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Mario Gummy Bear Dance is a viral video and exploitable meme trend in which the Nintendo character Mario is animated to be doing the dance routine from the "The Gummy Bear" song. Originally a short video in 2021, it eventually grew into a wider trend and long-form video in 2022, with different edits and variations created by other fans on YouTube.

Origin

On June 17th, 2021, YouTuber and creator Bezkii uploaded the video "[SHORT VERSION] The Gummy Bear Song but Mario," which was only 30 seconds long. This version^[1] would go on to inspire others as it racked up over 2.3 million views in one year (shown below).

A full year later, on June 17th, 2022, Bezkii would add another YouTube video^[2] to their channel, this time being the longer version titled "[FULL VERSION] Mario in The Gummy Bear Song," which was extended into a full 2:30 in length and featuring numerous scene transitions that were not present in the first iteration. This video went on to receive over 213,000 views in two weeks (shown below).

Spread

The original shorter video inspired two key variations that were important in spreading the meme in both manner and context. The first variation came from the YouTuber TravisTheGamer^[3] who uploaded a loop of the original video that went for the full 2:30 runtime of "The Gummy Bear Song," but he swapped out the original lyrics for an autotuned Mario voice saying "It's Me, A Mario." This version was uploaded on August 6th, 2021, and gained over 320,000 views in 10 months, as well as inspiring the next big variation of the formula (shown below).

On December 13th, 2021, the YouTube channel GummyDash^[4] posted another full version video, this time featuring Luigi saying "I'm A Super Star" while including several different scene transitions. These scene transitions, such as having Luigi in a go-kart, mirror the timing and execution of the full Mario version, acting as a precursor. The Luigi-mode video went on to gain over 1 million views in just under seven months (shown below).

On June 20th, 2022, Twitter user HoboGuyCool posted a tweet^[5] in which he tried to play off Mario Gummy Bear Dancing as a found footage type of video, using a different original animation than the one made by Bezkii, gaining over 10,000 likes in two days (shown below).

I was digging through some family videos and I found this video of me playing Mario 64.. hrmm.. kinda strange. Might want to add this one to the "Ice Berg" pic.twitter.com/5zWDX6PeDY

— Hobo (@HoboGuyCool) June 20, 2022

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