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The Skibidi Toilet series is an action-horror-comedy series in Source Filmmaker created by the user DaFuq?!Boom! on YouTube, which went ridiculously viral in 2023. It follows an ever-escalating war between a race of camera-headed people, their allies, and the titular Skibidi Toilets, sapient toilets with the heads of people protruding out of them that have taken over humanity, causing the Cameraman alliance to spring into action and take back Earth.

The series is available for watching on YouTube Shorts, and the full playlist can be found here. More recently, new episodes have been uploaded in both Shorts and the normal fullscreen video format, with minor differences between the two.


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  • After the End: Every episode after Episode 5 takes place after the Toilets take control of the world. Episode 11 is the last we get to see of normal humans. Well, until episode 47, that is.
  • Ambiguous Robots: The Cameramen and their various allies and Titans. They have technological objects for heads and often seem to be cybernetically enhanced in some manner, but occasionally display some sort of skin, such as their necks or the Camerawoman's legs in Episode 29. Episode 49 does seem to confirm that the Cameramen are mostly robots, given that we see some damaged with wires sticking out of them — but if that's the case, who built them?
  • Badass in a Nice Suit: The Skibidi Toilets' enemies all dress like this, with some differences:
    • The Cameramen favor black three-piece suits, with white suits for their scientists/engineers, and simple white shirts for their medics.
    • The Speakermen are shown with Silver/Gray business suits, or white shirts with red ties for the larger Speakermen.
    • The TVMen are shown to wear dark Badass Longcoats.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: A point in which everything is the silly one; the Toilets may be silly Citizen toilet hybrids but have racked up an enormous kill count as the series went on, while the Cameramen, who do funny dances and drive the Toilets corpses like cars have done several things to boon their plans in reclaiming Earth.
  • Big Bad: The G-Toilet, a giant and incredibly powerful Skibidi Toilet with the G-Man's head, who appears to be the leader of the species as a whole.
  • Bizarro Apocalypse: It's not like there's any explanation for where the Always Chaotic Evil scatting toilet-heads came from, in any case.
  • Bring It: A silent one in Episode 51 given by the Titan Cameraman upon seeing a whole army of Skibidi Toilets being flown in after it just stomped an entire city block of them.
  • Brown Note Being: The Cinemaman is capable of doing this, terrifying any Toilet within its sight to the point that they flush themselves out of horror.
  • Bullying a Dragon: Episode 60 has a pair of Astro Toilets berate their own leader for losing control over the Titan Speakerman. How does G-Toilet respond to this? Sic a newly-Titanized Scientist Toilet on them.
  • Cerebus Syndrome: Early episodes are just random silly SFM videos without much of a story, while the later episodes are entirely focused on action scenes and the overarching story of the escalating arms race between Toilets and Cameramen.
  • The Cavalry: In episode 24, the Speakermen enter the fray to reinforce the Cameras, doubling their force. Follow-up episodes quickly establish they also brought their own Titan into the fight.
  • Crapsack World: The world is thrown into chaos after the Skibidi Toilets showed up. People are beaten, eaten, or converted into more Skibidi Toilets, and, by later episodes, there hasn't been another human seen since, implying that they're almost all extinct. The Cameramen alliance eventually arrives to put a stop to the toilets, but their war leaves many towns and cities in ruins, and, with the tech on both sides becoming more advanced and powerful, the battles (while cool to see) get even worse, with towering giants duking it out in the sky or land.
  • Creepy Good: Unnerving and powerful as they can be, the TVMen are on the side of good.
  • The Dreaded: On the Cameramen's side, there's G-Toilet, who instills fear whenever they hear his deep-sounding Skibidi anthem. On the Toilets side, every variation of the TVMen stops them in their tracks immediately.
  • Elite Mook: The Hydra Toilet and the Triple Toilet served as these. The Cameramen's slightly bigger variants and the Speakermen count as a good-guy example.
