A phrase often spoken by the stop-motion character Pingu, usually as means of communication.
This phrase was later made into a
meme in early 2022, when it was used in a 2-D animation made by YouTuber Telepurte (or @telepeturtle on
Twitter). The animation consisted of Pingu saying “noot noot!” before a camera zoom-in showing Pingu with an eerie expression.
This meme was further developed when another animator, Pitchi Animation, created a 3-D version of this on
YouTube. The video gained a whopping 4.7 million views in two months.
- Person 1: Hey, remember that show we watched as kids with a
penguin called Pingu in it? Well, apparently someone made Pingu into a
meme.
- Person 2: Oh yeah, the noot noot
meme? I saw it on Reddit two days ago.