Badgers (animation)
Gabba Badgers On Mushrooms (also incorrectly known as "Badger Badger Badger") is a Macromedia Flash animation by Jonti Picking, the creator of Weebl and Bob, consisting mainly of images of badgers jumping up and down, a mushroom in front of a tree and a snake in the desert. It has the following lyrics, set to a gabba techno sound loop:
- Badger Badger Badger Badger
- Badger Badger Badger Badger
- Badger Badger Badger Badger
- Mushroom Mushroom
- Badger Badger Badger Badger
- Badger Badger Badger Badger
- Badger Badger Badger Badger
- Mushroom! Mushroom!
- Badger Badger Badger Badger
- Badger Badger Badger Badger
- Badger Badger Badger Badger
- Mush- Mushroom!
- Badger Badger Badger Badger
- Badger Badger Badger Badger
- Badger Badger Badger Badger
- Aah snake aah snake
- ooh, it's a snake. [It's a...]
loops indefinitely
The cartoon was released via the B3ta weekly e-mail newsletter on September 5 2003. It spread wildly as an internet meme. An unknown person registered badgerbadgerbadger.com and placed a copy of the animation there without permission.
During its time as internet meme de jour, people recited the lyrics both online and in conversation, the tune sticking in people's heads. People are reputed to have reenacted the actions of the badgers and people question whether the author enjoyed the same hallucinogenic mushrooms
Another popular internet cartoon, bananaphone parodies some elements of the badger cartoon.
During Euro 2004, Jonti released a special edition called Football Badgers to support the England team. The badgers are seen wearing England shirts and playing football, scoring endless goals against a snake goalkeeper. Instead of "badger badger badger", we hear "Footie footie footie", "England England!", "Goal, its a goal, Ooh its a goal!", etc.