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What's The '4 Girls Finger Paint' Video? The Shock Video Of Four Girls 'Finger Painting' Explained
A decade-old shock video has been resurfacing on TikTok for the past few years, known as 4 Girls Finger Paint, which is a grotesque scat film featuring two of the actresses from the "2 Girls 1 Cup" meme.
For those unfamiliar, "2 Girls 1 Cup" is the colloquial name for the trailer for the Brazilian scat coprophagic fetish adult film Hungry Bitches made by MFX Media in 2007. The video was widely memed and parodied over the last 17 years, including a South Park scene of the characters reacting to the video (seen below).
Let's uncover the stinky story of the "4 Girls Finger Paint" video.
Where is The 4 Girls Finger Paint Video From?
"4 Girls Finger Paint" was originally shared online through the website 4girlsfingerpaint.com as early as December 2007. The video purportedly comes from the scat film Scat Swapping School Swallow, where a woman defecates onto another woman in a group of four, then the women paint their bodies with the feces, also eating and puking the feces onto one another. The video also features actresses Karla and Latifa from the "2 Girls 1 Cup" video.
How Did The 4 Girls Finger Paint Video Become A Meme?
Similar to the success of the "2 Girls 1 Cup" video, the "4 Girls Finger Paint" became a popular source for reactions on YouTube. The earliest known reactions to the video were posted by YouTubers Jordan Greene and hoolian666 on December 10th, 2007.
YouTuber PewDiePie mentioned the meme in 2016 in a video titled "Things You Should Never Google." Around the 2:49 mark, he reacted to the video (shown below).
Why Is The 4 Girls Finger Paint Video Going Viral On TikTok?
The video continued to spread throughout the 2020s, largely on TikTok, as newcomers unbeknownst to the horrors of the "4 Girls Finger Paint" video got baited by the Don't Google posts on the platform.
For example, on October 19th, 2020, TikToker @love.tavionposted a video where he reenacted the moment he watched the video as a 9-year-old kid (shown below, left). On January, 21st, 2023, TikToker @kurlyheadmarr2.0 posted a video referencing the same shock site (shown below, right).
For the full history of the "4 Girls Finger Paint" video, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's entry for even more information.