About

Oh You Thought This Was a Rabbit? is a viral video and TikTok audio in which a woman holds a stuffed animal towards the camera with its back facing the camera so that appears to be a rabbit, then turns the animal around to reveal that it's a Winnie the Pooh plush in a rabbit suit, exclaiming, "Oh you thought that was a rabbit? That's fucking funny bitch it's fucking Winnie the fucking Pooh. Fuck 4th of July." The video was posted by TikToker @hittinlikegrabbaa in July 2022 and became the subject of memes over the following years in which the audio is used to showcase something that is not what it appears to be.

Origin

On July 4th, 2022, TikToker^[1] @hittinlikegrabbaa posted a video in which she holds what appears to be, from behind, a rabbit stuffed animal. She says, "Oh, you though this was a rabbit?" turns to a friend off-camera and says, "They thought this was a rabbit." She then turns the plushie, revealing it to be a Winnie the Pooh plush in a rabbit costume, and says, "That's fucking funny, bitch, it's fucking Winnie the fucking Pooh." She and her friend then say "yeah" a few times back-and-forth and the TikToker says, "Fuck 4th of July." The video gained over 16.8 million views in two years.

Spread

Over the following years, the audio for @hittinlikegrabbaa's video became the subject of memes and skits, including lip dubs, in which something is revealed to be different than what it seems.

For example, on August 14th, 2022, TikToker^[2] @lovely_.seline posted a video in which she shows what appears to be a Minecraft house then zooms out to reveal she's playing Roblox, garnering over 587,000 likes in two years (shown below, left).

On September 26th, TikToker^[3] @bungalowbuilders posted a video showcasing their company renovating a home into a bungalow, garnering over 21 million views in the same span of time (shown below, right). On September 28th, X^[4] user @thedigitaldash_ posted the dialogue from the video, garnering over 1,100 likes in two years.

On July 4th, 2023, X^[5] user @vandercunts reposted the video, writing, "Happy 'oh you thought this was a rabbit?' Day," garnering over 2,300 likes in a year.

The audio saw a resurgence in popularity in May and June 2024. On May 25th, 2024, TikToker^[6] @concordatofbookworms posted a video using the audio that gained over 4.4 million views in two months (shown below, left). On June 20th, TikToker^[7] @kladaddy posted a video that gained over 6.4 million views in three weeks (shown below, right).

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