  • Enemy Civil War: One seems to be brewing starting in Episode 57. Due to the loss of the Speakerman Titan, the Skibidi Toilets have begun seemingly questioning G-Toilet's authority, Episode 60 in particular featuring two outright trying to assassinate him.
  • Flechette Storm: The Camerawoman seen in Episode 52 can fold down her head and deploy some sort of flechette gun from her neck, which she uses to nail a mob of approaching Toilets with pinpoint accuracy.
  • George Lucas Altered Version: A widescreen version of season 1 was uploaded, the expanded field of view allowing Early Bird Cameos from the Cameramen alongside other new jokes, alongside the lyrics of the Skibidi Toilets' theme being slightly changed.
  • Giant Mook: Big Skibidi Toilets are fairly common, varying in both size & appearance. The heroes aren't exempt from this privilege either, with there being a Cameraman, Speakerman, and TVMan (named Cinemaman) titan.
  • "Good Luck" Gesture: Cameramen give each other thumbs-ups whenever things turn in their favor. TVMen seem to use smiley faces to emulate this.
  • Glass-Shattering Sound: With the Speakermen's aid, Cinemaman can amplify its Brown Note attack to shatter the Toilets' sunglasses, which are one of their only lines of protection against a standard TVMan's stare.
  • Hope Spot: Twice over has the Skibidi Toilets' nearly been defeated.
    • First is in Episode 38 when the Cameramen and Speakermen resistance managed to deploy their mind-liberating tank-mounted laser to use on the Speakerman Titan only for the Overlord to intercept the energy beam and destroy the tank.
    • The second time is Episode 47 in the fight between the newly-revealed Cinemaman Titan chasing down the Speakerman Titan only to come across G-Toilet who the Cinemaman attempts to Brown Note into flushing himself, only for G-Toilet's minions and the Speakerman Titan to severely damage the Cinemaman and attempt to use a Skibidi Parasite on him, only for the Cinemaman to simply vanish.
  • Humanity's Wake: By Episode 12, humans stop appearing in the videos as the story shifts to the Cameramen vs. the Skibidi Toilets, the implication being that they were all assimilated. That is, until they abruptly return to the series at Episode 47, although what appears to be a human can be seen inside the building at the beginning of Episode 45 as well...
  • Immediate Sequel: Episode 45 follows up on the ending of Episode 44, where the Skibidi Toilets arrive with the brainwashed Speakerman Titan to fight Cinemaman.
  • Kaiju: Used by both sides of the conflict. Each faction has a giant version of their regular troop that is often equipped with high-tech weapons.
  • Know When to Fold 'Em: The still-brainwashed Speakerman Titan immediately jets out of the fight with Cinemaman when it manages to break one of its speakers.
  • Lensman Arms Race: The two sides end up locked in an arms race where each develops or brings in a new weapon, ally, or type of enhanced soldier, briefly overwhelming the opposition until they develop a counter and repeat the cycle, which grows more and more elaborate and destructive as time goes on.
  • Leitmotif:
    • The Skibidi Toilets are always accompanied by, and sing part of the lyrics of, a mashup of "Give it to Me" by Timbaland & "Dom Dom Yes Yes" by Biser King.
    • For several of the episodes following their introduction, the Speakermen loudly play Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" from their heads.
    • Whenever the TVMen are onscreen, the Japan song "Burning Bridges" tends to play (but only in the YouTube Shorts version; the fullscreen version of the series uses the distorted trumpet sound from Half-Life 2).
    • A distinctive droning noise is played whenever the Camera Titan shows up — it's not clear if the Titan is actually making this noise or not.
  • Logical Weakness:
    • Considering that they are just toilets, Skibidi Toilets can be killed by simply pulling their flusher. Grey Toilets however have their flushers protected, and the G-Toilet once resists getting flushed.
    • It later turns out that plungers are also effective anti-Toilet weaponry.
    • This even extends to the shades they start wearing to counter the TVMens stares, as they can be easily broken with blunt force. This does not make it easy, however.
