Amazing Horse

2009Flash animation / viral songclassic

Also known as: Get on My Horse · Shut Up Woman Get on My Horse

Amazing Horse is a 2009 flash animation by Weebl's Stuff featuring an absurdist earworm about a magical horse that "tastes just like raisins.

Amazing Horse is a viral flash animation created by Weebl's Stuff, released in September 2009, featuring a catchy loop about a man's magical horse that "tastes just like raisins." The absurdist earworm spread rapidly across the early web, spawning dedicated fan sites, acoustic covers, and a copyright dispute that played out on public forums2. With its sticky melody and quotable nonsense lyrics, the animation became one of the defining viral loops of the late 2000s flash era3.

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Overview

Amazing Horse is a short, looping flash animation in which a crudely drawn gentleman introduces his horse to a woman. The horse, it turns out, is no ordinary steed. Stroking its mane turns it into a plane, tugging its "winky" turns it back again, and its lemonade comes from a questionable source4. The whole thing plays out over an infectious, repetitive tune that burrows into your brain and refuses to leave.

The animation follows Weebl's signature style: simple character designs, absurd humor, and music that loops perfectly so viewers can't tell where it ends and begins1. The song's lyrics are deliberately ridiculous, cycling through the horse's impossible abilities while the characters dance in a hypnotic back-and-forth.

On September 29, 2009, Weebl's Stuff uploaded the Amazing Horse animation to YouTube3. Weebl (real name Jonti Picking) was already well known in the flash animation community for creating "Badger Badger Badger" and other looping web cartoons. The video collected over 8.7 million views and 8,100 comments on YouTube over the following eight years3.

The animation originally appeared on Weebls-Stuff.com before its YouTube upload1. Like most of Weebl's work, it was built in Flash and designed to loop endlessly, making it perfect for the kind of "leave this open in a browser tab" viewing that defined early internet humor.

Origin & Background

Platform
Weebls-Stuff.com (original), YouTube (viral spread)
Creator
Mr Weebl
Date
2009

On September 29, 2009, Weebl's Stuff uploaded the Amazing Horse animation to YouTube. Weebl (real name Jonti Picking) was already well known in the flash animation community for creating "Badger Badger Badger" and other looping web cartoons. The video collected over 8.7 million views and 8,100 comments on YouTube over the following eight years.

The animation originally appeared on Weebls-Stuff.com before its YouTube upload. Like most of Weebl's work, it was built in Flash and designed to loop endlessly, making it perfect for the kind of "leave this open in a browser tab" viewing that defined early internet humor.

How It Spread

The animation took off almost immediately. On October 12, 2009, Kevin Padillac registered the domain ShutUpWomanGetOnMyHorse.com, hosting the flash embed without any advertisements and driving traffic directly to Weebl's creation. That same day, a user called "Denied" launched GetOnMyHorse.com, which wrapped the animation in ads and claimed credit for the work.

Weebl discovered the site after Denied posted about it on the Digital Gangster forums, where Denied's profile described him as "owner of the groundbreaking getonmyhorse(dot)com." Weebl responded directly in the thread: "If you're going to steal my work then don't stick a load of ads on the page because that's just taking the piss." He went on to explain that he didn't mind ShutUpWomanGetOnMyHorse.com since they hosted the file themselves and ran no ads, but GetOnMyHorse.com was "leeching" the file without even paying for hosting.

On October 26, 2009, the flash animation was uploaded to Newgrounds. The very next day, it earned the Newgrounds Review Crew Pick, a Daily Feature award, and Weekly 2nd Place.

Cover versions started appearing quickly. YouTuber Cira Las Vegas uploaded an acoustic guitar cover on November 9, 2009. The chuckcardinale YouTube channel followed with their own cover on January 13, 2010. On March 5, 2010, Weebl himself released an official jazz version of the song, which picked up 1.7 million views and 1,400 comments over the next seven years. In the jazz version, the horse plays saxophone instead of piano.

The meme crossed language barriers too. On March 3, 2013, Brazilian YouTuber Canal Nostalgia uploaded a Mario-themed parody of the animation.

