Dansa med oss, klappa era händer
Dance with us, clap your hands
Gör som vi gör, ta några steg åt vänster
Do what we do, take a few steps to the left
Lyssna och lär, missa inte chansen
Listen and learn, don't miss the chance
Nu är vi här med Caramelldansen!
Now we're here with The Caramell Dance!
Some time after the
Speedy Techno Remake, called the
"Speedycake Remix"
, of
''Caramelldansen'' by
Caramell was released, someone made a video from the
Popotan h-game
opening, which was two girls bobbing up and down while flapping their hands, and the video synced the dancing to an excerpt of the song.
Now it seems
the internet won't stop until
at least one character from every major work is animated in that style and dancing to the song.
This trope is about that effort, that now spans hundreds of different videos on
You Tube and
Nico Nico Douga. It doesn't help now that the band wrote an
English version of the song just because of its internet popularity, including a line in the chorus saying "Look at
You Tube clips do it..."
Again, it has to be animation like that (drawn or CGI). Simply syncing footage to the song doesn't count. People at Anime Conventions have been known to spontaneously burst into this dance en mass, but those wouldn't count as this.
The animations might be crudely done, but the point is to actually go for that look.
It might be noteworthy to
note that the song is a case of
Love It Or Hate It in some circles. A word of warning: the song is prime
Ear Worm material, so don't go following the links if you're prone to getting songs stuck in your head. It's also worth pointing out that this got started on
You Tube,
not YTMND, despite consisting of a looping animation accompanied by looping audio. A sign of the times, it seems...
Examples: (Please use Alphabetical order.)
- Starting with the official video following this format. Here.
- 300: Here.
- 9: Here.
- Ace Attorney: One of many.
- Ace Combat: Unanimated, but probably counts.
- Akagi: Here.
- A random bunch of anime.
- Assassins Creed: Here.
- Avatar The Last Airbender: Here.
- Axis Powers Hetalia: Here. Surprisingly complete, considering.
- Baccano!: Here.
- Baten Kaitos: Kalas' is here.
- Baten Kaitos Origins: Milly gets two.
- Batman: Here.
- Bioshock: Doesn't have one (yet), but This◊ deserves an honorable mention.
- Bionicle: Here
- Black Rock Shooter: Here
- Bleach: Here.
- Cardcaptor Sakura: Here.
- Clannad: Here.
- Claymore: Here.
- Clock Tower: Here.
- Cloverfield: Here.
- Code Geass: Here.
- Danny Phantom: here
- Death Note: Here.
- D.Gray-man: Here.
- Devil May Cry: Here.
- Digimon: Here.
- Disgaea: Here.
- Doctor Who: Tenth Doctor here and here (English version).
- And some misheard lyrics Here.
- Dragonball Z: Here.
- Durarara: Here.
- Earthbound: Here and here.
- Ed Edd N Eddy: Here.
- Evangelion: Here.
- Faulty Logic: Here.
- Final Fantasy IV: Here
- Final Fantasy VI: Here
- Final Fantasy VII: Here.
- Final Fantasy IX: Here
- Final Fantasy X: Here, here, here, here, and here.
- Fire Emblem: Here.
- The Force Unleashed: Here.
- Freddy Vs Jason: Here.
- Free Fall: [1]
- With english translation for the lyrics here.
- Full Metal Alchemist: Here.
- Futurama: Here.
- Gao Gai Gar: Here.
- GPK, an Australian Dark Wave singer. (Yes, really. And he's seen it, apparently.
- Guitar Hero: Here (but playing it requires hacking a console and game).
- Gundam: Here.
- Guilty Gear: (Overture) Sol and Ky.
- Half Life: Here.
- Suzumiya Haruhi: Here. (Covers the entire Melancholy saga.)
- Another one. (Covers chronological episodes 7-14.)
- Here's another one, set to the Rock/Metal version of the song.
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Here. (The dance itself starts at around 0:50.)
- "Harry Potter": Here and more in the recommendations section.
- Hellsing: Here.
- Heroes: Here.
- Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni: here.
- Hitler, complete with the German version of the song.
- Horton Hears A Who: Here.
- House MD: Here.
- And another one with more characters can be found here.
- Ichigo Mashimaro: Here, as part of a cutest Caramelladansen [sic] tournament on My Anime List's All things cute and kawaii! club.
- Inuyasha: with Kagome, here
- Invader Zim: With GIR, here
- Jak & Daxter: here, starting at 1:18
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Parts 1 through 3, and parts 4 through 6. And of course...
- Kamen Rider Den-O: This one.
- Kamichama Karin characters dressed as Vocaloid characters (don't ask) here.
- Katekyo Hitman Reborn: Here.
- Keychain Of Creation: a character actually does it in-story here (last panel); an animated gif can be found here◊. No proper music video, though.
