# Yee "Yee" is an onomatopoeia from a dub of the low-budget Dingo Pictures cartoon Dinosaur Adventure, where a cartoon dinosaur named Oro cuts off another dinosaur's song with a shouted "Yee!"[1]. The clip sat quietly on YouTube for four years until Reddit's r/youtubehaiku resurfaced it in August 2014[2], kicking off a wave of Tumblr photoshops and fan art that turned the little green dinosaur into one of 2014's strangest meme mascots. ## Origin The source footage comes from the Italian version of Dinosaur Adventure, a Dingo Pictures mockbuster of the 1988 film The Land Before Time[3]. On June 6, 2010, YouTube user Celyciah uploaded the raw scene under the title "Dinosauri antropomorfi dalle voci ambigue" (translated from Italian: "Anthropomorphic dinosaurs with ambiguous voices")[1]. The clip sat largely unnoticed for over a year. On February 29, 2012, YouTuber reverg uploaded an edited cut of the scene retitled simply "Yee," layered with instrumentals pulled from the film itself[6]. That version became the canonical meme object, racking up over two million views in the next three years[4]. - **Platform:** YouTube (source) / Reddit / Tumblr (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2014 ## Overview Yee works on two levels: the clip itself and the word. The clip shows two crudely animated dinosaurs from Dingo Pictures' Dinosaur Adventure, a cheap knockoff of The Land Before Time[3]. One of them, Peek, warbles a short jingle, and Oro interrupts with a loud, nasal "Yee!" (in the Italian dub, the English dub has him shout "Peek!" instead)[4]. As a format, Yee became a Tumblr vehicle for photoshops, drawings, and dinosaur fan art riffing on the two characters[4]. The word "yee" also spread as a standalone catchphrase, used online to agree with something or react with ironic enthusiasm, a usage already common in Bay Area slang[5]. The joke's charm sits in how absurdly cheap the source animation is: wobbly mouths, flat voice acting, and a single syllable delivered with total conviction. ## How to Use Yee is typically used in two ways. People drop the word "yee" in comments or chat as an ironic yes, often in all caps or stretched out ("YEEEE"). The visual version usually puts Oro's open-mouthed shout into a Photoshop or reaction image, often paired with the audio clip itself. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Yee? Yee is a catchphrase and viral clip taken from the Italian dub of Dingo Pictures' Dinosaur Adventure, in which a cartoon dinosaur named Oro shouts "Yee!" to interrupt another dinosaur's song[1][4]. ### Where did Yee come from? It comes from a scene in Dinosaur Adventure, a low-budget Dingo Pictures mockbuster of The Land Before Time; the clip was uploaded to YouTube on June 6, 2010 by user Celyciah[1][3]. ### What does Yee mean? In the clip, "Yee" is just Oro's nonsense exclamation; online, people use "yee" as an ironic "yes" or expression of agreement, a usage that overlaps with pre-existing Bay Area slang[5]. ### How do you use Yee? Common uses include posting the reverg "Yee" edit as a reaction video, dropping "yee" or "YEEEE" in chat as a stretched-out yes, or sharing Tumblr-style photoshops of Peek and Oro[4][6]. ### Is Yee still popular? Yee hit its peak in late 2014 and early 2015 through r/youtubehaiku and Tumblr[2][4], and is still a nostalgic touchpoint for fans of weird bootleg-animation memes rather than a current trend. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCKQP9IHHcA]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubehaiku/comments/2e3v7i/haiku_yee/]() 3. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mockbuster&redirect=no#Dingo_pictures]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yee]() 5. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Yee]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6EoRBvdVPQ]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/yee Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library