Submission 851

About

Record Yourself Before and After Looking Up X is a genre of video popular on TikTok where users recommend that viewers search for a given term on Google that leads to shocking or funny results and film their own reaction before and after doing so. The genre is similar to and often overlaps with Don't Google trends.

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Before and After Looking Up 'Car Dragon'

Before and After Looking Up "Car Dragon" or Car Dragon TikTok refers to a trend on TikTok where users are asked to record themselves before and after Googling the term "car dragon," revealing a variety of images of dragons having sex with cars when searched on Google Images. The trend began in March 2022 under an original sound for Soulja Boy's 2007 song "Yahhh!"

Before and After Looking Up 'How Did Dora Die'

How Did Dora Die refers to a Don't Google trend on TikTok where users film reaction videos of themselves before and after googling "how did Dora die," referring to the protagonist from the children's TV show Dora the Explorer. Googling the term leads to the viral 2012 YouTube video "Dora No More," which depicts Dora dying in several different ways. The trend became popularized on TikTok in late May 2022.

Before and After Looking Up 'What Killed Barney'

Before and After Looking Up What Killed Barney? is a Don't Google TikTok trend where users film their reactions before and after Googling "what killed Barney," referring to Barney the Dinosaur. The trend is meant to send people to an article by The Independent that begins with the line, "In November 1997, Barney the Dinosaur was stabbed to death by the New York City Police Department." The trend became popularized on TikTok in late October 2022. It is similar to trends like "How did Dora die?" and rainbow kiss.