Baby Shark began as a traditional camp song and became a global hit after South Korean company Pinkfong released its animated version in 2016, with a simple dance and repetitive family of sharks. The YouTube video went viral with children and parents, spawning countless remixes and parodies online. Edited versions shorten, loop or distort the chorus for memes and short form video, where the instant recognition does the work. That familiarity keeps the clip useful long after the original craze, especially for family jokes.