About

Bouncy House Boy is a viral video of a toddler wearing a cardigan bouncing in a bouncy house unenthusiastically with his hands in his pockets. The video was initially posted to YouTube in 2017 but circulated again on Twitter in November 2019 adopting various captions.

Origin

On May 14th, 2017, YouTube User Todd Blass uploaded the original video titled "I will never be as cool as my 2 year old nephew in a bounce house" (shown below). The video garnered over 4.5 million views and 63,000 likes in two years.

Spread

On May 15th, 2019, Redditor natsdorf reposted the video to r/funny^[1] with the caption "The bouncy house is no place for excitement" which received over 9,800 points (92% upvoted) in two years. On November 12, 2019, Twitter user @drinksmcgee posted the video with the caption, "When you want to have fun but not too much fun" (show below). The tweet gained over 44,000 likes and 7,900 retweets in three days.

On November 13th, Twitter user @CrazyRalph1980^[2] commented "I forsee a long career in accounting for that little guy!!!!" (show below, left) while Twitter user user @neillwaters^[3] commented, "Me at every team-building exercise I've ever been made to take part in" (shown below, right). Numerous Twitter users retweeted the video with their own captions.

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