I Want Waffle Fries / Boozoos Waffle Fries

About

I Want Waffle Fries or Boozoos Waffle Fries refers to an original sound on TikTok in which the voice actor for Boozoo, an animatronic from The Walten Files, cries in fear about Boozoo being in his house, followed by him saying in Boozoo's voice, "I want waffle fries" in a non-threatening way. The sound went viral on TikTok in late July and early August 2021, resulting in a number of viral videos, as well as spreading to edits on YouTube.

Origin

On June 29th, 2021, TikToker^[1] @itsamewario48, the voice actor for Boozoo from The Walten Files, a possessed animatronic in the style of Five Nights at Freddy's, posted a video responding to a comment expressing surprise over him being the voice actor for the character. In the video, he pretends to cry in fear as if Boozoo is in his room, then cuts to an image of the character and says, "I want waffle fries" as Boozoo in a non-threatening voice (shown below). The video gained 2.1 million views in a month.

Spread

On July 25th, 2021, YouTuber^[4] CassieDoughGirl posted an animated video interpreting the sound, gaining over 18,000 views in a week (shown below).

In late July the sound saw a significant increase in popularity as users began setting lip dub skits mostly about moments in their lives they regret or ironically regret, or about intrusive feelings, showing an image of the regrettable or intrusive subject over the Boozoo voice. For example, on July 30th, TikToker^[5] @chezaidan used the sound in a lip dub skit about trying to sleep then becoming horny, gaining over 1.5 million views in a week (shown below).

On July 31st, YouTuber^[6] Lauren Illustrated posted an original animation using the sound based on streamer Ranboo, gaining over 36,000 views in a week. The two most popular videos following the trend on TikTok were uploaded by TikTokers^[2][3] @asparagus69 and @www.poopeater.com on August 4th, gaining over 4.7 and 9.7 million views respectively in two days (two most popular examples shown below, left and right).

By August 6th, the original sound had been used in over 18,000 videos on TikTok. On August 2nd, YouTuber^[7] ×Chɑrlene Tɑkɑhɑshi× posted a Gacha Life animation using the sound, gaining over 49,000 views in four days (shown below).

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