Dancing Alligator

The "Dancing Alligator" meme originated on December 22, 2020, when YouTuber KAGI GREEN SCREEN uploaded a green screen animation of an alligator dancing. The video, which is about nine minutes long, accumulated over 20,000 views over four years.

The meme started gaining popularity on May 1, 2022, when TikToker @puffer09 posted a video of the dancing alligator in front of baked beans, accompanied by a birthday song. The video amassed over 6.1 million views and 201,900 likes in two years. In 2024, TikTok users revived the meme with the "You're not a dancing alligator" trend, using Lil Suzy's song "Take Me In Your Arms" as background music.

The "Dancing Alligator" meme primarily features an animated alligator dancing, often edited with different templates and music on social media platforms such as TikTok. For example, on July 11, 2024, TikToker @evantsantes uploaded a CapCut template video where he transformed into a dancing alligator, garnering over 12.8 million views and 1.8 million likes within a week.