Skibidi Toilet began in 2023 as a YouTube animated series by creator Alexey Gerasimov, known as DaFuq!?Boom!, featuring singing toilets with human heads battling camera-headed characters. The original theme and bizarre premise spread rapidly on YouTube and TikTok, becoming one of the most recognisable memes of that year, especially with younger viewers. Earrape versions followed the same meme logic as other loud edits, taking a familiar sound and boosting its volume and distortion until it became a joke in itself, which keeps it useful for short, attention-grabbing edits.