"I Got You!" by Giga / Lavender Town Animation Meme

About

"I Got You!" by Giga is a vocaloid song popularized through the Lavender Town Animation Meme, a series of animation memes using a portion of the song that samples the "Lavender Town" theme from Pokemon. "I Got You!," which samples several songs and sounds from the Pokemon games, was posted online in December 2023. The Lavender Town animation meme, which often features a character hypnotizing another character, started on TikTok in September 2024 and was further popularized throughout October on TikTok and YouTube.

Origin

On December 15th, 2023, YouTuber^[1] and music producer Giga posted a video for a Hatsune Miku vocaloid song, "I Got You!" garnering over 6 million views in 10 months. The song samples several songs and sounds from the Pokemon video game series, including the song "Lavender Town."

On September 7th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @qwertypquote posted an animation meme set to the portion of the song that samples "Lavender Town," garnering over 180,000 views in a month. This is the earliest known example of the animation meme.

Spread

The song continued to inspire animations on TikTok and YouTube throughout September and October 2024.

On September 22nd, TikToker^[3] @t0taly.n0t..c0co_backup posted an animation set to the song that garnered over 1.6 million views in three weeks. On October 2nd, TikToker^[4] @inq_0_ posted an animation based on the characters featured in the "Mesmerizer" music video, garnering over 1.3 million views in two weeks.

On October 3rd, YouTuber^[5] Ceezerres posted an animation meme based on the characters from Sprunki, garnering over 100,000 views in two weeks. On the same day, YouTuber^[6] ★Silly.s.k Aոimation★ posted an animation meme that gained over 1.3 million views in the same span of time.

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