Put Those Grippers Away / Those Dogs Are Barking

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Put Those Grippers Away or Those Dogs Are Barking is a viral video and original sound on TikTok where a woman, voicing Amy from Sonic the Hedgehog, tells Sonic to put his "grippers," meaning feet, away, then voicing Rouge the Bat and saying, "Oh my God, those dogs are barking," also referring to his feet. The video was posted in March 2022 and went viral in the following months on TikTok in animations and videos where people are told to put their bare feet away.

Origin

On March 6th, 2022, TikToker^[1] @dillvveed reposted a Duet video that was previously deleted where she reacts to several photos of Sonic with bare feet. First, she voices Amy Rose, saying, "Finally I found you, Soni- Put those grippers away!" She then voices Rouge the Bat, saying, "Hey Amy, what the fuck is happening oh my god those dogs are barking" (shown below). The video gained over 5.1 million views in three months.

Spread

The original sound became popularized over the following months. On March 10th, 2022, TikToker^[2] @chriss_wade posted an animation visualizing the audio, gaining over 3.6 million views in three months (shown below).

On March 29th, TikToker^[3] @klairintine posted a Five Nights at Freddy's animation using the audio, gaining over 2.6 million views in three months (shown below, left). On May 22nd, TikToker^[4] @officialperduechicken posted a video from an outdoor graduation ceremony zooming in on someone with bare feet over the audio, gaining over 2.9 million views in a month (shown below, right).

On June 13th, TikToker^[5] @gingerbreadhead_7 posted a video showing a photo of Kim Kardashian on a boat with Pete Davidson, zooming in on Pete's bare feet over the audio, gaining over 1.8 million views in two weeks (shown below).

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