How did Dora die? Viral TikTok trend that led to bizarre Google searches explained
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Dora, the seven-year-old explorer, continues to enthrall children with captivating adventures she shares with her friend, Boots the Monkey. TikTok, one of the world's most popular video sharing websites, is both famous and infamous for setting viral trends, that range from the dangerous to the utterly absurd. Combine the two, and the internet floods up with comments, concerns, and questions.
Last year, a trend started on TikTok, an app primarily used by young adults, with people googling how Dora died, and posting their before and after expressions. The trend spread like wildfire in no time, and the Google search results that ranged from "disintegrated by a lightning bolt", and "eaten by a crocodile" did not really help as Dora fans wondered if their beloved character actually died on the show.
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What led to the 'How did Dora die' trend?
The popularity of Dora the explorer is well-known, and when Google started returning horrific search results about Dora's death, fans were mortified. However, the final episode of Dora, which aired on August 9, 2019, shows the explorer bringing musical instruments to her school, and singing the popular song "We Did It." The Google search results were the result of a fanmade music video, titled 'Dora No More', that explored the various ways in which Dora could have died during her many explorations.
The search results prompted a trend on TikTok, where users would google 'How did Dora die?', and record their expressions before and after reading the description of the beloved character's death.
More about TikTok trends
TikTok has made a mark for itself when it comes to short-video content and is known for establishing social media trends that become viral in no time. Overall, TikTok trends can be categorized into a host of genres.
The most popular among them are "Dance Challenges" that range from instructional videos like the emoji-based instructions for a medley remix of Ginuwine's 'Toxic X Pony' and Britney Spears' 'Toxic'. The other categories include glow-up challenges, showing a before-and-after look of a person after a span of a few years, lip-sync challenges, which are exactly as the name suggests, family TikTok's, which involve the participation of a TikToker's family and A-day-in-the-life videos among others.