About

Wigglesburg and Buttersburg are fictional American towns used to joke about people who take pride in their relatively small and remote cities to the point that they make it their whole personality. The meme originated from a viral TikTok skit posted by user @ariisaysso in 2023, captioned, "When people use their city as their whole personality trait." The video follows Arii delivering lines like, "I'm not scared of you, I'm from Wigglesburg," "I'm from Buttersburg, we don't really do all that much talking." The video also featured references to other fictional American towns like "Paprika City," "Barnacle City," "West Ticklestown" and "Buckeysville." Memes about Wigglesburg spread online in subsequent years, primarily in Stan Twitter communities online.

Origin

On May 31st, 2023, TikToker^[1] @ariisaysso posted a video captioned, "When people use their city as their whole personality trait," in which she acted out women from various fictional American towns, such as Wigglesburg and Buttersburg, comparing themselves to larger metropolitan cities like New York and Chicago.

The video gathered over 3 million views and 800,000 likes in two years.

The video was reposted to Twitter / X several times, as seen in a May 17th, 2023, post by X^[2] user @radlcIes that gathered over 25,000 likes in two years, and a July 8th, 2024, post by X^[3] user @usedwifi that gathered over 24,000 likes in a year.

Spread

On September 24th, 2024, X^[4] user @kylie_gender tweeted, "Girl I’m from buttersburg," in reference to a notable TikTok about people who make their hometown their whole personality. The post gathered over 29,000 likes in a year.

On December 16th, 2024, X^[5] user @djoomf tweeted, "No, I’m from Buttersburg. We don’t really do that much taking like." The post gathered over 20,000 likes in eight months.

On January 23rd, 2025, X^[6] user @oliviatheehye posted a video of two women fighting alongside a caption that read, "Wigglesburg residents when they run into someone from Paprika City," gathering over 12,000 likes in seven months.

On August 10th, 2025, X^[7] @Themb0flcation tweeted images of actor Kristen Stewart, YouTuber Gabbie Hanna and singer Clairo, writing, "category is bad bitches from wigglesburg." The post gathered over 10,000 likes in five days.

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