Ayuwoki

Ayuwoki
An original photograph inspiring the Ayuwoki's creation from the video "My Ghoul Jackson".
Full Name	Michael Joseph Jackson
Alias	Michael Jackson Michael Ayuwoki El Hee Hee
Relatives	Unknown
Occupation	Serial Kidnapper/Killer
Powers/Skills	Unknown
Status	Unknown
Species	Humanoid
Gender	Male
Type Of Pasta	Spinoff (Alternative) Character

The Ayuwoki - also referred to as "El Hee Hee" - is a horror-based parody to the singer Michael Jackson inspired by a user's tribute to the icon dating back to July 2009. Since then, it spread across the internet as a meme, growing popular in Spanish-speaking countries by late February and early March of 2019.

History

The YouTuber thomasrengstorff had originally posted the a series of videos under the title of "My Ghoul Jackson", dedicated to showcasing an animatronic inspired by the iconic pop singer Michael Jackson on the 27^th of July 2009. The creation was made as a way to honor Michael during his Thriller era and gained attention across the web not only due to Michael's passing on the 25^th of June 2009 but the animatronic's unnerving appearance. The creator himself likely gave the creation the name "Ayuwoki", inspired by Michael Jackson's lyrics in the song "Smooth Criminal".

As the creation grew in popularity, the creator continued to post several videos about it (the playlist itself) as well as other content creators inspired by its appearance. Most of the videos themselves are randomly edited versions of the zoom-ins of the animatronic's face with distorted Michael Jackson songs playing in the background (that alongside other random sound effects in general). Other content creators went for the "Calling the Ayuwoki at 3AM Challenge" approach or continued to create memes about the creation instead.

By the 26^th of November 2019, a gaming studio known as "DeadlyCrow Games" picked up on the trend and released a game titled "Escape the Ayuwoki" which continued to bring more attention to the creation as a whole.

Trivia

• Michael Jackson was rumored to have died the same month the Ayuwoki was created.
• There are 300,000 more videos about the creation itself.
  • The original video allegedly took 10 years to become viral on YouTube.
• The Ayuwoki was created after the development of Slender Man and Momo.
• The creation of the Ayuwoki was to help inspire a book likely with a similar title. However, the book itself was never published publicly.
• Credit to Know Your Meme and Thomas Rengstoff's YouTube channel.