YouTube Poop

A YouTube Poop is a kind of YouTube Video made by editing clips of media such as a television show to turn it into a humorous remix or mashup.

Style and techniques

Source material

YouTube Poops can be a remix of literally anything; but most Remixers used clips from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Michael Rosen, Hotel Mario, Link: The Faces of Evil, Doctor Rabbit & Mr Volcano. ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Editing techniques

A Youtube Poop often has really random surreal, wacky, or dark humour, or just plain old nonsense in it. Sometimes clips are switched around to make a character say foul things.

Copyright and fair use

Most Youtube Poops contain copyrighted material and therefore these videos have often been subject to copyright claims on YouTube.^[4] Political scientist and author Trajce Cvetkovski noted in 2013 that, despite Viacom filing a copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube in 2007 explicitly concerning YouTube Poops, in particular "The Sky Had a Weegee" by Hurricoaster, which features scenes from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Shanghaied" and Weegee (a meme based on Luigi as he appears in the DOS version of Mario Is Missing!), it and many others have remained on YouTube.^[5]

References

↑ Randall, Harvey (2023-07-13). "The internet shitposted too close to the sun, and now we're getting a spiritual successor to the most cursed Zelda games of all time". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on July 13, 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
↑ Burgess et al. (2013, p. 53)
↑ Feldman, Brian (February 10, 2020). "How Pingas Became One of Sonic the Hedgehog's Most Famous Memes". New York Magazine. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
↑ Tait, Amelia (2016-11-29). "The art of the YouTube Poop". New Statesman. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
↑ Cvetkovski, Trajce (2013). Copyright and Popular Media: Liberal Villains and Technological Change. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 175. ISBN 9781137172372. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2016 – via Google Books.

[randall-1] Randall, Harvey (2023-07-13). "The internet shitposted too close to the sun, and now we're getting a spiritual successor to the most cursed Zelda games of all time". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on July 13, 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-13.

[2] Burgess et al. (2013, p. 53)

[pingas-3] Feldman, Brian (February 10, 2020). "How Pingas Became One of Sonic the Hedgehog's Most Famous Memes". New York Magazine. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2020.

[statesman-4] Tait, Amelia (2016-11-29). "The art of the YouTube Poop". New Statesman. Retrieved 2023-07-13.

[5] Cvetkovski, Trajce (2013). Copyright and Popular Media: Liberal Villains and Technological Change. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 175. ISBN 9781137172372. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2016 – via Google Books.

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