The Original Hampster Dance
Created on: September 14th, 2006
The Original Hampster Dance
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The ORIGINAL Hampster Dance, meticulously recreated to be preserved in YTMND. This took more effort than you might think.
The Hampster Dance
The Hampster Dance (from Disney's Robin Hood)

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HockeyUSA27
September 14th, 2006
12:47:35 AM CDT
(5)
Internet Nostalgia
hdofu
November 11th, 2014
9:44:01 PM CST
(3)
This take me back to when I made such things like 14 years ago
woman
December 12th, 2014
9:59:37 PM CST
(3)
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT... 6PM-1AM CST...

www.xat.com/YTMND0

SEE YOU THERE!
lincey
September 14th, 2006
12:47:46 AM CDT
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I remember...back...like 8 years ago. alls these stupid f*cking kids were obsessed with this. it was funny for about 15 seconds. then. good attempt though.
explosivofueled
September 14th, 2006
12:47:50 AM CDT
(2)
I would've figured this had been done before. And it has, but all of them only included one of the ham(p)sters.
lowcast
September 14th, 2006
12:47:58 AM CDT
(3)
somehow i love this. thx
nayten
September 14th, 2006
12:48:57 AM CDT
(2)
I thought about redoing this like two days ago. sweet remake
muphins
September 14th, 2006
12:49:12 AM CDT
(2)
I'm assuming the reason it hasn't been done is because all of the hampsters were in separate .gifs before. I had to compile them together into one .gif.
HockeyUSA27
September 14th, 2006
12:49:20 AM CDT
(3)
You win sir, thank you for bringing back this memory where i would always put this on during the first year of COMPUTER CLASS using those weird *ss macs
Necronomicon
September 14th, 2006
12:50:13 AM CDT
(3)
You even have that microphone squelch at the end. Well done.
LupinTheThird
September 14th, 2006
12:51:14 AM CDT
(2)
Hamster h-a-m-s-t-e-r
anthonyc
September 14th, 2006
12:51:23 AM CDT
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lol you suck
HockeyUSA27
September 14th, 2006
12:51:55 AM CDT
(3)
^^^Dumbass D-U-M-B-A-S-S do you even remember the hampster dance? also, whats with the downvotes? Resubmit it lol
explosivofueled
September 14th, 2006
12:52:13 AM CDT
(2)
Lupin, the original Hampster Dance misspelled it. Also: http://www.webhamster.com
StormBolt
September 14th, 2006
12:57:10 AM CDT
(3)
I miss the hampsterdance befoer it became a gay band
Reptile402
September 14th, 2006
12:57:48 AM CDT
(3)
Oh the nostalgia. It washes over me in waves.
Qoht
September 14th, 2006
1:11:11 AM CDT
(3)
Why wasn't this done earlier? YTMND is perfect for this!
Baron
September 14th, 2006
1:13:42 AM CDT
(2)
+1 for historic preservation... god this site sucks.
phire
September 14th, 2006
1:16:09 AM CDT
(3)
bonus points for nostalgia. - points for unearthing this demon after it was laid to rest
airbud
September 14th, 2006
2:14:38 AM CDT
(3)
This was YTMND before there was a YTMND. In a way, we all owe something to the hampsterdance.
horbjorb
September 14th, 2006
2:21:03 AM CDT
(2)
I regret this everyday, for a friend and I right before graduation were going to burn the audio track from this on to a cd, and loop it over the school's PA. There were some loose wires in the locker room where you could tap right into it.
horbjorb
September 14th, 2006
2:21:53 AM CDT
(2)
Course this was all behind a tile in the wall, so it would have covered the cd-player nicely.
Shelverman
September 14th, 2006
2:44:44 AM CDT
(2)
Oh my God, I love you. *bookmarks*
rickonymous
September 14th, 2006
3:35:53 AM CDT
(-2)
oh jesus god no, don't remind me
WhargouL1942
September 14th, 2006
3:49:25 AM CDT
(2)
only problem its NOT the original hamster dance. but a very good recreation.
Kamon
September 14th, 2006
5:08:32 AM CDT
(0)
No. No. No. No. No. No.
NeonSapphire
September 14th, 2006
7:26:30 AM CDT
(2)
Frozen and perfectly preserved. I salute you. Really kind of a prehistoric ytmnd in a way...
raptorcardz
September 14th, 2006
8:23:21 AM CDT
(2)
Entire song for a four.
KillGreys
September 14th, 2006
8:46:09 AM CDT
(2)
gif slows down to much as it plays. you should fix that.
Adverb
September 14th, 2006
8:46:12 AM CDT
(2)
It's strange to think that The Hampster Dance no longer exists
lalala1087
September 14th, 2006
9:34:51 AM CDT
(2)
YOU WIN! I was addicted to those types of websites back in the day.
TheEvilleGame
September 14th, 2006
10:07:31 AM CDT
(2)
sweet....f'n sweet
jackex
September 14th, 2006
12:00:16 PM CDT
(2)
Omfg!!! The original song, you know how long i've been looking for it. I thought it was lost for sure
TetrisAnarchist
September 14th, 2006
12:00:47 PM CDT
(2)
It is green. (Know your roots)
Maxim2735
September 14th, 2006
12:11:14 PM CDT
(2)
Needs more better sound loopage. Still 5 though
winterbottom
September 14th, 2006
12:27:30 PM CDT
(3)
wow. its YTMND before YTMND with alot less actual humor.
Doomrock
September 14th, 2006
1:12:28 PM CDT
(3)
I was always pretty sure you had to be over the age of 40 to think the "Hampster" Dance was funny.
thezackpew
September 14th, 2006
1:33:01 PM CDT
(3)
i remember that website!!! ah back from the days when i first discovered porn.
ollj
September 14th, 2006
1:44:43 PM CDT
(2)
ooold, ....... just kdding. coincidently I recently found this to be a variation of the Pachelbel Canon.
benjaphar
September 14th, 2006
1:48:57 PM CDT
(3)
I'm pretty sure the audio is a sped-up recording of the song from the 1973 animated Robin Hood.
HeatherChandler
September 14th, 2006
1:50:28 PM CDT
(2)
Olllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllld!
Suilenroc
September 14th, 2006
1:53:45 PM CDT
(2)
The Hamster Dance was ahead of its time. That sh*t is a YTMND before YTMND.
