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Badgers : animated music video : MrWeebl

Weebl's StuffCited 4× on HN, 2016–2026
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music · general · evergreen · 2016–2026 on HN

The classic MrWeebl animated music video Badgers, a short looping song of badgers, a mushroom and a snake. It is a staple of early internet absurdist humor.

HN invokes it purely as a joke or nostalgic meme reference.

4 comments from Hacker News

@sspiff2026-05 · in “The best is over: The fun has been optimized out of the Internet”

OP, the Badger Badger link is leading to a wiki page about the dead Internet theory. Here's the correct link for all to enjoy: ▶ this video Used to be just a Flash animation on Weebl's stuff, but preserved on YouTube by the OG :)

@Kye2023-12 · in “Salad Fingers and the dawn of ‘weird YouTube’”

You sure about that? ▶ this video This is the era terms like "lolrandom" were invented for. link See also: ROFLcopter, AEIOUAEIOUAEIOUAEIOUAEIOU, making funny noises with text to speech.

@petecooper2022-01 · in “_Application.Run(Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object”

>Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object Cmd+F, badger (Not found). Cmd+F, mushroom (Not found). ▶ this video (video sfw, comments may be the usual YouTube battleground)

@walrus012016-05 · in “Ask HN: How do I deal with the first sexual harassment complaint at my startup?”

you know the flash animation video that goes "badger badger badger badger badger"? ▶ this video well, think like that, except; lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer lawyer mushroom, mushroom