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Dramatic Chipmunk
2007mid-2000sClassicAnimals
2007
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Dramatic Chipmunk
📖 Origin Story
A 5-second clip of a prairie dog (not actually a chipmunk) turning dramatically to face the camera, accompanied by a dramatic orchestral sting from the Japanese show Hello Morning. Posted to YouTube in 2007, it became one of the most remixed and referenced clips of the era.
🕰️ Era: mid-2000s
YouTube launched, broadband spread, and memes started moving faster. This era gave us some of the most remixed and referenced content in internet history.
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