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Featured era: 2007
Dramatic Chipmunk
“Dun dun duuun.”
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- 2007
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- 2007
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- Viral Videos
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"Dramatic Look", better known as Dramatic Chipmunk
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About This Video
- From:
- magnets99
- Added:
- June 6, 2007
- Length:
- 0:06
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What Was It?
Dramatic Chipmunk is five seconds long. A small animal turns its head towards the camera, the shot zooms in, and a burst of ominous music plays. That is the whole video, and it was enough.
The animal is actually a prairie dog, filmed for a segment of a Japanese television show. The clip spread through YouTube and CollegeHumor in June 2007, where it became one of the year's most shared videos.
It was the perfect internet reaction before reaction GIFs had a name: a single look that said everything.
Things You Probably Forgot
- That it isn't actually a chipmunk
- Five seconds that everyone watched fifty times
- Dropping it into a chat as the perfect response
- The zoom
The Story
- 2007 The clip spread on YouTube and CollegeHumor in June.
- 2008 South Park featured the "Dramatic Look Gopher" alongside other web celebrities.
Its Legacy
The clip is still everywhere. It survives as one of the first and most perfect reaction videos, quoted whenever something deserves a dramatic look.
Memories
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