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# Dancing baby

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Internet meme · Classic

# Dancing baby

An early 3D-rendered animation of a dancing baby that became a widely circulated internet meme in the mid-1990s and one of the first viral videos.

- First seen: 1996-01-01
- Last seen: 2026-10-31
- Uses cited: 3
- Revision: 2

## Where it started

The "Dancing Baby", also called "Baby Cha-Cha" or "the Oogachacka Baby", is an Internet meme of a 3D-rendered animation of a baby performing a cha-cha type dance. It quickly became a media phenomenon in the United States and one of the first viral videos in 1996.

## The use timeline

1. 1996-01-01

    

   A 3D-rendered dancing baby that first appeared in 1996 by the creators of Character Studio for 3D Studio MAX, and became something of a late 1990s cultural icon, in part due to its exposure on worldwide commercials, editorials about Character Studio, and the popular television series Ally McBeal.
2. 1996-01-01

    

   Wikidata Q3401272: Dancing baby — short CGI video, one earliest examples of a meme or viral video.

## Examples

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