Double Rainbow (viral video)

Double Rainbow (viral video)

Double Rainbow refers to a viral video posted by Paul "Bear" Vasquez. The clip, filmed in his front yard just outside Yosemite National Park, in the U.S. state of California, chronicles his sighting of and Stendhal syndrome-like reaction to a double rainbow. As of October 28, 2011, the video has more than 31,000,000 views on YouTube.[1]

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History

Paul Vasquez posted the video to YouTube himself (as user Hungrybear9562) on January 8, 2010. On July 3, comedian and late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel linked to the video in a post on Twitter,[2] saying that he and a friend had declared it the "funniest video in the world." The video quickly gained over one million views.[3]

A July 16th feature on the video by CNN.com stated that the video had gained 4.8 million views.[4]

As of September 2011, the video has over 30 million views on YouTube.[5]

In popular culture

YouTube users created fan videos using clips of Vasquez's voice from the Double Rainbow video, making it an internet meme.[citation needed]

At the end of the Nigahiga video "Shed A Tear", Higa, KevJumba, and Chester See all cry upon seeing a double rainbow.

On July 5, 2010, the Gregory Brothers auto-tuned the video under the name "Double Rainbow Song". Their video has since gotten over 25 million views and has become a viral video in itself, almost surpassing the original in number of views.[6] The song has been covered by the likes of Amanda Palmer, Jimmy Fallon (as Neil Young) and also the Axis of Awesome during a live recording of a charity show in the UK.[7]

On July 26, 2010, Cartoon Network in the United States broadcast a 30-second clip that parodies the video itself, placing two Rainicorns (the fictional rainbow-unicorn hybrid in the series) instead of real rainbows while Jake (voiced by John DiMaggio) is making comment, during the end credits of Adventure Time. Bill Amend's comic strip FoxTrot also features a parody of the original video.[8]

In September 2010, Microsoft teamed up with Vasquez for a commercial advertising the panorama stitch feature in Windows Live Photo Gallery to capture a double rainbow in a picture.[9]

The video game Super Meat Boy references the meme in the achievement "The Commander", awarded when unlocking the Commander Video character. The achievement text reads "You unlocked Commander Video! Double rainbow all da way!"[10][non-primary source needed]

Vasquez was featured on the Comedy Central show Tosh.0 in a "Web Retreat", where Vasquez and Daniel Tosh eat "magic mushrooms" and see a "quadruple rainbow", and follow it to its origin, Perez Hilton's buttocks.[11]

The first-person shooter video game Call of Duty: Black Ops featured a double rainbow on the multiplayer map "Nuketown", in a possible reference to the video.[12]

Vasquez's news story was featured on The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year (2010) which aired on Channel 4 on 3rd January 2011.

In the World of Warcraft battleground "Battle of Gilneas" there is a double rainbow, and if a player performs a /gasp emote under it they will be awarded with an achievement. This is confirmed to be a reference for the viral video.[citation needed]

On November 29th 2010, virtual pet site Neopets released an event in their "Game Master Challenge" series, titled "More Amazing Than a Double Rainbow Across the Sky!".[13][14] Users who completed this specific challenge (available for one day only), were rewarded with an item entitled, "Double Rainbow Background", with an item description of "But what does it mean?".[15][16] Issue 472 (published December 2010) of the Neopian Times included a question in their editorial section relating to the meme-based item.[17]

The 35 Episode of the App Store game Pocket God is named "Double Rainbow All The Way Across The Sky", in it the Pygmies will react to the rainbow showing reactions like the viral video.

In the League of Legends MOBA game, the champion Lux (a character whose magic attacks are based on light and colors) says in her joke "A double rainbow...what does it mean?" as a reference to the viral video.[18]

Vodafone New Zealand brought Vasquez to New Zealand to star in their 'Double Back' promotion advertising. The advert features Vasquez travelling New Zealand encountering different 'doubles' like streams, waterfalls, and road markings.[19]

In nigahiga's Dear Ryan: Extreme video, one of the "Extreme" things is a double rainbow.

The iPhone game Zombie Farm offers a Double Rainbow decoration in the market.