How to Use This Meme

Amazing Horse works primarily as a shared earworm and reference point rather than a traditional meme template. Common uses include:

1

Linking the video as a bait-and-switch or "you need to see this" moment, similar to a Rickroll but with genuine enthusiasm

2

Quoting lyrics in comment sections, especially "Look at my horse, my horse is amazing" or "Shut up woman, get on my horse"

3

Creating covers or remixes of the song, ranging from acoustic to orchestral to chiptune versions

4

Using the animation style as inspiration for similar looping flash parodies

Cultural Impact

Amazing Horse arrived at the tail end of the flash animation golden age, when sites like Newgrounds, Albino Blacksheep, and Weebls-Stuff.com were primary vectors for internet humor. The copyright dispute with GetOnMyHorse.com became an early case study in how viral content gets monetized by people who didn't create it. Weebl's response on the Digital Gangster forums was unusually direct for a content creator at the time, publicly calling out the ad revenue grab in plain terms.

The song also made the jump to the iPod era, with fans in the original forum thread calling it "iPod material". The Newgrounds triple-award the day after upload showed the animation community's immediate recognition of the work.

Fun Facts

The song's horse produces "sweet lemonade" from a body part the lyrics leave deliberately ambiguous, and the Urban Dictionary definition helpfully notes the horse "tastes like raisins" and "has a purple winkie".

Weebl didn't object to ShutUpWomanGetOnMyHorse.com because they self-hosted the file and ran no ads. His problem was specifically with sites that leeched his bandwidth while running advertisements.

The Newgrounds upload earned three separate awards in a single day: Review Crew Pick, Daily Feature, and Weekly 2nd Place.

Forum users in the Digital Gangster thread were jamming to the song while the copyright argument played out around them, with one user posting "i want some lemonade mm sweet lemonade".

Derivatives & Variations

Jazz Horse:

An official jazz arrangement released by Weebl on March 5, 2010, featuring saxophone instead of piano. It picked up 1.7 million views on YouTube[3].

Mario Horse:

A Mario-themed parody by Brazilian channel Canal Nostalgia, uploaded March 3, 2013[3].

Acoustic covers:

Multiple YouTube musicians created stripped-down versions, including Cira Las Vegas (November 2009) and chuckcardinale (January 2010)[3].

Fan sites:

ShutUpWomanGetOnMyHorse.com (legitimate fan hosting) and GetOnMyHorse.com (unauthorized ad-supported mirror)[2].

Frequently Asked Questions

Amazing Horse

2009Flash animation / viral songclassic

Also known as: Get on My Horse · Shut Up Woman Get on My Horse

Amazing Horse is a 2009 flash animation by Weebl's Stuff featuring an absurdist earworm about a magical horse that "tastes just like raisins.

Amazing Horse is a viral flash animation created by Weebl's Stuff, released in September 2009, featuring a catchy loop about a man's magical horse that "tastes just like raisins." The absurdist earworm spread rapidly across the early web, spawning dedicated fan sites, acoustic covers, and a copyright dispute that played out on public forums. With its sticky melody and quotable nonsense lyrics, the animation became one of the defining viral loops of the late 2000s flash era.

flash animation memes earworm memes late 2000s memes copyright controversy memes weebls stuff memes

Overview

Amazing Horse is a short, looping flash animation in which a crudely drawn gentleman introduces his horse to a woman. The horse, it turns out, is no ordinary steed. Stroking its mane turns it into a plane, tugging its "winky" turns it back again, and its lemonade comes from a questionable source. The whole thing plays out over an infectious, repetitive tune that burrows into your brain and refuses to leave.

The animation follows Weebl's signature style: simple character designs, absurd humor, and music that loops perfectly so viewers can't tell where it ends and begins. The song's lyrics are deliberately ridiculous, cycling through the horse's impossible abilities while the characters dance in a hypnotic back-and-forth.

On September 29, 2009, Weebl's Stuff uploaded the Amazing Horse animation to YouTube. Weebl (real name Jonti Picking) was already well known in the flash animation community for creating "Badger Badger Badger" and other looping web cartoons. The video collected over 8.7 million views and 8,100 comments on YouTube over the following eight years.

The animation originally appeared on Weebls-Stuff.com before its YouTube upload. Like most of Weebl's work, it was built in Flash and designed to loop endlessly, making it perfect for the kind of "leave this open in a browser tab" viewing that defined early internet humor.

Origin & Background

Platform
Weebls-Stuff.com (original), YouTube (viral spread)
Creator
Mr Weebl
Date
2009

On September 29, 2009, Weebl's Stuff uploaded the Amazing Horse animation to YouTube. Weebl (real name Jonti Picking) was already well known in the flash animation community for creating "Badger Badger Badger" and other looping web cartoons. The video collected over 8.7 million views and 8,100 comments on YouTube over the following eight years.

