Badger Badger Badger
"Badger Badger Badger" or "The Badger Song" is a Flash cartoon by British animator Jonti Picking. It consists of images of badgers doing calisthenics, a toadstool in front of a tree, and a snake in the desert. Accompanied by electronic music, a voice repeats the word "badger" over the animation, breaking off to say either "mushroom" or "a snake".[1]
The cartoon, published 2 September 2003, loops indefinitely. The first two badger scenes contain twelve badgers; subsequent badger scenes contain eleven badgers. After a long running time, the song becomes out of sync with the animation.
The cartoon brought Picking to the attention of MTV Europe, for whom Picking produced Weebl and Bob.[1] That cartoon series, together with the dancing badgers, helped Picking's website Weebl's Stuff win a People's Choice award from users of Yahoo! in the UK.[2] "Badger Badger Badger" was also listed as one of the top five internet fads of all time by PC World.[3]
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[edit] Follow-up versions
There have been several follow ups to the "Badger Badger Badger" cartoon posted to the Weebl's stuff website. A Harry Potter version using character names was created as well as a Halloween version of the cartoon.[citation needed] "Badgers 2" was created in 2003 and features zombie badgers on a black background with a scratching sound added to the music.[4] A Christmas-themed version, with badgers dressed in Santa outifts, is also available.[5] "Badgers On A Plane" consists of a scene from a Snakes On a Plane trailer that includes badgers and a mushroom, which have been digitally edited into the scene, tumbling from their seats while a bit of the song plays in the background.[6] In 2007, "Big Ass Badgers" was released to spoof the Transformers film.[7] Also in 2007, a live action version of the cartoon called "Baby Badgers" was released to promote the new Badger toys.[8] The word spoken is actually "magic" not "badger", making the appearance of the mushroom more logical, as well as the snake hallucination.[citation needed]
A "Euro 2004 Edition" was also created during the UEFA Euro 2004 football championship, where the badgers wore England football jerseys to "footy, footy, footy" and "England! England! Goal! A goal! Oh, it's a goal, scored by England, England..."[9]
A new version titled "Footy 2010" was created for the 2010 FIFA World Cup with vuvuzelas drowning out the audio.[10]
More recently a dubstep version called "Guess I got My Badger Back" was released based on "Swagga" by Excision & Datsik.[11] On April 6, 2011, he uploaded a 3D version.
A new version of the song was launched on the Moshi Monsters website, where the Monsters appear on the screen as, "Moshi Moshi" is sung instead. Every now and then, there is a break where "Moshling" is said instead.[12]
[edit] See also
- Weebl's Stuff, the website of the creator of the badger cartoon.
- List of Internet phenomena
[edit] References
- ^ a b Dwight Silverman (February 14, 2004). "Computing Column". Houston Chronicle. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-17938496_ITM. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Jon Dennis (January 21, 2005). "Dancing badgers help Weebl's website win award". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/jan/21/uknews.onlinesupplement. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ "PC World - Shortlist - Internet fads". Pcworld.idg.com.au. http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/fp;2;fpid;10004;o;0;id;1510015981. Retrieved 2009-07-09.[dead link]
- ^ "Badgers 2 - a Halloween version". Weebls-stuff.com. http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/badgers2/. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ "Badgers Christmas version". Weebls-stuff.com. http://www.weebls-stuff.com/testy/AdventCalendar/day24.html. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ "trailer - Weebl's Stuff". Weebls-stuff.com. http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/trailer/. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ "Big Ass Badgers - Weebl's Stuff". Weebls-stuff.com. http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Big+Ass+Badgers/. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ "Baby Badgers". Weebls-stuff.com. http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Baby+Badgers/. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ "footy - Weebl's Stuff". Weebls-stuff.com. http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/footy/. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ "Footy 2010". Weebls-stuff.com. 2010-06-18. http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Footy+2010/. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- ^ "Guess I got My Badger Back". Weebls-stuff.com. 2011-03-21. http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Guess+I+got+My+Badger+Back/. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
- ^ "Moshi Moshi Moshi". 2011-04-15. http://www.moshimonsters.com/community/blog/entry/moshi_moshi_moshi.
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