotA" and in some countries shortened to "DotA") is a song by Swedish dance DJ Basshunter. The lyrics, ...
2006 Nov 6 The Sneezing Baby Panda gives everyone the sniffles
The sneezing baby panda made its first known YouTube appearance as part of a Japanese television clip. The original video, titled "Panda Sneezing yOU WILL LVOE" never became nearly as po...
2007 Feb 26 The "Best John Mayer Fan Ever" Is Feelin' It, Yo.
I think the real story here is found in the comments section of the Youtube video--everyone was sent by someone named Nat. I wasn't, but I still commented that I was just because no one ...
2007 Apr 22 "Chocolate Rain" Posted to Youtube
"Chocolate Rain" is a song and music video written and performed by Tay Zonday, a singer and songwriter. After being posted on YouTube on April 22, 2007, the song quickly became popula...
2007 May First Recorded "Rickroll"
Rickrolling is an Internet meme typically involving the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up". The meme is a bait and switch: a person provides a web link th...
2007 May 22 "Charlie Bit My Finger" Finds Its Way to Youtube
Even had I thought of trying to get my boys to do this I probably couldn't have, neither were coerced into any of this and neither were hurt (for very long anyway). This was just one of t...
2007 Jun 7 "charlie schmidt's 'cool cat'" aka Keyboard Cat Posted Online
Keyboard Cat is an Internet meme. It consists of footage of "Fatso", a cat (now deceased) owned by Charlie Schmidt of Spokane, Washington, wearing a blue shirt and "playing" an upbeat rhy...
2007 Jun 12 "Rack Em Willie" Hits Youtube, Drinks Vodka
Also known as Alah Ragbar, "pimp nasty funky ch- pimp and stanky chicken", and Rack 'Em Willie. Willie is a youtube entrapreneur who was known for his performances on The Damn Show. He...
2007 Jun 19 The "Dramatic Chipmunk" Makes Its Internet Debut
Dramatic Chipmunk, also referred to as Dramatic Prairie Dog, is a popular viral video, originally released on June 19, 2007 on CollegeHumor. Despite the title, the video actually features...
2007 Jul 17 "Thriller" - Prisoners Perform at CPDRC in Cebu, Philippines
Thriller is a viral video featuring the dancing inmates of a high security penitentiary. In 2007, the inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a maximum sec...
2007 Jul 26 KTTV Fox 11 Reports on "Anonymous"
On July 26, 2007, KTTV Fox 11 News based in Los Angeles, California aired a report on Anonymous, calling them a group of "hackers on steroids", "domestic terrorists", and collectively an ...
2007 Sep 10 Chris Crocker Demands That The Internet "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!"
Chris Crocker is most notable for his "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!" video, posted September 10, 2007 to YouTube, in which he lashes out at gossip columnists such as Perez Hilton, and at reality ...
2007 Sep 17 "Don't Tase Me, Bro!" - Bro Gets Tased
On September 17, 2007,U.S. Senator John Kerry addressed a Constitution Day forum at the University of Florida in Gainesville, which was organized by the ACCENT Speaker's Bureau, an agency...
2007 Sep 18 "The Last Lecture" - Randy Pausch Delivers a Lecture on Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams (also referred to as "The Last Lecture") was a lecture given by Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Randy Pausch on September 18, ...
2007 Nov 10 Ernie and Bert go BRUTAL
From Youtube Info: June 1st Update: Oh hey 3.5 million views, over 10,000 comments, and 64 responses. Glad everyone enjoys my video. :) --- A-one and a-two and a-chicka booma chick!...
2007 Dec 19 "Grape lady falls!" Hits Youtube, Fans of Epic Faceplants Rejoice
A news reporter falls while she is stomping grapes.
2009 Jan 30 "David After Dentist" Appears on Youtube
This video of a kid doped up after getting a tooth pulled has become one of the 32 flavors of family friendly internet fun. I love it when he asks, "is this real life??" Fun stuff.
2009 Apr 11 Auto-Tune the News Episode 1 - "march madness. economic woes. pentagon budget cuts" Released
Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures appear to sing. The series is created by t...
2009 Apr 21 Auto-Tune the News Episode 2 - "pirates. drugs. gay marriage." Released
Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures appear to sing. The series is created by t...
2009 May 15 Auto-Tune the News Episode 3 - "cuba. afghan friendship. 2-party woes." Released
Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures appear to sing. The series is created by t...
2009 May 29 Auto-Tune the News Episode 4 - "spa regulation. serbians. sotomayor" Released
Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures appear to sing. The series is created by t...
2009 Jun 8 Aaron Shutway, an 8th Grader from Brecksville OH Sinks a Ridiculous Shot
Some people are saying it's fake, but I think it's real. Real ridiculous. The kid does a front flip using the ball on the ground, rolls forward and shoots it from 3/4 court. Nothing bu...
2009 Jun 19 Auto-Tune the News Episode 5 - "lettuce regulation. American blessings" Released
Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures appear to sing. The series is created by t...
2009 Jul 11 Auto-Tune the News Episode 6 - "Michael Jackson. drugs. Palin" Released
Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures appear to sing. The series is created by...
2009 Jul 19 "JK Wedding Entrance Dance" Posted Online
On July 19, 2009 a viral video called JK Wedding Entrance Dance was uploaded to YouTube that received significant media attention, using Forever by Chris Brown as the song to a wedding ma...
2009 Aug 3 Auto-Tune the News Episode 7: texting. rhyming. pat buchanan fail.
Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures appear to sing. The series is created by t...
2009 Aug 25 "Michael Jackson alive?!" Hoax Video Posted to Youtube
BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- A hoax video purporting to show Michael Jackson hopping out of a coroner's van alive was produced by a German television station as an experiment, the broadcaster...
2009 Sep 2 Auto-Tune the News #8: dragons. geese. Michael Vick. (ft. T-Pain)
We were honored to be joined in our newsmangling by Chairman Pain of the Federal Commission of T-Pain.
2009 Oct 15 Auto-Tune the News #9: Nobel. health care. United Nations.
The Gregory Brothers are well known for a series of YouTube videos, Auto-Tune the News, in which recorded voices of politicians, news anchors, and political pundits are digitally manipula...