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NBC News
10-08-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
That 'lizard, lizard, lizard' stuck in your head? It's from a new Pixar movie
A mysterious cartoon lizard has become TikTok's latest rising star. The green reptile, standing in a pitch-black room with a somewhat dazed smile, is repeatedly smacking a small lizard icon on a glowing screen — each time triggering an automated voice saying 'lizard.' It comes from a post-credits scene in Disney's latest Pixar film 'Elio' which was released in June. The scene was a promotion for Pixar's upcoming release 'Hoppers,' which arrives in theaters next spring. But in recent weeks, the clip has turned into a viral meme, with the soundbite making its way into numerous musical remixes online. According to the meme database Know Your Meme, the teaser picked up traction after YouTuber The Pixar Nerd posted a video of it on June 20. One month later, on July 27, the TikTok account igreenscreenthings posted a user-made green-screen template featuring the lizard. The template has inspired more than 78,000 videos on TikTok, where people use it to represent spamming actions like skipping songs, annoying their friends or fast-forwarding through workplace compliance trainings. "My last brain cell trying to make it through the workday," wrote one TikToker in the text of their video using the meme. The lizard has also inspired an array of fan creations. One user made a T-shirt commemorating the meme, and another baked a lizard-inspired cake with a movable smacking arm. One TikTok creator has been gaining massive traction by making mashups of the lizard soundbite with various popular songs. A lizard mashup with the 2010 classic ' Like A G6 ' accrued more than 12 million views, and others set to hits like Eminem's ' Rap God,' Cardi B's ' WAP ' and AC/DC's ' Thunderstruck ' also got millions of views each. A performer at an EDM music festival in Denver last weekend even featured the lizard in their set onstage. Pixar's official social media accounts acknowledged the hype around the meme last week. Posting the clip to its platforms, the animation studio wrote: 'his name is Tom.' "See Tom in Disney & Pixar's #Hoppers, arriving in theaters March 6, 2026. 🦎" Pixar wrote in the caption. Tom isn't featured in the teaser trailer for the new movie, which follows a girl named Mabel as her consciousness is transferred into the body of a robotic beaver, which somehow enables her to communicate with other animals. NBC News has reached out to Pixar for comment. Though not much is known about Tom the lizard, many online still can't seem to get enough of him. Or, at the very least, can't get him out of their heads.
Sydney Morning Herald
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
How this TikTok star enlisted Charli XCX for his debut TV show
But it was COVID lockdowns that saw him gain millions of followers with his pop-culture-skewering skits and exaggerated celebrity impressions. Vogue UK called him 'the only funny thing to happen in 2020' – all helpful pushes, as he had already been shopping Overcompensating around, built off his first stand-up show in 2018. 'I feel so privileged that I got so much time [to develop the show] because I think when all the things were in place, I knew everything I wanted. Everyone who joined knew the tone and the world that we wanted.' There's also a steady stream of TikTok-famous faces cameoing, including comedians Tommy Do, Caleb Hearon and Boman Martinez-Reid. While hits such as Abbott Elementary and English Teacher have cast from social media and proven it works, it was still something Skinner had to fight for. Loading 'I don't think there is as much of a difference any more between someone who can entertain us on our phones or with TV,' he says. 'I feel so lucky to give those people a chance to show their talents.' There's a simple reason why Overcompensating has attracted so many names, online or otherwise – and it's not just margaritas. It's very funny; a raucous American campus romp of drinking games, hazing rituals and study-break sobs. Set in the mid-2010s, it's a period of max zillennial cross-appeal, allowing for punchlines about both Alison Roman and Amanda Knox, as well as needle drops of obnoxious EDM and Charli-approved alt-pop (Like A G6, Uffie, Sky Ferreira). Overcompensating leans into the chaos with frenzied storylines that capture the messiness of being an undergraduate, ready to do anything – and anyone – to be liked. 'I hope that there is this communal laugh that everyone can have watching it being like, 'God, I can't believe we did this shit',' says Skinner. 'Everything felt so big, and the stakes felt so high! And they were, to a degree.' At Overcompensating' s heart is Benny – a closeted teen compelled to keep up the jock persona he cultivated as high school valedictorian and gridiron star, all true to Skinner's experiences. Benny can walk and talk 'bro' with ease, dropping his voice and vocabulary to the ground to fit in. While immediately embraced by frat leader Peter (DiMarco) as a protégé and quickly landing potential beard Carmen (Wally Baram), Benny's constantly on edge as he worries any little movement could give the game away. But sometimes, the mask slips up in a moment of fun, as Benny reveals he loves Glee or raps Nicki Minaj's Super Bass to a baffled room of pre-gamers, only to straighten up, completely mortified. These moments are played for laughs, but the pain underneath resonates. Loading 'I had so much fun making this show, and I don't know if I could have said that five years ago,' he says. 'I think it would've felt a little too raw. 'Going back, I think it allowed me to forgive myself for not coming out sooner. I've been so hard on myself the past 10 years, thinking … 'I missed out on so much'.' It's funny to consider your early 20s as a late coming out. But that's reflected in the last decade's coming-of-age comedies, such as Sex Education, Never Have I Ever, Booksmart, PEN15 and Big Mouth. While all offering diverse takes on the sexual conquest comedy – a genre once held firmly in the hands of Seann William Scott – they're all centred on high schoolers. University life remains largely untouched, save for under-watched sitcom The Sex Lives of College Girls – a world away from Overcompensating 's jock-run campus. As with his online impressions, Skinner's show skewers bros with love – and Benny is far from the only guy whose hyper-sexualised boasting or wolf cries feel forced. 'Performative masculinity is something I was around so much, and I participated in,' Skinner says of his college days. 'I would see guys where I thought, 'This doesn't feel that normal on you either – and you're not gay!''
