Skibidi Toilet began in 2023 as a YouTube series by Georgian animator Alexey Gerasimov, known online as DaFuq!?Boom!, built around singing toilets facing off against humanoid characters with cameras, televisions and speakers for heads. Short, wordless episodes made it easy to clip and repost, and the series exploded on YouTube Shorts and TikTok, especially with younger viewers. Its simple premise, repetitive music and endless character variants kept it in memes, edits and playground jokes long after the first episodes, making the theme a shorthand for chaotic viral humour.