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Badger Badger Badger

Meme & format · 2003 · Notable

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A looping Flash cartoon spread by email, then drew 21 million views on YouTube.

The Weebl @mrweebl.bsky.social

@TheWeebl · Aug 23, 2022

Hi. Who do I contact about the blatant ripping off of my copyrighted work this time?

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Post · @TheWeebl on X
Clip · Weebl's Stuff on YouTube
Clip · Weebl's Stuff on YouTube
Badger Badger Badger
Wikipedia (non-free, fair use)
20 Years of Badgers
B3ta / weebl
Badgers : animated music video : MrWeebl
Weebl's Stuff on YouTube

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How it works
ReachNo data yetContagionNo data yetBreadth40Velocity38Longevity9255

Numbers

Seed to milestone
5 months
Sep 2 ’03 to Feb 14 ’04
Platforms
5
Started on Open web
Origin
Seeded
Entertainment

Mechanics

  • Platform jumpPrimary
  • Press loop
  • Newsjacking
  • Controversy

How it spread

Trace the origin

Picking posted Badgers to B3ta, whose email newsletter linked it; parodies later reached YouTube. A charity remake charted, and a Quorn imitation led to a licensing deal. The BFI later preserved the animation.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.

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Timeline (15)

  1. September 2003

    weebl (Jonti Picking) seed · Sep 2 ’03

    Weebl posted his looping badger animation to B3ta and linked the Flash file.[1]

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  2. B3ta newsletter platform jump · Sep 5 ’03

    B3ta featured Gabba Badgers in its weekly email and linked Weebl’s site.[2]

  3. Technique readers at Georgia Tech platform jump · Sep 19 ’03

    Technique printed a reader’s badger-and-mushroom chant without explaining its source.[3]

  1. press · Nov 2003

  2. afterlife · Dec 5 ’03

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Origin
Seeded
Sector
Entertainment
Region
GB
Reported figure
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Evidence
Grade B

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