Dancing Hot Dog facts for kids
The Dancing Hot Dog is a super popular character and an Internet meme that first appeared in 2017. It became famous when the Snapchat app released a special camera filter. This filter used augmented reality (AR) to show a fun, animated hot dog dancing in your real-world videos!
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How the Dancing Hot Dog Appeared
Snapchat often adds new filters and lenses for its users to try. The Dancing Hot Dog was one of these special lenses.
- Finding the Hot Dog: To find the hot dog, you would open the Snapchat camera and tap the screen. This would make the different lenses appear.
- Making it Move: You could make the hot dog bigger or smaller. You could also move it around your screen, even while recording videos.
- Camera View: Unlike many lenses that use your front camera, the hot dog lens needed you to switch to your phone's back camera.
What is Augmented Reality?
The hot dog lens used augmented reality (AR) technology. AR lets you see computer-generated images mixed with your real surroundings.
- How it Works: The hot dog was a 3-D image that looked like a cartoon hot dog in a bun. It wore headphones and seemed to be enjoying music.
- Moving with You: The AR technology could track real objects in your video. This meant the hot dog would stick to things in your room and move with them!
The Hot Dog's Music
The catchy song played in the lens was called "Cool Nights-JP." It was created by an artist named Hint of Mint and licensed by Jingle Punks Music.
Why the Dancing Hot Dog Became a Meme
The Dancing Hot Dog quickly became a huge Internet meme. A meme is something, like a picture or video, that spreads very fast online and is often changed for humor.
- First Big Video: One of the first popular videos using the hot dog was posted on YouTube in June 2017. It showed the hot dog dancing on a woman's shoulder while she got a nose piercing.
- Spreading Online: After that, the meme exploded across the internet, especially on Twitter. Many people posted funny pictures and videos of the hot dog in silly situations.
- Becoming Famous: USA Today reported that a video on July 4, showing the hot dog being "taken away" by a child in a shopping cart, really helped the meme become super popular.
How People Reacted
People loved the Dancing Hot Dog! It became a common joke and a recognizable character for teens and young adults.
- Everywhere You Looked: Jay Hathaway from The Daily Dot said the hot dog was "everywhere." Because Snapchat is so popular, the hot dog became a joke everyone understood.
- Fun and Simple: The A.V. Club called the meme's popularity "a brief, blissful moment of completely unobjectionable Internet celebrity." This means it was just a simple, fun thing that everyone could enjoy without any problems.
- Sports Fun: Even SB Nation, a sports website, used the hot dog. They photoshopped it into famous sports moments to make people laugh.
The Hot Dog's Disappearance and Return
Snapchat sometimes changes its lenses and filters to keep the app fresh and exciting.
- Temporary Removal: The Dancing Hot Dog lens was removed from Snapchat in September 2017.
- Back Again! But good news for fans! The hot dog filter was added back to Snapchat in early December 2018.
The Hot Dog's Legacy
The Dancing Hot Dog even inspired a video game!
- A New Game: A company called Anonymous Inc released a platform game called Dancing Hotdog!.
- Challenging Fun: Websites like Mashable and Engadget said the game was very difficult, a bit like the super-hard game Flappy Bird. They also mentioned that the game had a lot of ads.
See also
In Spanish: Perro caliente bailando para niños
