25 Fun Facts About Skibidi Toilet

Who created Skibidi Toilet?

Alexey Gerasimov, an animator known online as Blugray, created the series for his YouTube channel DaFuq!?Boom!, where it debuted as a run of YouTube Shorts in 2023.

In which country was Skibidi Toilet's creator based when the series went viral in 2023?

Alexey Gerasimov was based in Tbilisi, Georgia, when the series took off in 2023, animating every episode from his home there.

Skibidi Toilet is animated using which free Valve software?

The creator says the real backbone of the show is the machinima scene of the late 2000s, when thousands of such videos were made in a sandbox game.

On what date was the first Skibidi Toilet short posted?

The first short, titled simply "skibidi toilet", went up on 7 February 2023 on the DaFuq!?Boom! YouTube channel and showed a head singing from a toilet bowl.

How long was the very first episode?

The first episode ran just 11 seconds, a single head rising from a toilet to sing; later episodes stretched to several minutes of full-scale battles.

The toilets' song is a mashup of "Dom Dom Yes Yes" and which Timbaland track?

The toilets sing "Give It to Me", Timbaland's 2007 hit with Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake, spliced with the viral "Dom Dom Yes Yes".

"Dom Dom Yes Yes", the other half of the Skibidi song, is by an artist from which country?

Biser King, the Bulgarian singer behind "Dom Dom Yes Yes", saw the song go viral in 2022 when Turkish TikToker Yasin Cengiz danced to it holding platters of food.

The head model in the first episode, and many assets since, come from which Valve game?

G-Toilet originally wore the head of the G-Man, and other props come from Counter-Strike: Source.

Which three types of "upgraded" humans form the alliance against the toilets?

The Alliance is made of Cameramen, Speakermen and TV Men, humans with a device where the head should be; the strongest of each kind are the Titans.

Who leads the Skibidi toilets?

G-Toilet, the toilet wearing the G-Man's head, commands the Skibidi Toilet army and returns in upgraded forms after each apparent defeat.

What did the Skibidi Chief Scientist create to turn Titan Speakerman against the alliance?

The Chief Scientist's mind control parasite latched onto Titan Speakerman and turned him on his allies until he was cured; a later Alliance strike killed the Scientist at his underground base.

What are the Astro?

The Astro are powerful extraterrestrial toilets, the Skibidi's own superiors; their invasion of Earth forces the toilets and the Alliance into a temporary truce.

What two-word insult have older viewers used to dismiss Skibidi Toilet?

"Brain rot" became the stock dismissal of Skibidi Toilet and Gen Alpha slang; defenders replied that Gen Z had plenty of bizarre memes of its own.

Which celebrity's daughter gave her a gold necklace reading "Skibidi Toilet"?

Kim Kardashian's daughter North West gave her a gold necklace spelling out "Skibidi Toilet", which Kardashian showed off on social media.

By November 2023, YouTube videos associated with Skibidi Toilet had passed how many views?

Videos tied to Skibidi Toilet had passed 65 billion combined YouTube views by November 2023, nine months after the first short appeared.

Which platform hosted the biggest Skibidi Toilet fan games, played by millions a month?

Roblox hosted the biggest Skibidi Toilet fan games, led by Toilet Tower Defense, which drew millions of players a month; fans also post lore theories under the episodes.

Which late-night host aired the 'Skibidi Biden' Skibidi Toilet parody?

Kotaku called it "the worst thing Stephen Colbert's ever done".

Which US state's transportation agency has a snowplow named "Skibidi Scooper"?

Vermont's Agency of Transportation lets schools name its plows; pupils at Albany Community School chose "Skibidi Scooper" for one of the agency's named fleet.

Parental websites and newspapers in which country coined the phrase "Skibidi Toilet syndrome"?

Indonesian parenting sites and newspapers warned of a "Skibidi Toilet syndrome", blaming the shorts for hyperactive, attention-starved behaviour in young children.

Which two filmmakers were announced in July 2024 to be in talks for a Skibidi Toilet film and TV series?

Goodman suggested a live-action/animation hybrid in the vein of John Wick and District 9; Bay later denied he was directing.

Which YouTube-merchandise company released Skibidi Toilet mystery boxes and action figures in 2024?

Bonkers Toys, the company behind Ryan's World merchandise, launched Skibidi Toilet mystery boxes and action figures in 2024, with the line stocked at Walmart.

Which video game added purchasable Skibidi Toilet cosmetics on 18 December 2024?

Fortnite's item shop added purchasable Skibidi Toilet cosmetics on 18 December 2024, an official tie-in arranged through the series' licensing company.

A DMCA claim over Skibidi Toilet characters was sent to the maker of which sandbox game in 2023?

Garry Newman, maker of Garry's Mod, shared the DMCA notice on Discord; the creator said he never sent it and the two sorted it out.

Adam Bumas praised its 'weird internet aesthetics' in a guest piece for which newsletter?

Garbage Day, Ryan Broderick's newsletter on online culture, ran Adam Bumas's guest piece praising the show's "weird internet aesthetics"; Business Insider likewise noted its nostalgic use of old game assets.

Episodes were shown to which Russian city's legislative assembly in an April 2024 report?

Episodes were screened to St Petersburg's Legislative Assembly as a demonstration in its April 2024 children's safety report.