About

Hello There Timmy refers to a series of memes featuring a young boy recognizing character G-Man as the leader of Skibidi Toilets from the Skibidi Toilet video series instead of as a Half-Life character. The format was spawned by a viral meme in which G-Man banishes the boy to an impossible battle against a horde of alien grunts and has since been altered to feature different scenarios and characters.

Origin

On January 18th, 2024, X^[1] user @hlbs4life (authorship unconfirmed) posted a four-panel meme which imagined a young boy named Timmy recognizing character G-Man as one of Skibidi Toilets in the animation series rather than a Half-Life character. In the meme, G-Man proceeds to stare down Timmy and banish him to the realm of Xen to fight a horde of alien grunts, a reference to the alternative Half-Life ending. The post (shown below) gained over 3,100 reposts and 30,000 likes in two days.

Spread

The image saw viral spread online through reposts, including reposts in /r/gmod^[2] and /r/okbuddyhalflife^[3] subreddits and on X / Twitter. On January 29th, 2024, YouTuber^[4] ThatOneGuy'sAnimations posted an animated version of the meme that accumulated over 848,000 views in two months (shown below, left). On January 31st, 2024, YouTuber^[5] SilentManJoe posted a Source Filmmaker animation that gained over 809,000 views in the same period (shown below, right).

On March 3rd, 2024, X^[6] / Twitter user @GeneralEfficien posted the earliest derivative meme within the format, altering the scenario. The post (shown below, left) gained over 2,200 reposts and 22,000 likes in three weeks. On March 4th, iFunny^[7] user Gordon_homenLlvre posted an edit that received over 2,800 smiles on the platform in the same timeframe (shown below, right).

In the following weeks, more memes based on the format were posted on X, Reddit and other sites, with versions featuring various scenarios and some examples replacing G-Man with other characters.

Various Examples

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