- Kimba the White Lion: Very surprisingly, but still very cute. It can be viewed here.
- Kim Possible: Here and here.
- Kirby: here. Requires Nico Nico Douga account.
- Kingdom Hearts: Here.
- Klonoa : Here.
- Kyou Kara Maou: Here.
- The Legend Of Zelda: Here. (Twilight Princess version)
- The Little Mermaid: Here (No music, only has Ariel.)
- Lucky Star: Here. (Hiiragi Dansen)
- Lupin III: Here. This one actually tells a little story!
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Here. With a little twist at the end.
- Mahoujin Guru Guru: Here.
- Maria-sama Ga Miteru: Here.
- Metal Gear Solid: Here.
- Mickey Mouse: Here.
- Mortal Kombat: Here.
- Mother3: Here.
- Nabari No Ou: Here.
- Naruto: Here. (Gaara and Lee).
- Another one here (Deidara and Tobi).
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: With Kaworu and Rei, here
- Newsies: Here. It may not be a major-MAJOR fandom, but it's a rabid and fast-spreading one, and hey, IT'S REALLY CUTE.
- Okami: here.
- Ojamajo Doremi: here
- One Piece: here and here.
- ''Ouran High School Host Club: Tamaki und Harushi, here
- Pandora Hearts: Here.
- Pans Labyrinth: Here
- Parallel Dementia: Here
- Persona 3: Here.
- Persona 4: Here.
- Phoenix Wright: Franziska Von Karma and Miles Edgeworth dance without music, here.
- Pirates Of The Caribbean: Here.
- Pokemon: There's so many of them that I don't have time I find them all right now. Here's one, and you can find many others in the "Related videos" section.
- This one is unarguably the definitive one.
- Politics: For those who believe in political friends instead of enemies, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton: Here.
- Abraham Lincoln: Here.
- George W Bush: Here.
- Everyone involved in the 2008 elections : Here.
- Actually contains (by order of appearance): The Obama Marching Band, Barack Obama & John McCain, Joe Biden & Sarah Palin, Bill & Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush & Dick Cheney, Al Gore, John Kerry, & Manbearpig, Mitt Romney & Rudy Giuliani, Nancy Pesoli & John Edwards.
- Adolf Hitler and Those Wacky Nazis :Here. and Here.
- Princess Tutu: Here.
- Psych: Here.
- Ranma One Half: Here and Here.
- Resident Evil: Here. (Covers everyone.)
- Red VS Blue: Here.
- Rozen Maiden: Here.
- Ruby Gloom: Here.
- Sailor Moon: Here.
- Saiyuki: Here.
- Samurai Shodown: Here. The Nakoruru Visual Novel, to be more specific.
- Screw Attack's an awesome site. Maybe even more than... This?
- School Days: Here.
- Scrubs Here.
- Shakugan No Shana: Here.
- Shugo Chara: Ikuto! here
- Silent Hill: Here, among others.
- This one uses game footage, for maximum sanity-scarring.
- Slender Man: Here. Seriously. (Uses footage from Marble Hornets and Everyman HYBRID.)
- Sonic The Hedgehog: Here.
- Soul Eater: Here.
- South Park: Here.
- Spice And Wolf: Here.
- Strike Witches: Here with no pants.
- Superman: Here.(with added Batman)
- Super Sentai
- Super Smash Brothers: Here.
- Tales Of Destiny: Here. (Leon and Chaltier)
- Stahn, Kyle Here.
- Stahn, Kyle, Asch, Luke, Cless, and Chester here.
- Tales Of Symphonia Raine and Genis: Here.
- Tales Of The Abyss:
- Talesof Vesperia here, with some in their available costumes.
- Team Fortress 2: Here.
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Here.
- The Elder Scrolls - Oblivion: Here
- The Office: Here.
- The Ring: Here.
- The World Ends With You: Here.
- Total Drama Island: Here.
- Touhou: Here (includes some slightly original dancing as well, for once).
- Transformers: Here.
- Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle and Xxx Holic: Here.
- Umineko No Naku Koro Ni: Here.
- Unknown: Here.
- Vampire Knight: with Yuki, here
- VG Cats: Here.
- Virtual On: Here.
- Vocaloid: Here.
- Voltron: Here.
- Wall E: Here.
- Warhammer40000: Here.
- WarriorCats: Here.
- Watchmen: Here.
- Xenogears: Here.
- X Men: Here.
- Yotsubato: Here. Yotsuba only.
- Yggdra Union: Can't find the video (if someone can, put it here), but here's the animation for Russell and Rosary◊.
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: Here.
- Yume Nikki: Here and here. Be warned that the first one may well scar you for life.
- Yu Yu Hakusho: Here.
- Zero No Tsukaima: Here.
- Zero Punctuation: Here.
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