# Dramatic Chipmunk

> A five-second prairie-dog edit spread to comedy sites, remixes and merchandise.

- Owner: null
- Kind: Meme & format
- Sector: Culture (no sector)
- Seed date: 2007-06-06
- Peak date: Week of Jun 22, 2007
- Date basis: Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 37 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Platform jump, Response chain, Press loop

## Summary

A brief edit of Japanese television footage appeared on YouTube in June 2007. Reuploads and comedy-site placement spread it; musical mashups, reenactments, merchandise and later game references extended the format.

## Timeline

- 2007-06-06 — magnets99 (YouTube) — magnets99 uploaded the edited prairie-dog clip as Dramatic Look.
- 2007-06-19 — cregets (YouTube) — cregets uploaded another copy, later widely known as Dramatic Chipmunk.
- 2007-06-20 — Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing readers (Open web) — Jardin credited Kent Nichols for the CollegeHumor link; later readers supplied alternate hosts and edits.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/dramatic-chipmunk

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Dramatic Chipmunk.” Case HIS-01007. Spread Score v1.2: 37/100. Updated 2026-10-17. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01007