muphins
September 14th, 2006
1:53:55 PM CDT
(2)
I may as well add that to the origin, huh benjaphar.
souloftime
September 14th, 2006
1:56:31 PM CDT
(0)
depa didi do do depa didido
captiancharisma
September 14th, 2006
1:56:59 PM CDT
(2)
Astonishing.
burpingcat
September 14th, 2006
2:02:34 PM CDT
(2)
It's the 90s precursor to YTMND.
Tiedye
September 14th, 2006
2:08:24 PM CDT
(2)
I'm pretty sure the original creater had this removed the first 20 times it was posted.
muphins
September 14th, 2006
2:09:01 PM CDT
(2)
Removed? How do you mean?
Tiedye
September 14th, 2006
2:10:53 PM CDT
(2)
Deleted by mods. She's a big whiner. To be honest, I can't actually remember if it was infact YTMND i'm remembering it to have been removed from but I'm sure it's been posted before anyway.
muphins
September 14th, 2006
2:12:21 PM CDT
(2)
Oh, all right. Thanks for the heads-up; I guess we'll see.
mkicon
September 14th, 2006
2:47:20 PM CDT
(2)
Pro. I remember they had a bunch of other sites linked to hamsterdance, like fish dance or some sh*t.
mosc
September 14th, 2006
2:56:29 PM CDT
(1)
a nice clean loop would be appropriate. Get to work!
danf96871
September 14th, 2006
2:58:37 PM CDT
(3)
NO WAI!
ObadiahtheSlim
September 14th, 2006
3:15:10 PM CDT
(1)
I hated it the first time around and I still hate it.
RobberBob
September 14th, 2006
3:36:10 PM CDT
(4)
Now I have background music for the next 3 hours. Thanks a ton.
Satertek
September 14th, 2006
4:25:22 PM CDT
(5)
"a nice clean loop would be appropriate. Get to work!" That wouldn't be true to the original. Hamsterdance brings back good memories :)
mkicon
September 14th, 2006
4:25:48 PM CDT
(6)
To everyone saying "PUT THE WHOLE SONG!!" or "Make a cleaner loop" obviously miss the point. This is the origional sound clip, from the origional hampster dance site. The noise at the end of the loop, makes the YTMND, changing it to 'clean it up' would ruin the whole idea.
Deer-Slayer
September 14th, 2006
4:26:25 PM CDT
(3)
5/5 Just for the memories...
g-master999
September 14th, 2006
4:27:05 PM CDT
(3)
man that's catchy.
asstyrant
September 14th, 2006
4:35:34 PM CDT
(3)
You should watch yourself. Didn't the original creator threaten to sue people who recreated Hamsterdance.com? Saw it on somethingaweful. Also c*cks.
zzzzone-of-danger
September 14th, 2006
4:44:39 PM CDT
(3)
lol, I remember this. That was.. 7 years ago? Damn..
fadedirony
September 14th, 2006
5:13:45 PM CDT
(1)
Each time I hear that song, a little bit of me dies inside. It can't vanish into the archives of history fast enough. +2 for effort
chodeskius
September 14th, 2006
5:45:17 PM CDT
(1)
u brought back bad memories of the internet being super gay. Death to you, muphins.
yamaha2k3
September 14th, 2006
6:01:58 PM CDT
(2)
jesus crist, that brought me back a few years :)
Jerry
September 14th, 2006
6:34:47 PM CDT
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holy sh*t! WHOLE SONG PLEASE!
Trystero
September 14th, 2006
6:36:27 PM CDT
(-1)
While a good effort at nostalgia, I can't be nostalgic for something I always hated.
PoolShark
September 14th, 2006
6:39:20 PM CDT
(1)
can't 5 somethign that isn't yours, but you at least brought it to us... definatly one of first of its kind
muphins
September 14th, 2006
6:42:35 PM CDT
(2)
I hate to stress this, but it took me hours to combine these into one .gif, since the original .gifs were at different speeds and lengths.
GhettoGandalf
September 14th, 2006
8:08:33 PM CDT
(-1)
f*cking die hamster dance!
erdontno
September 14th, 2006
8:14:51 PM CDT
(1)
zomg ! dancing hampsters that i member from the past !! 5'D !!
MisterLlanower
September 14th, 2006
9:30:17 PM CDT
(0)
Yay nostalgia =)
magnahelix
September 14th, 2006
9:35:54 PM CDT
(1)
lol, evil blood sucking hamsters
agentstinky
September 14th, 2006
10:09:20 PM CDT
(1)
Oh God! THE MEMORIES!!!
accursedmuffins
September 14th, 2006
10:26:03 PM CDT
(2)
YES. the tradition of millions of gifs plus sound lives on in YTMND. VIVA THE SH*T OF THE INTERWEB!
smoothmedia
September 14th, 2006
10:45:00 PM CDT
(3)
Well done! It's sad that this doesnt exist anywhere anymore as it once looked.
KoolAidMan
September 14th, 2006
11:11:55 PM CDT
(4)
Hampster Dance is the proto-YTMND. The great great great grandaddy.
YETICOPTER
September 15th, 2006
5:17:41 PM CDT
(3)
provingapoint
February 13th, 2007
6:13:51 AM CST
(2)
Now let't see these rats dance to Thriller!
girlapurpleheart
December 31st, 2007
11:35:16 PM CST
(3)
I remember this one! I was in elementary school when this site was alive. I think this site was alive still. =)
woman
October 2nd, 2013
12:48:47 PM CDT
(2)
4.
CoolCatCitizen
May 2nd, 2014
5:03:02 PM CDT
(2)
I am impressed you made all of these dancing hamsters by yourself.
Turtleproof
June 6th, 2014
1:02:08 PM CDT
(3)
The (almost) original is still up: http://www.hampsterdance.com/classics/originaldance.htm So is the Space Jam website: http://www2.warnerbros.com/spacejam/movie/jam.htm
MachineHead95C
December 12th, 2017
12:01:12 AM CST
(2)
Space Jam is down... noooooooooooo!
Shho13
November 17th, 2014
6:24:48 PM CST
(5)
Reading the comments are like going back in time... 2006, 2009, its like time doesn't exist on the internet...
tylersaintcool
April 12th, 2015
10:57:21 PM CDT
(5)
One of the earliest internet fads. There was also Mr. T vs. _____ and that fucking stupid dancing baby from Ally McBeal.
drambus
June 28th, 2015
3:16:11 AM CDT
(4)
Pretty fun vid.
mucho
December 25th, 2015
8:04:08 AM CST
(2)
Merry Christmas Hampster Dance
finelinebob
February 19th, 2016
4:21:55 PM CST
(4)
I used to use this site to demonstrate that it didn't matter how stupid your idea was, the web was perfect for it to my students at Parsons School of Design back around 1998.

