Gorilla Suit Guy Punch Video

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About

Gorilla Suit Guy Punch Video, also known simply as the Gorilla Punch Video, is a viral video of a family on a ride called Dinosaurs Island at Clarkland amusement park (resembling Jurassic Park) in which a dinosaur animatronic scares them followed by an actor wearing a gorilla suit who seemingly punches the front of their car, close to the faces of the man and little girl in the front seat. Then, the clip cuts to a family selfie taken by the little girl. The original video was posted to TikTok by user @amveniceyosa in late September 2024. The video inspired reactions and memes from people who thought that the little girl was punched as a viral debate emerged. Viewers thought that the clip was shocking and funny, mostly because the park used a guy in a gorilla suit instead of an animatronic. It later spread to Twitter / X and other social media platforms over the following weeks.

Origin

On September 28th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @amveniceyosa posted a video of her and her family on a Clarkland amusement park ride called Dinosaurs Island.^[2] In the video, a dinosaur animatronic scares the family. After, an actor in a gorilla suit jumps out and seemingly punches the vehicle. Then, the video cuts to a family selfie taken by the little girl. Over 11 days, the video received roughly 54.5 million plays and 3.2 million likes (shown below).

Spread

The video inspired viral reactions on social media in the following week. For instance, on October 5th, 2024, TikToker^[5] @timmilles stitched the original video, proclaiming, "Absolutely not." Over four days, the video received roughly 61.1 million plays and 6.5 million likes (shown below).

On October 6th, TikToker^[3] @poo._.pee posted a screen recording of the original video, adding text overlay that read, "Guys I've been laughing at this for 20 minutes," gaining over 19 million plays and 3.6 million likes in three days (shown below).

Also on October 6th, 2024, X^[4] user @PRlVPRINCESS reposted the original video, captioning it, "I been crying at this since yesterday omfg," gaining over 16.7 million views and 138,000 likes in three days (shown below).

Viral reactions then ensued on X, like a quote tweet shared by X^[6] user @fauxfresh on October 8th, who joked, "I like how the dinosaurs scaring people but the gorilla just straight up punching…" receiving over 185,000 likes in a day (shown below).