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IRA Mr. Krabs refers to a series of YouTube videos where the voice of the character Mr. Krabs from the children's animated show SpongeBob Squarepants is made to sing Irish Republican Army (IRA) songs using AI Voice modulation tools. Mr. Krabs, who is voiced by Clancy Brown, is supposedly used for such AI song covers because his vocals fit classic Irish intonations and accents.

Origin

On June 1st, 2023, YouTuber^[1] Jack Jennings posted the earliest known AI cover of a SpongeBob Squarepants character performing an Irish Rebel song. The video was titled, "(Spongebob AI) Come out ye Black n Tans LQ," and gathered over 63,000 views in two months (seen below).

Spread

On June 4th, 2023, YouTuber^[2] Minh Nguyen posted the earliest known AI Voice cover where Mr. Krabs can be heard singing "Come Out Ye Black and Tans." The video gathered over 460,000 views in two months (seen below, left). On June 25th, YouTuber^[3] Dr.ghostpepper 34 posted an AI Voice cover using Clancy Brown's voice as well, in a video titled, "The Foggy Dew by Mr.Krabs (A.I Cover)." The post gathered over 250,000 views in two months (seen below, right).

On July 4th, YouTuber^[4] Dr.ghostpepper 34 posted a video titled, "mr.krabs sings My Little Armalite A.I cover," gathering over 90,000 likes in a month (seen below, left). On July 23rd, YouTuber^[5] toggle lock posted a video titled, "Mr. Krabs – Man From The Daily Mail (AI Cover)," gathering over 9,000 views in a month (seen below, right).

On August 18th, Redditor /u/mjk1093 posted a query about the trend to /r/OutOfTheLoop, gathering over 400 upvotes in three days.^[6]

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