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Italian brainrot

You might remember it as brainrot animals, Tralalero Tralala, Bombardiro Crocodilo

This spread through many posts rather than one canonical upload.

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2025·The last few years

A 2025 trend of absurd characters with Italian-sounding names, drawn and voiced with generative AI — a shark in trainers called Tralalero Tralala first, then Tung Tung Tung Sahur, Bombardiro Crocodilo and many more — that spread on TikTok and Instagram.

At a glanceThe facts

Spread in
2025
Format
Phenomenon
Era
The last few years
Where it started
TikTok and Instagram, in early 2025
Who or what it shows
Tralalero Tralala, a three-legged shark in Nike sneakers, and the creatures that followed: Tung Tung Tung Sahur, Bombardiro Crocodilo, Ballerina Cappuccina
Also known as
For its best-known character: Tung Tung Tung Sahur, Tung Tung Sahur, TTT Sahur
Origin
No single original
Available
Not held by ViralWorld

Why it matteredWhat changed

A cast of absurd animals with Italian-sounding names, drawn and voiced by generative AI, became characters sold as trading cards and stickers. Nobody drew the pictures or recorded the voices.

TimelineIn order

  1. Made

    Memes circulate showing Dwayne Johnson rhyming “Tralalero tralala”. The audio is later the basis of the trend.1

  2. Took off

    A post pairing the audio with an AI-generated shark in shoes reaches seven million views.1

  3. Made

    Tung Tung Tung Sahur, an AI-drawn kentongan drum with a bat, is posted to TikTok by the Indonesian user Noxa on the eve of Ramadan; its name imitates the drumming that wakes people for sahur, the pre-dawn meal.2

  4. Mainstream

    Cryptocurrency tokens named after the trend are launched.1

  5. Taken down

    Tung Tung Tung Sahur is taken out of the Roblox game Steal a Brainrot after a copyright dispute; it returns in November.2

  6. Mainstream

    A Fortnite trailer confirms Tung Tung Tung Sahur as a costume.2

  7. Mainstream

    Two of the characters are added to Fortnite as costumes.1

What people misrememberSet straight

Commonly remembered asAll of the characters are Italian.

ActuallyTung Tung Tung Sahur is Indonesian: made by an Indonesian TikTok user, Noxa, and named after the drumming that wakes people for the pre-dawn meal in Ramadan.2

Commonly remembered asIt has a known creator.

ActuallyThe first character is usually attributed to a TikTok account that has since been banned, and the origin of the trend as a whole is unclear.1

What it createdWhat came out of it

LegacyWhat it left behind

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Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast

Where it came fromWhat we know

This spread through many posts rather than one identifiable original. No copy is held here — what it was, when it spread and what people called it is what this page can tell you.

Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.

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SourcesWhat was read

  1. Wikipedia — Italian brainrot
  2. Wikipedia — Tung Tung Tung Sahur

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