The Age
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
How this TikTok star enlisted Charli XCX for his debut TV show
But it was COVID lockdowns that saw him gain millions of followers with his pop-culture-skewering skits and exaggerated celebrity impressions. Vogue UK called him 'the only funny thing to happen in 2020' – all helpful pushes, as he had already been shopping Overcompensating around, built off his first stand-up show in 2018. 'I feel so privileged that I got so much time [to develop the show] because I think when all the things were in place, I knew everything I wanted. Everyone who joined knew the tone and the world that we wanted.' There's also a steady stream of TikTok-famous faces cameoing, including comedians Tommy Do, Caleb Hearon and Boman Martinez-Reid. While hits such as Abbott Elementary and English Teacher have cast from social media and proven it works, it was still something Skinner had to fight for. Loading 'I don't think there is as much of a difference any more between someone who can entertain us on our phones or with TV,' he says. 'I feel so lucky to give those people a chance to show their talents.' There's a simple reason why Overcompensating has attracted so many names, online or otherwise – and it's not just margaritas. It's very funny; a raucous American campus romp of drinking games, hazing rituals and study-break sobs. Set in the mid-2010s, it's a period of max zillennial cross-appeal, allowing for punchlines about both Alison Roman and Amanda Knox, as well as needle drops of obnoxious EDM and Charli-approved alt-pop (Like A G6, Uffie, Sky Ferreira). Overcompensating leans into the chaos with frenzied storylines that capture the messiness of being an undergraduate, ready to do anything – and anyone – to be liked. 'I hope that there is this communal laugh that everyone can have watching it being like, 'God, I can't believe we did this shit',' says Skinner. 'Everything felt so big, and the stakes felt so high! And they were, to a degree.' At Overcompensating' s heart is Benny – a closeted teen compelled to keep up the jock persona he cultivated as high school valedictorian and gridiron star, all true to Skinner's experiences. Benny can walk and talk 'bro' with ease, dropping his voice and vocabulary to the ground to fit in. While immediately embraced by frat leader Peter (DiMarco) as a protégé and quickly landing potential beard Carmen (Wally Baram), Benny's constantly on edge as he worries any little movement could give the game away. But sometimes, the mask slips up in a moment of fun, as Benny reveals he loves Glee or raps Nicki Minaj's Super Bass to a baffled room of pre-gamers, only to straighten up, completely mortified. These moments are played for laughs, but the pain underneath resonates. Loading 'I had so much fun making this show, and I don't know if I could have said that five years ago,' he says. 'I think it would've felt a little too raw. 'Going back, I think it allowed me to forgive myself for not coming out sooner. I've been so hard on myself the past 10 years, thinking … 'I missed out on so much'.' It's funny to consider your early 20s as a late coming out. But that's reflected in the last decade's coming-of-age comedies, such as Sex Education, Never Have I Ever, Booksmart, PEN15 and Big Mouth. While all offering diverse takes on the sexual conquest comedy – a genre once held firmly in the hands of Seann William Scott – they're all centred on high schoolers. University life remains largely untouched, save for under-watched sitcom The Sex Lives of College Girls – a world away from Overcompensating 's jock-run campus. As with his online impressions, Skinner's show skewers bros with love – and Benny is far from the only guy whose hyper-sexualised boasting or wolf cries feel forced. 'Performative masculinity is something I was around so much, and I participated in,' Skinner says of his college days. 'I would see guys where I thought, 'This doesn't feel that normal on you either – and you're not gay!''
