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Lazy Sunday
Cupcakes, Narnia, Google Maps, and an early example of a TV sketch becoming a widely shared online video.
Archive score96
Internet archive / 2005
Internet moments from 2005
Backdrop
The Internet in 2005
Year reference
Me at the zooThe first YouTube upload made the point quietly.
Source: Jawed Karim on YouTube- YouTube launched, giving ordinary people a simple place to upload, find, and embed video.
- The web was becoming a platform for applications and user-made media instead of a collection of static pages.
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Trails from 2005
Archive order
Archive picks
02
Charlie the Unicorn
“Shun the non-believer.” A deeply tired unicorn went to Candy Mountain and lost a kidney.
Archive score94
03
The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Godzilla, Batman, Shaq, and Mr. Rogers entered one absurd cartoon battle—and the chorus did the rest.
Archive score94
04
HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA
An animated He-Man sang a cover of ‘What’s Up?’ in a widely shared remix.
Archive score93
05
Leeroy Jenkins
A raid plan, a plate of chicken, and the loudest possible decision to ignore both.
Archive score92
06
Crazy Frog’s “Axel F”
A ringtone character turned the Axel F theme into an inescapable animated pop hit.
Archive score91
07
Ask a Ninja
A masked ninja answered viewer questions with jump cuts, terrible advice, and a promise to kill you soon.
Archive score90
08
Fabulous Secret Powers
A dancing He-Man and a Norwegian synth-pop chorus turned a tiny Flash loop into a maximal early-web celebration.
Archive score90
09
Where the Hell is Matt?
One terrible little dance, performed everywhere, became an unexpectedly huge global in-joke.
Archive score89
010
Big Box Mart
One giant discount store promised everything cheap—until the joke followed the price tag all the way home.
Archive score87
011
The Touchtone Genius
A phone’s dial tones became the backing band for a short song about an improbable musical talent.
Archive score84