The animation originally appeared on Weebls-Stuff.com before its YouTube upload. Like most of Weebl's work, it was built in Flash and designed to loop endlessly, making it perfect for the kind of "leave this open in a browser tab" viewing that defined early internet humor.

How It Spread

The animation took off almost immediately. On October 12, 2009, Kevin Padillac registered the domain ShutUpWomanGetOnMyHorse.com, hosting the flash embed without any advertisements and driving traffic directly to Weebl's creation. That same day, a user called "Denied" launched GetOnMyHorse.com, which wrapped the animation in ads and claimed credit for the work.

Weebl discovered the site after Denied posted about it on the Digital Gangster forums, where Denied's profile described him as "owner of the groundbreaking getonmyhorse(dot)com." Weebl responded directly in the thread: "If you're going to steal my work then don't stick a load of ads on the page because that's just taking the piss." He went on to explain that he didn't mind ShutUpWomanGetOnMyHorse.com since they hosted the file themselves and ran no ads, but GetOnMyHorse.com was "leeching" the file without even paying for hosting.

On October 26, 2009, the flash animation was uploaded to Newgrounds. The very next day, it earned the Newgrounds Review Crew Pick, a Daily Feature award, and Weekly 2nd Place.

Cover versions started appearing quickly. YouTuber Cira Las Vegas uploaded an acoustic guitar cover on November 9, 2009. The chuckcardinale YouTube channel followed with their own cover on January 13, 2010. On March 5, 2010, Weebl himself released an official jazz version of the song, which picked up 1.7 million views and 1,400 comments over the next seven years. In the jazz version, the horse plays saxophone instead of piano.

The meme crossed language barriers too. On March 3, 2013, Brazilian YouTuber Canal Nostalgia uploaded a Mario-themed parody of the animation.

How to Use This Meme

Amazing Horse works primarily as a shared earworm and reference point rather than a traditional meme template. Common uses include:

1

Linking the video as a bait-and-switch or "you need to see this" moment, similar to a Rickroll but with genuine enthusiasm

2

Quoting lyrics in comment sections, especially "Look at my horse, my horse is amazing" or "Shut up woman, get on my horse"

3

Creating covers or remixes of the song, ranging from acoustic to orchestral to chiptune versions

4

Using the animation style as inspiration for similar looping flash parodies

Cultural Impact

Amazing Horse arrived at the tail end of the flash animation golden age, when sites like Newgrounds, Albino Blacksheep, and Weebls-Stuff.com were primary vectors for internet humor. The copyright dispute with GetOnMyHorse.com became an early case study in how viral content gets monetized by people who didn't create it. Weebl's response on the Digital Gangster forums was unusually direct for a content creator at the time, publicly calling out the ad revenue grab in plain terms.

The song also made the jump to the iPod era, with fans in the original forum thread calling it "iPod material". The Newgrounds triple-award the day after upload showed the animation community's immediate recognition of the work.

Fun Facts

The song's horse produces "sweet lemonade" from a body part the lyrics leave deliberately ambiguous, and the Urban Dictionary definition helpfully notes the horse "tastes like raisins" and "has a purple winkie".

Weebl didn't object to ShutUpWomanGetOnMyHorse.com because they self-hosted the file and ran no ads. His problem was specifically with sites that leeched his bandwidth while running advertisements.

The Newgrounds upload earned three separate awards in a single day: Review Crew Pick, Daily Feature, and Weekly 2nd Place.

Forum users in the Digital Gangster thread were jamming to the song while the copyright argument played out around them, with one user posting "i want some lemonade mm sweet lemonade".

Derivatives & Variations

Jazz Horse:

An official jazz arrangement released by Weebl on March 5, 2010, featuring saxophone instead of piano. It picked up 1.7 million views on YouTube[3].

Mario Horse:

A Mario-themed parody by Brazilian channel Canal Nostalgia, uploaded March 3, 2013[3].

Acoustic covers:

Multiple YouTube musicians created stripped-down versions, including Cira Las Vegas (November 2009) and chuckcardinale (January 2010)[3].

Fan sites:

ShutUpWomanGetOnMyHorse.com (legitimate fan hosting) and GetOnMyHorse.com (unauthorized ad-supported mirror)[2].

Frequently Asked Questions