The only thing that could make this better (besides removing the text) would be to scale the graphics so that whatever your viewport size, the gifs would look as big as they did on 640 x 480 monitors (we can forget the 8-bit color tho).
SupremoZanne
March 12th, 2016
6:49:02 PM CST
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I think I may put the Hamster Dance song on a Suzanne Records album someday seeing as this site is one of the most popular (or shall I say, most viewed) ones.
cuc090
May 12th, 2016
12:55:07 AM CDT
(2)
hamsterdance.org legend
airbud
February 13th, 2017
3:44:31 AM CST
(2)
What's with the inbound links on this?
il0vesn0w
May 14th, 2017
4:20:40 AM CDT
(2)
ohh 2009 for me :^)
mariostar06
September 14th, 2017
12:43:56 AM CDT
(2)
MachineHead95C
December 11th, 2017
11:48:16 PM CST
(2)
A true relic of the World Wide Web. This gem absolutely must be preserved for future generations.

*slow clap*... Well done, sir.
prairiedogeric10
January 2nd, 2025
8:51:13 PM CST
(0)
it's spelled "hamster"
freshmart
January 31st, 2025
5:54:55 PM CST
(0)
the first comment in 7 years and you're not even correct
prairiedogeric10
February 12th, 2025
9:13:20 PM CST
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lmao this motherfucker made an account just to respond to this

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