Milton's Dancing Rat Trend
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About
Milton's Dancing Rat Trend, also known as IShowSpeed's Dancing Rat Trend or Rat Dance Meme, refers to a 3D animation of a rat with rain boots dancing to the song "Chess Type Beat" by Joyful. The meme was created by TikToker @ratomilton in early January 2025 and was later turned into a dance trend after streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed posted a video recreating the rat's dance moves.
Origin
On January 1st, 2025, TikTok user @ratomilton[1] posted a 3D animation of a rat dancing to "Chess Type Beat" by Joyful[2] in random background environments. The video amassed over 55 million plays and 7.3 million likes in a month.
@ratomilton Happy 2025!! . #ratomilton #musicas #letras #danΓ§a β¬ som original β Milton β ratomilton
Spread
The video already had notable internet recognition in the following weeks, but gained substantial awareness after streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed posted[3] a video on January 18th, 2025, doing the dancing rat move set in a viral video (seen below), which received over 174 million plays and 19 million likes in two weeks (seen below).
@ishowspeed #ishowspeed β¬ som original β Milton β ratomilton
In the following days, the video, accompanied by the song Chess by Joyful, went viral on TikTok. For example, a January 27th, 2025, post by TikToker @chilllit_seoul,[4] a South Korean dance group, received over 13 million plays and 3 million likes in three days.
@chilllit_seoul
On the same day, TikTok[5] user @thereallightskinmonte added the dancing rat 3D animation as a filter while doing the dance trend, which amassed roughly 28 million plays and 5 million likes in three days.
@thereallightskinmonte We Had To Hit Thisππ₯
Various Examples
@elsarca @nevaaadaa @Princess Amelia @Jena β¬ som original β Milton β ratomilton
@duolingo matty healy could never @ratomilton #duolingo #rat #languagelearning β¬ som original β Milton β ratomilton
Template / Green Screen
@igreenscreenthings Rat Dancing | Green Screen. Original video @ratomilton #ratdancing #ratdance #dancingrat #ishowspeed #trend #dance #dancing #meme #fyp β¬ original sound β I Green Screen Things
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External References
[1] TikTok β ratomilton
[2] Spotify β Chess β Slowed
[3] TikTok β ishowspeed
[4] TikTok -chilllit_seoul
[5] TikTok β thereallightskinmonte
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