Joker Bathroom Dance

About

Joker Bathroom Dance is a series of TikTok parody videos referencing the 2019 Joker Film in which the Joker dances slowly in the bathroom after a negative experience. The parody videos which became popular on TikTok in late October 2019 often compareing a man's reaction to a situation (which is to slowly dance) and a boy's reaction to a situation.

Origin

On October 4th, 2019, the film Joker was released and included a scene in which the main character dances in the bathroom (shown below). The scene was uploaded to YouTube and gained over 670,100 views in a month.

On October 29th, 2019, TikTok user @chocochip0 uploaded a video using the Hildur Guðnadóttir "Bathroom Dance" from the Joker Soundtrack (shown below). The video compares how men react to losing Kahoot compared to how boys react. The video garnered over 470,000 likes and 41,600 shares in six days.

Spread

On October 29th, 2019, TikTok user @littlebee503 uploaded a joker bathroom dance parody about when someone doesn't get admitted to college (shown below, left). The video gained over 196,300 likes and 6,700 shares in six days. The next day, @stiffyinajiffy uploaded a parody which accumulated over 227,300 likes and 11,200 shares in five days. On November 2nd, TikToker @samuelgrubbs uploaded a video in which a group of guys slowly exit a car and dance to the soundtrack (shown below, right). The video received over 365,400 likes and 18,200 shares in two days.

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