About

Get Stick Bugged Lol refers to a series of bait-and-switch videos involving a swaying green stick bug. Typically, these clips begin with an unrelated subject that then rapidly changes, revealing the dancing bug set to different music. The meme exploded in popularity in late July 2020 on various platforms including iFunny, Discord, and Twitter.

Origin

On May 30th, 2018, YouTube user EliteTeamKiller uploaded the earliest known video of the stick bug swaying from side to side, set to the song “Some Cut” by hip-hop group Trillville (shown below). Over two year, the video gained over 760,000 views and 66,000 likes. The bug’s swaying in the clip is a camouflage technique that stick bugs use to imitate twigs or leaves in the…