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What Does The 'Hello There Timmy' Meme Mean? Jokes About Kids Mistaking G-Man For Skibidi Toilet Explained
The Skibidi Toilet campaign has been going strong for months now, with kids around the world obsessed with the bizarre animated video series showing a race of evil toilet-men repeatedly battling TV-headed creatures. But what you may not know is that the animations for Skibidi Toilet are derived from a particular video game mod that has been around for nearly two decades now.
Fans of the video game Half-Life and its offshoot sandbox game Garry's Mod have spent the last year seething over their favorite characters being repurposed into Evil Cocomelon.
The face of the mysterious G-Man, a cryptic figure in many Half-Life games, also seen in GMod, is the same as that used for the Skibidi Toilets. Here's how people joke about little kids mistaking their favorite villain for a noticeably lamer one.
Who Is G-Man, And How Is Skibidi Toilet Connected To Half-Life?
G-Man is a recurring supporting character in the Half-Life video game series known for his peculiar behavior and mannerisms. A pale tall man dressed in a suit and carrying a briefcase, G-Man appears in the critical moments of the game and acts as a mysterious overseer who acts behind the curtains, and nudges the protagonist of Half-Life toward certain goals.
G-Man is also one of the primary links between Skibidi Toilet and Half-Life. In 2006, the creators of Half-Life published a game called "Garry's Mod," which was basically a sandbox physics game that allowed users to freely manipulate objects and ragdoll-style characters. Garry's Mod featured many familiar video game characters, including G-Man.
Skibidi Toilet videos were actually made using models from Garry's Mod, which led to G-Man unfortunately becoming the leader of the Skibidi Toilet Race.
What Is The 'Hello There Timmy' Meme?
In January of 2024, X / Twitter user @hlbs4life posted a four-panel meme showing a conversation between a young boy and G-Man. G-Man is shown to be greeting Timmy by name, but Timmy seems to be under the impression that G-Man is simply "the guy from Skibidi Toilet!"
The news leads G-Man to stare Timmy down before banishing him to the realm of Xen to fight a horde of alien grunts, a reference to the alternate Half-Life ending.
The meme took off, spawning viral animated iterations on YouTube, as seen in posts by ThatOneGuy'sAnimations and SilentManJoe, both gathering over 800,000 views in a month.
What Are Some More 'Hello There Timmy' Memes?
For the full history of the "Hello there Timmy!" meme be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.
