About

Danika Thibault is a female comedian who became known online as the Quirky, Annoying Stand-up Comedy Girl when clips of her stand-up set on the TikTok channel @comedyhereoften went viral due to many users thinking that she was cringe. The main joke that was ridiculed was about not being confident, just loud. The video, among others on the page, led to mass discourse on TikTok and elsewhere in November 2022, resulting in many TikTok duets and hateful comments (some related to the phrase "grip reaper"). Going into early 2023, screenshots of Thibault became common image macros on Twitter and elsewhere as she became a pop culture reference and character, likening her to a specifically quirky female archetype. The backlash Thibault faced led to many of the original videos being deleted.

Origin

On January 20th, 2022, the TikTok^[1] page @comedyhereoften posted a clip showing comedian Danika Thibault telling a joke about her parents paying her rent. The video received roughly 221,300 plays and 4,600 likes in one year (shown below, left).

A few days later, on January 24th, 2022, the TikTok^[2] page posted another clip from the same set in which Thibault joked about her friends having wealthy boyfriends and using e-mail. The video received roughly 185,000 plays and 3,900 likes in one year (shown below, right).

Months later on October 7th, 2022, a new stand-up set from Thibault was featured in a clip posted by the TikTok^[3] page @comedyhereoften in which she joked about being bad at parking. The video received roughly 1.4 million plays and 27,800 likes in four months (shown below, left). A month later, around November 20th, @comedyhereoften posted another clip to TikTok (since deleted) of Thibault's set in which she joked about not being confident and instead just loud. The video inspired mass engagement, however, was largely negative, resulting in the TikTok video's eventual self-deletion. As evidence of its negative virality and timeframe, on November 20th, TikToker^[4] @amanm9 posted a stitch with the TikTok, humorously claiming that he was going to harm himself because of Thibault. The stitch received roughly 5.4 million plays and 948,600 likes in three months (shown below, right).

Spread

In late November 2022, multiple TikTokers weighed in on the video, posting stitches and duets with @comedyhereoften. For instance, on November 26th, 2022, TikToker^[5] Joe Bartolozzi posted a stitch with the video in which he humorously expressed discomfort but, overall, admitted that comedy is subjective and not everyone has to think it's funny. The stitch received roughly 4.8 million plays and 882,900 likes in three months (shown below).

On November 20th, 2022, TikToker^[6] @kozzaab posted a duet from the POV of the producer, earning roughly 5.5 million plays and 672,000 likes in three months (shown below, left). On November 21st, TikToker^[7] @phizique posted a video that compared her to the Chicago Grip Reaper, earning roughly 131,400 plays and 24,000 likes in three months (shown below, right).

Danika Thibault's Response To TikTok Virality

On December 28th, 2022, the YouTube^[8] channel of Dino Archie posted a clip from the Strictly Beloved Podcast in which Danika Thibault was a guest and talked about her recent virality. Over the course of two months, the video received roughly 5,300 views (shown below).

Further Spread

Going into 2023, videos and screenshots of Thibault's @comedyhereoften set were posted in memes and captioned on social media platforms like Twitter. For instance, on January 12th, 2023, Twitter^[9] user TroubledHonky captioned Thibault's set with, "you have a gun with one bullet and you’re in a room with her and Hitler," earning roughly 6,500 likes in one month (shown below).

you have a gun with one bullet and you’re in a room with her and Hitler pic.twitter.com/OZ554bT1uy

— ︎ ︎ (@TroubledHonky) January 13, 2023

On February 6th, 2023, Twitter^[10] user SkinnyTuna tweeted, "i would do anything for her," earning roughly 4,900 likes in three days (shown below).

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