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Bolbi Stoganovsky is an exchange student from the fictional country of Backhairistan featured in the Nickelodeon animated TV series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Online, the recurring minor character has gained a fan following due to his stereotypically Eastern-European mannerisms of speech and his signature "Slap Dance" that was performed during his campaign for class president.

Origin

On November 11th, 2003, Stoganovsky was introduced as a foreign exchange student from the country Backhairistan in the episode "Jimmy For President."^[1] While campaigning to become class president, Stoganovsky runs on the promise to require everyone to perform the "Slap Dance." After the his competition is disqualified for cheating, Stoganovsky wins the presidency by default. On November 21st, 2007, YouTuber nicksterlu uploaded a clip of Stoganovsky performing the Slap Dance (shown below).

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On June 2nd, 2012, YouTuber supermegapino uploaded a repeating clip of Stoganovsky performing his signature dance (shown below, left). On May 4th, 2014, YouTuber EOTW666 posted an audio recording of Stoganovsky ringing the Slap Dance song with a vibrating GIF of the character with the caption "[Slapping and Clapping Intensifies]" (shown below, right).

On October 4, 2012 a Twitter user suggested Bolbi as a presidential candidate^[2]. Two days later on October 6th, Tumblr user idreamofjimmy reblogged a since-deleted post supporting Bolbi as a presidential candidate^[3]. On February 20th, 2016, the BolbiStroganovskyForPresident Tumblr^[4] blog was launched, which highlights various meme images referencing the Jimmy Neutron character. On May 1st, a screenshot of a series of texts about the NHL Quarter-Finals series between the Anaheim Ducks and the Nashville Predators referring to Bolbi Stroganovsky as having scored adjacent to a Google search page for the Jimmy Neutron character was posted by Tumblr user grainsimmonds^[5], gaining upwards of 90,000 notes that month (shown below). The same day, the image was subsequently reposted to iFunny.^[6]

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