Mr. Peabody Hypnosis

About

Mr. Peabody Hypnosis or the Mr. Peabody Hypnotizing Meme refers to a clip from the 2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman movie in which Mr. Peabody spins his hand in a circular motion towards the camera as if hypnotizing the viewer. In late May through June 2024, the clip, paired with "Gaster's Theme" from Undertale, became the subject of image macro-style memes on TikTok, in which the clip is paired with captions about being hypnotized to do or believe something.

Origin

On July 7th, 2023, YouTuber^[1] CallobMemers posted an edit of a scene from the 2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman movie in which Mr. Peabody spins his hand in a circle towards the camera as if hypnotizing the viewer. The video changes quality throughout and is set to "Gaster's Theme" from Undertale. It garnered over 7,000 views in a year (shown below).

On May 23rd, 2024, TikToker^[2] @konyx.0 posted a meme using the same clip and song, with a caption that translates to, "My bed hypnotizing me in the morning so that I continue sleeping and don't go to school," garnering over 900,000 views in a month (shown below). This is one of the earliest known memes to use the clip, although it is unclear who posted the true first meme.

Spread

On May 27th, 2024, TikToker^[3] @iamaclowniguess posted a version of the meme that gained over 248,000 views in three weeks (shown below, left).On May 30th, TikToker^[4] @theamazingsmokingpumkin posted a meme captioned, "my son hypnotizing me to yell at him to grab me a beer," garnering over 80,000 views in three weeks (shown below, right).

On June 16th, 2024, TikToker^[5] @standforcanibalism_yip posted a meme in which they recreated the hypnosis clip while wearing Mr. Peabody makeup, garnering over 540,000 views in two days (shown below).

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