Dancing Baby (1996)

added Jun 19, 2009 at 06:51PM UTC

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The Dancing Baby (aka Baby Cha-Cha) is a short 3D animation of a baby dancing to the intro of “Hooked On a Feeling.” Often cited as one of the earliest examples of an internet phenomenon, the video became popular circa 1996 via e-mail chains and became world-widely distributed over the internet.

The official site of the dancing baby can be found here. Different versions were created including a ‘drunken baby’, a ‘rasta baby’, ‘samurai baby’, and others, but none were nearly as popular as the original. Since it took off, it has appeared several times in the media and several parodies have been made. It soon became featured as a recurring hallucination on the TV show “Ally McBeal”.

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Dancing Baby dancing to American Idol

Popularity

Lately, the popularity of this meme has shown a steady decrease as people start to forget about this old meme.

Tribute sites still remain to this day, such as megababy.com

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23 Comments

Tylord14
Jun 20, 2009 at 01:04AM UTC , Tylord14 wrote:

i find this baby very creepy

Steven R.
Jun 20, 2009 at 01:07AM UTC , Steven R. wrote:

So, we’re finally submitting this meme. Took way too long.

I Awesome
Jun 20, 2009 at 12:56PM UTC , I Awesome wrote:

I couldn’t believe that none of you remembered dancing baby, so I had to add it, it was taking too long for me to wait.

FrostedDonut
Jun 22, 2009 at 09:49PM UTC , FrostedDonut wrote:

I think it was more a case of suppressing the traumatic memory…I’d managed to completely forget this (and it was EVERYwhere back in the day).

The baby looks creepy because it falls into the “uncanny valley”—almost, but not quite, human. Zombie territory.

random viewer
Jun 23, 2009 at 12:04AM UTC , random viewer wrote:

old meme is old, shit meme is shit

SpyHunter29
Jun 23, 2009 at 12:37AM UTC , SpyHunter29 wrote:

The video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Ronald Lussier.

Brad Kim
Jun 23, 2009 at 01:17AM UTC , Brad Kim wrote:

thanks, it’s been fixed-

I Awesome
Jun 23, 2009 at 09:00AM UTC , I Awesome wrote:

I feel proud to have my first contribution featured! By the way why did you get rid of that youtube video and replace it?

Brad Kim
Jun 23, 2009 at 10:38PM UTC , Brad Kim wrote:

I Awesome, it was replaced because the video had been deleted.

Xyphos
Jun 24, 2009 at 05:48PM UTC , Xyphos wrote:

OMG in my city there was a big screen showing this dancing baby all the time! I even used to dance like him when I was 5 ‘cos my parents simply loved it! OMG I can’t believe I found it LOL ^^

Xyphos
Jun 24, 2009 at 05:49PM UTC , Xyphos wrote:

oh and the video dancing along with The Beatles in Twist and Shout rocked!

beesandjam :D
Jun 25, 2009 at 08:36AM UTC , beesandjam :D wrote:

This meme is as old as dirt! no offense…

svoksis
Jul 04, 2009 at 02:57PM UTC , svoksis wrote:

That video is gross, disturbing and awful. This is not a meme, you actually are just submitting here popular things, you don’t even know the meaning of meme, the power of meme. This is just stupid.

I Awesome
Jul 06, 2009 at 08:44AM UTC , I Awesome wrote:

svosis, just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s not a meme. I think everyone here considers it a meme, so by popular demand, it stays.

Sam
Jul 09, 2009 at 07:14PM UTC , Sam wrote:

Its really no wonder most /b/tards HATE this meme. It either gets saged or found on the last page on /gif/ or /b/

farktard
Jul 15, 2009 at 03:28PM UTC , farktard wrote:

jesus, that takes me back. I think the dancing baby was a screen saver before the Internet even really took off. Could’ve sworn I saw it in the early 90s… Could be wrong, though.

I Awesome
Jul 23, 2009 at 09:09AM UTC , I Awesome wrote:

Added a much better video at the top, hopefully that won’t get removed.

Zaz .
Jul 31, 2009 at 12:05AM UTC , Zaz . wrote:

Still have no idea how this became a
meme in the first place….

I hereby declare an emergency showdown between Dancing Baby and Colin’s Bear Animation!

Chrisbob
Aug 04, 2009 at 11:27PM UTC , Chrisbob wrote:

Most /b/tards hate this meme because it predates their birth.

I’m glad this is here. We need to have a reliable archive old internet phenomenon along with the new.

solsonic
Aug 22, 2009 at 08:17AM UTC , solsonic wrote:

Evian is reviving the dancing baby phenomenon.

Jack Smack
Aug 23, 2009 at 12:57AM UTC , Jack Smack wrote:

AGHHHHHHHHHHHHH, SCARY BABY!

Alfred Kahn
Sep 18, 2009 at 12:46AM UTC , Alfred Kahn wrote:

The first time I saw it was for a blockbuster commercial.

anon ymous
Jan 17, 2010 at 12:30PM UTC , anon ymous wrote:

whoops. I meant " this is the oldest meme evar. make It die and be done with it"

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