At the 2010 Teen Choice Awards, Zachary Levi, winner of Actor Action, referenced the double rainbow, when he joked "Thank you very much, it's like a double rainbow of epicness".

The website CollegeHumor made a spoof of the video, showing Double Rainbow Guy in everyday life marveling at things such as a double-parked car, a double cheeseburger, and double dipping chips. [20]

In the TV series "Warehouse 13", Season 3, Episode 2, at 4:18, Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) says "Myks, we're double rainbow all the way!".

In the Disney TV series "A.N.T. Farm", Season 1, Episode 11, a double rainbow is formed inside the school when a mass of very warm air and very cold air meet and create an indoor rainstorm. Upon seeing it, Fletcher exclaims "Wow! A double rainbow! What does it mean?!".

References

  1. ^ "Yosemitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow 1-8-10". YouTube. 2010-01-08. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  2. ^ "Twitter / Jimmy Kimmel: my friend Todd has declare". Twitter.com. 2010-07-03. http://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/17665533038. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  3. ^ "Double Rainbow Meme Takes Web by Storm". Mashable. July 8, 2010. http://mashable.com/2010/07/08/double-rainbow/. Retrieved 23 July 2010. 
  4. ^ Brown, Damon. "How the 'double rainbow' video blew up". CNN.com. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/07/14/double.rainbows/index.html. Retrieved 2010-07-26. 
  5. ^ "Yosemitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 
  6. ^ "Internet Meme Hall of Fame: Double Rainbows". Nerve.com. http://www.nerve.com/photo-features/internet-meme-hall-of-fame-double-rainbows. Retrieved 2010-08-03. 
  7. ^ "The Five BestÇFunniest Double Rainbow Covers". Cover Me. 2010-08-02. http://www.covermesongs.com/2010/08/the-five-bestfunniest-double-rainbow-covers.html. Retrieved "2010-12-02. 
  8. ^ "08/15/2010". FoxTrot.com. 2010-08-15. http://www.foxtrot.com/2010/08/08152010/. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  9. ^ Eaton, Nick. "Dude ... Microsoft enlists 'double rainbow' guy for Windows Live ad". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/220055.asp. Retrieved 2010-11-08. 
  10. ^ Giant Bomb. "Super Meat Boy Achievements". http://www.giantbomb.com/super-meat-boy/61-25114/achievements/. Retrieved December 9, 2010. 
  11. ^ McGlynn, Katia (9 September 2010). "Daniel Tosh Goes Camping With The 'Double Rainbow Guy'". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/09/tosh-double-rainbow-camping_n_710619.html. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  12. ^ Taillon, Ryan (6 November 2010). "Black Ops: Double Rainbow Easter Egg (Nuketown)". N4G. http://n4g.com/news/641780/black-ops-double-rainbow-easter-egg-nuke-town. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  13. ^ "Games Master Challenge 2010". Neopets.com. http://www.neopets.com/games/gmc/index.phtml?day=7. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  14. ^ "The Games Master Challenge - November 2010". Jellyneo.net. http://www.jellyneo.net/?go=gamesmaster10. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  15. ^ "Jellyneo's Neopets Item Database". Items.jellyneo.net. http://items.jellyneo.net/index.php?go=item&showitem=40681. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  16. ^ http://www.neopets.com/island/tradingpost.phtml?type=browse&criteria=item_exact&search_string=Double+Rainbow+Background
  17. ^ "The Neopian Times - Neopia's fill-in-the-blank news source". Neopets.com. http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=472. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  18. ^ "League of Legends - Lux Champion Spotlight". 18 October 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJB6JWDESWU. Retrieved 28 January 2011. 
  19. ^ "Vodafone brings 'Double Rainbow' guy Paul 'Bear' Vasquez to NZ to launch Double Back offer". 29 January 2011. http://www.campaignbrief.com/2011/01/vodafone-brings-double-rainbow.html. Retrieved 29 January 2011. 
  20. ^ "Double Rainbow Guy in Everyday Life". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZH0DGHJ3c. Retrieved 8 October 2011. 

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