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Le Poisson Steve refers to an animation of an orange, two-legged orange fish with arms named Steve set to a chiptune song about him that went viral on TikTok in early April 2025. The video, made by animator Vigz and composer Tomo, inspired numerous fan animations, remixes and various memes. "Le poisson Steve" is French for "Steve the Fish."

Origin

On April 2nd, 2025, French animator Vigz (also known as vigzvigz) posted an animation of a two-legged orange fish named Steve set to a chiptune song in French. The song was composed by @tomomp3. The video (shown below) garnered over 8.5 million views and 1.1 million likes on TikTok^[1] and 495,900 likes on Instagram^[2] in one week.

Steve, le
Le poisson Steve (Poisson Steve)
Il est orange (ooh-ooh)
Il a des bras, et des jambes
Le poisson Steve

Spread

The video achieved viral popularity with French users on TikTok in early April 2025, with users posting fan animations and remixes based on it.

For example, on April 5th, 2025, TikTok^[3] user @leo.ako posted a 3D-animation that garnered over 4.6 million views and 783,000 likes in four days (shown below).

On April 7th, 2025, TikTok^[4] user @nonii.jj posted a Why You So Quiet? What's On Your Mind? meme about the video that received over 322,000 views and 59,000 likes in two days (shown below).

More fan animations, remixes and memes based on the video were posted to TikTok in early April 2025 as Le Poisson Steve continued to spread online.

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