Internet phenomenon
An Internet phenomenon is akin to a fad, in which something relatively unknown becomes increasingly popular, but usually for a short duration of time. It is nearly impossible to accurately measure the depth of a phenomenon's popularity, and different groups of the Internet may participate more than others. The internet has a much greater lack of real world physical boundaries, lending itself to a faster spreading of information and ideas, especially when the subject is based around humor or curiosity.Internet phenomena include:
- Mr. T Ate My Balls - a Yahoo site with images of Mr. T, captioned with various absurd and questionable statements. Repeatedly done with other subjects, both fictional and non-fictional. Spawned an entire Yahoo category under Tasteless Humor > Ate My Balls.
- Mahir Cagri - personal website of a Turkish man; has received mass adoration by fans, mainly for its overly enthusiastic text.
- Thundercats outtakes - outtakes of the animated 1980s television series Thundercats.
- All your base are belong to us - a phrase from the English translation of the video game Zero Wing, adapted into a popular flash animation.
- The Hamster Dance - a page filled with animated GIFs of hamsters, linking to other animated pages. It now has its own CD soundtrack.
- Weeeeee, a squirrel based Flash animation.
- Oolong the Rabbit A Japanese rabbit owner who places various objects on top of his pet's head.
- Real Ultimate Power
- The Best Page in the Universe
- The Star Wars kid, a video of Canadian teenager named Ghyslain Raza, which has been digitally edited numerous times.
- Group X, makers of the songs Bang Bang Bang and SchfiftyFive, adapted into Flash.
- Chin2 (link)
- Yatta
- Tai Mai Shu
- OS-tan link
- Badger Badger Badger
- Bananaphone
- goatse.cx, a shock site frequently linked from webpages and IRC channels.
- Emotion Eric
- Homestar Runner