# Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger is a 2003 Flash animation by British animator Jonti Picking, better known as Weebl, showing a row of dancing cartoon badgers chanting their own name over a synth loop before a snake interrupts. It became one of the defining earworm cartoons of the early Newgrounds era. ## Overview Badger Badger Badger is a looping Flash cartoon showing a line of pixel-art badgers doing stiff arm-lifting calisthenics while a synthesised voice chants the word 'badger' for three measures and then shouts 'mushroom, mushroom' on the fourth[1]. After roughly three cycles the scene cuts to an animated desert where a snake slithers past as a voice calls out 'snake, a snake, oh it's a snake', and then the badgers return and the loop starts again[3]. The whole gag rides on unchanging repetition set to a chirpy electronic backing track, with no punchline beyond the sudden snake interruption[4]. On its original page the animation ran forever, which was part of the appeal for viewers who tried to see how long they could sit through it[3]. ## How It Spread The chant format was quickly rebuilt with new audio. On July 11, 2006, YouTube user ReelTreble92 posted a version that swapped the badger vocals for lyrics from Raffi's 1994 children's song, producing the 'Bananaphone' badger remix, which pulled in over 4 million views on YouTube[3]. Fans also turned the animation into a real-world dance, holding both arms out and bobbing in time with the badgers. On March 24, 2008, YouTuber cccati uploaded a live-action performance of the routine that passed 250,000 views[3]. Weebl himself finally posted the cartoon to his own YouTube channel on June 28, 2008, and that upload went on to gather more than 28 million views, giving the loop a much larger second audience once Flash playback in browsers began to disappear[2]. ## How to Use The clip is typically shared as the full looping animation or as a 30-second YouTube trim, often linked as a hypnotic gag to trap a friend[2]. In text form, fans quote just 'badger badger badger... mushroom mushroom', or drop the 'snake, snake, oh it's a snake' line as a mock warning when something unexpected shows up[4]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Badger Badger Badger? A 2003 Flash animation by Jonti Picking (Weebl) in which cartoon badgers dance while a voice chants 'badger' and 'mushroom' before a snake interrupts[1]. ### Where did Badger Badger Badger come from? It was uploaded to Newgrounds on September 1, 2003 under the account TheWeebl and racked up over 1.1 million views on that page[1]. ### What does Badger Badger Badger mean? Nothing beyond the joke itself, the humor is the repetition of 'badger' and 'mushroom' and the sudden 'snake' interruption[4]. ### How do you use Badger Badger Badger? People typically share the looping video, quote the 'mushroom mushroom' line in text, or perform the arm-bobbing dance popularised by fan videos like cccati's 2008 clip[3]. ### Is Badger Badger Badger still popular? It is treated as a classic Flash-era meme; Weebl's official 2008 YouTube upload passed 28 million views, keeping the loop in circulation long after Flash itself was retired[2]. ## References 1. [https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/103123]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/badger-badger-badger]() 4. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Badger%20Badger%20Badger]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/badger-badger-badger Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library