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Zoobe – 4th Of July Diet Bunny is a viral video by Kylee Henk which involves the Zoobe Bunny ranting about having to exercise after overeating on the 4th of July. The video has resulted in several works of fan art, including redraws and animations.

Origin

The Zoobe video was first posted to Tumblr by Kylee Henk on July 6th, 2015,^[1] The video shows the Zoobe bunny working out and complaining that she ate too much on the 4th of July, and now she has to workout in 100 degree weather. She then wonders why she did that in the first place, and screams until the video ends. The Tumblr post received over 213,000 reposts and over 209,000 likes in nine years. The video was also reposted to YouTube^[2] (shown below) where it received over 1.6 million views in nine years.

Spread

On July 28th, 2019, YouTube animator Skaggles the Squirrel^[3] posted an animation of the video in which the bunny rides an exercise bike and lifts weights. The video (shown below, left) received over 150,000 views in five years. On June 22nd, 2023, YouTube animator Spudinski-Art^[4] posted an animation in which the bunny rides an exercise bike. The video (shown below, right) received over 731,000 views in one year.

On July 9th, 2023, YouTube animator PEAR哥^[5] posted a reanimation of the original Zoobe clip. The video (shown below, left) received over 577,000 views in one year. On June 28th, 2024, YouTube animator Batsy^[6] posted an animation which replaces the Zoobe bunny with Rarity from My Little Pony: Friendship is magic. The video (shown below, right) received over 41,000 views in one week.

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