  • Mass "Oh, Crap!": A group of Skibidi Toilets tries to raid a Cameraman facility, only to find out that the Titan Cameraman is Not Quite Dead and immediately turn around and flee.
  • Militaries Are Useless: In Episode 5, several human military tanks, soldiers and helicopters are seen preparing to fight the Skibidi Toilets. They are never seen again, with the implication that the Toilets wiped them out. What's odd is that the Cameramen are able to put up a serious fight against the Toilets, even though most of them don't even bother to carry weapons until Episode 52 — perhaps this has something to do with the fact that the Toilets can seemingly transform humans into more of them.
  • Mini-Mecha: One of the white-coloured Cameramen scientists/engineers is seen piloting one in Episode 54.
  • Mini Mook: The Mini Skibidi Toilets and the parasites are both much smaller than other Skibidi Toilets.
  • Monster of the Week: Many episodes function somewhat like this, introducing an especially dangerous new Skibidi Toilet which is usually defeated by the Cameramen and their allies within a few episodes (with the exception of the G-Toilet). By contrast, the Alliance's heaviest hitters, the Titans, are the most frequently recurring characters.
  • More Deadly Than the Male: All 3 factions have a singular female member, who is notably more powerful than the rest of them.
    • The TVMen have the TVWoman, who has a flame-enducing stare and deattach her head to possess other Toilets and use it as an omni-directional sensor.
    • The cameramen obtain a blackcoated Camerawoman, who can fire flechettes out of her back. She also notably led the rescuing of the Speakerman Titan.
    • Episode 61 introduces a Speakerwoman, who's immune to the latest Toilets camera-flash power and can use her soundwaves to fire objects.
  • Monumental Damage: Episode 58 shows that the ruined city where the Alliance and Toilets are fighting is a ruined London, with the Big Ben clock tower putting in an appearance, its roof caved in but otherwise mostly intact.
  • Non-Human Head: Cameramen, well, have security cameras for heads. This also applies to the Speakermen, who have various types of speaker systems for heads and the TVMen, who have CRT TVs as heads.
  • P.O.V. Cam: Every episode is set from a Cameraman's perspective. Episode 51 is the first time a previously established character has a POV, in this case the Cameraman Titan.
  • Playing with Fire: The TVWomans version of the TV stare sets its targets on fire.
  • Puppeteer Parasite: The Toilets utilize small Skibidi Parasites to control Cameramen and use them against their own, with larger versions capable of affecting the Titans — the Titan Speakerman is controlled by one between Episodes 32 and 57. The TVWoman can turn this on the toilets, as she can detach her head and latch onto Toilets in order to control them similar to the Skibidi Parasites.
  • Sacrificial Lion: After the Skibidi Toilets had created their Skibidi Parasites to take over the Cameramen and Speakermen, they send in a second Skibidi Toilet General in order to lure out the Speakerman Titan so they could take it over.
  • Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: After the Skibidi Toilets figured out they can resist the TVMen's effects by wearing shades, the latter gave a collective shrug and vanished into the shadows. However, they quickly upgrade Cinemaman to counter the shades' effects.
  • Simple Score of Sadness: When the Titan Speakerman is finally free of its parasite in episode 57, the mood is somber as even though they have freed a major ally, the cameramen still took on numerous losses thanks to the Titan's corruption by a parasite. Appropriately, the music is far slower and low-key than is usual for the series.
  • Smoke Shield:
  • Soldier Versus Warrior: The Cameramen and their allies are Soldiers, led by nondescript ordinary members of their race and wielding weapons, vehicles, and advanced super-soldiers who all answer to the chain of command. The Skibidi Toilets on the other hand are Warriors, relying on a combination of Zerg Rush, brute force, and ferocity, in contrast to their enemies Titans, G-Toilet is their leader.
  • Starter Villain: "Saint Skibidi Toilet" in Episode 10, being the first unique Toilet to be introduced (except from the G-Toilet), who is easily defeated by the Cameramen by the end of the episode.
