YouTube Poop

YouTube Poop is a form of video editing where the sources are manipulated with the goal of creating something bizarre, chaotic, and most likely comedic. The videos commonly feature heavy use of effects, sudden scene transitions, deliberate and jarring changes in audio volume, memes, and splicing of dialogue to create new words and phrases. The goal is to confuse and entertain viewers who find the videos. As the name indicates, such videos are often located on YouTube; however, said website is neither YouTube Poop's only location nor its origin.

The term "YouTube Poop" was coined by Yaminomalex, who described the things he did with his friends as "uploading poop to YouTube".

The genre has been described as being to video editing communities what the dadaist movement is to art.

History
YouTube Poop was inadvertently invented by SuperYoshi while testing Windows Movie Maker. Curious about this software which came pre-installed on his computer, he experimented with it, editing some cartoon episodes he happened to have available. This resulted in incoherent videos composed of clips which had been rearranged and repeated, and had miscellaneous effects applied to them. Amused by how nonsensical they were, SuperYoshi posted these videos online with the intention of confusing people who stumbled across them. The first of these was "The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 REMIXED!!!" (later retitled to "I'D SAY HE'S HOT ON OUR TAIL"), which was posted to SheezyArt on December 22 2004, and the first to be uploaded to YouTube itself was "Sonic and Robotnik's sodomy hour!", which was uploaded on April 1 2006.

The concept of creating bizarre, remixed videos rapidly gained popularity, and the videos themselves changed from a simple prank played on the viewer to a genuine form of entertainment. The genre quickly evolved from an attempt to surprise and baffle viewers to a form of surreal comedy centered around altering scenes beyond recognition.