Video memes

11 published memes with short summaries. Open any card for the full story.

Birds for Some Reason

A 2026 Avocado Animations video in which stylized birds turn a courtship scene into a dramatic dance routine set to Michael Jackson's "Chicago."

May 8

Italian Brainrot

AI-made animal-object hybrids with pseudo-Italian names, synthetic narration and deliberately nonsensical lore.

Jan 1

I Bought a Property in Egypt / They Give You the Property

A clipped Cam Easty line that became a mockery of hustle culture and sludge-video material.

Dec 1

Skibidi Toilet

The Source Filmmaker series in which singing human-headed toilets wage an escalating war against camera-, speaker- and TV-headed fighters.

Feb 7

We Are Number One

LazyTown's villain lesson became a precision-editing playground—and a fan-powered show of support for actor Stefán Karl Stefánsson.

Sep 10

Damn Daniel

A 30-second schoolyard montage, one delighted voice and a pair of white Vans turned a friendly compliment into 2016’s loudest catchphrase.

Feb 15

Nyan Cat

The Pop-Tart-bodied pixel cat that flies through space on a rainbow to an endlessly looping Japanese song.

Apr 2

Charlie Bit My Finger

Charlie Bit My Finger is a 2007 home video in which toddler Charlie bites his brother Harry, turning one tiny family moment into an early YouTube landmark.

May 22

Rickroll

A Rickroll is a bait-and-switch link that unexpectedly opens Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.”

May 15

Peanut Butter Jelly Time

The looping Dancing Banana Flash animation set to the Buckwheat Boyz chant—an early-web earworm that escaped into television.

Jan 1

Dancing Baby

The uncanny 3D baby whose cha-cha loop crossed software demos, email chains, fan pages, and Ally McBeal before “viral video” had a name.

Jan 1