  • Suicidal Overconfidence: During the first legs of the Lensman Arms Race, The Cameramen usually sat down and relaxed while the more stronger units blazed through Toilets with no problem; oblivious to the fact the Toilets will adapt and make stronger units. This cost them the Cameraman Titan getting severely wounded, the Speakerman Titan to be brainwashed, and would've also cause them to lose the Cinemaman had he not retreated. Ever since, they've thankfully been working to avert this problem.
  • Toilet Humor: The series' main selling point, with the main antagonist being various toilets with human heads poking out of them.
  • Two Girls to a Team: So far, only three female members of the factions have appeared, not counting regular humans; so far, there's been a female Skibidi Toilet who only appeared in Episode 2 and hasn't returned since, a single Camerawoman who was quickly dispatched by the Glitch Toilet, and a TVWoman, who seems to be the TVMens leader. Downplayed as later on more Camerwomen are seen, including a specific Security Camera variant who is an elite sharpshooter.
  • Walking Spoiler: Good luck trying to not bring up the TVMen or the Speakerman Titan's brainwashing.
  • Was Once a Man: Episode 4 shows that many of the Skibidi Toilets were once humans before... something happened.
  • We Hardly Knew Ye: Both sides are guilty of this, new units getting destroyed as soon as they are introduced almost all the time.
  • The Worf Effect: Also common on both sides, since more powerful units tend to get dwarfed by even more powerful units, and vice versa. The Titans are common victims of this.
    • After a Glitch Toilet presents itself as a huge threat in Episode 29, Episode 54 has it wiped out by TVWoman during the resistance' advances against the Skibidi Toilets.
    • Not even the G-Toilet is immune; in episode 57, the Cameraman Titan manages to best G-Toilet in combat, stripping him of his previous upgrades and leaving him heavily burned, forcing him to retreat when they free the Speakerman Titan from parasite control.
  • Wham Episode:
    • Episode 5 has our first good look at what the Toilets are about to do.
    • Episode 7 shows a Skibidi Toilet being flushed by the POV character, resulting in its death, but, before they can spread the word, they fall prey to a coordinated attack by nearby Toilets, showing that even having knowledge of the species' Weaksauce Weakness is not enough to guarantee victory as they're much Smarter Than They Look.
    • Episode 9 has the POV character spray paint a flag of a camera onto a Skibidi Toilet statue, revealing the Cameramen's main goal.
    • Episode 24 gives us our very first instance of a Speakerman.
    • Episode 30 introduces the Skibidi Parasite and what it can do.
    • Episode 32 reveals that the Speakerman Titan has been controlled by the parasites.
    • Episode 39 introduces the mysterious TVMen.
    • Episode 47 has two whams. Not only does Cinemaman suffer it's first loss, but a human being, something we haven't seen since Episode 11, comes to check on the POV Cameraman.
    • Episode 50 unveils the grand return of the Cameraman Titan, who's upgrades and repairs have left it far more competent than last time.
    • Episode 57 pulls out a two-parter in which the Speakerman Titan is finally freed of their possession thanks to both the Cameraman Titan and the TVWoman's efforts.
    • Episode 59 sees the Speakermen come out of hiding now that their Titan is free of brainwashing. In addition, we see several toilets attempt to assassinate the G Toilet, possibly indicating a schism forming among their race.
  • Wham Shot:
    • From the filtered perspective of a badly injured Cameraman in Episode 47, a human can be seen examining the Cameraman's injuries.
    • Episode 49 introduces to us the TVWoman.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: The Cameraman Titan was last seen back in Episode 23; having been forced to run away from G-Toilet and was undergoing repairs and minor upgrades to include at least one Finger Gun on its right hand. Since then, nothing has been seen of it. Doubly so since the introduction of both the Speakerman and Cinemaman Titans. It finally returns in Episode 50, saving the Cameramen base from destruction by the skibidi toilets.

 
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