![]() It was also given an extra 30-second drum preface. The animation is marketed as the "Dolly Song", and the music is played faster than the original Loituma version. The video shows an anthropomorphic donkey (called Holly Dolly) dancing to the animation which is displayed (flipped horizontally) in the background. In August 2006, German ringtone provider Jamba! began selling a collection of media based on the animation. In December 2010, Operation Leakspin played off the "Leekspin" meme during efforts to raise awareness of potentially important documents leaked by WikiLeaks. During the dance, Isabella can be spotted waving a leek in her hand, similar to the Loituma Girl. During the segment of the special where the cast visits Tokyo, Phineas and Ferb convince Stacy to participate in a dance and tune with them similar to " Caramelldansen". In August 2010, Disney Channel aired " Summer Belongs To You!", a one-hour television special for Phineas and Ferb. These may feature the animated background, the song clip, or otherwise reference the style of the animation. It's possible to read deeper meanings into it, but it sort of defeats the purpose because in the end it's just this hypnotic clip of animation.Īs with most Internet memes, numerous videos, remixes, and parodies have been inspired by the Flash animation. This is basically a joke for someone who spends all of their time staring at a computer, made by people who spend all of their time staring at a computer. Patrick Macias, who was interviewed in the program, described the animation: PRI's The World radio program covered the animation in a segment, in which they noted the clip's trance-inducing qualities. ![]() The song clip soon enjoyed overwhelming popularity in Russia as a ringtone, with most of the young urban population aware of the "Yak zup zop" lyrics. The meme was later popularized by Russian LiveJournal user "g_r_e_e_n", having posted a link to it on his LiveJournal feed on 23 April 2006 at 15:40. The first mentions of the meme are from Livejournal from April 20th, by user mikkikoron. And well, I have no idea what this video is about, and what this girl is about. And most of the traffic came from Russia and then I started to track down what is happening and then I found this video. ![]() I first found out there was something going on when I looked at the statistics of my own web page and then I realized that something weird is happening because there is such a huge traffic there. īand member Timo Väänänen describes his initial reaction to the video: On 10 July 2006, the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported that Loituma Girl had caused a resurgence in Loituma's popularity, and the band had received thousands of fan letters from around the world. "Large varieties of the Welsh onion resemble the leek, such as the Japanese negi, whilst smaller varieties resemble chives." Welsh Onion is a common name for Allium fistulosum, which is a staple in Japanese cuisine referred to in Japanese as negi ( ねぎ). As with many confusions about vegetables, this debate can be resolved by comparing both scientific and common names. In the Japanese version of the anime, it is identified as a Welsh onion, but the American dub identifies it as a leek, from which the name of the animation is derived. There has been some uncertainty about the exact nature of the vegetable in the animation. These stanzas are therefore not generally listed on lyrics pages, causing confusion for people looking for lyrics that match the animation. Unlike the rest of the song, these two stanzas have no meaning, consisting mostly of phonetically inspired Finnish words that vary from performance to performance and are usually made up on the spot by the singer (compare scat singing in jazz). ![]() The music used consists of the second half of the fifth stanza (four lines) and the complete sixth stanza (eight lines) from " Ievan polkka". The scene is an instance of a recurring joke surrounding her character, in which she wants to cook something so unusual that it seems almost inedible. In the clip, Orihime is twirling a leek while talking to Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki. ![]() The animation of Loituma Girl is taken from episode two of the Bleach anime series, between the twelfth and fourteenth minute (depending on the version). The part of the song which is included in the meme is improvisation by Hanni-Mari Autere which are totally random. The animation consists of four frames showing the Bleach anime character Orihime Inoue twirling a Welsh onion or leek, set to a 27-second loop from the song. It appeared on the Internet in late April 2006 and quickly became popular. Loituma Girl (also known as " Leekspin") is a Flash animation set to a scat singing section of the Finnish song " Ievan polkka," sung by the Finnish quartet Loituma on their 1995 debut album Things of Beauty. Internet meme The "Loituma Girl" Orihime Inoue twirling her leek in the Flash animation. ![]()
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