Fiveish / Yap Dollar

About

Fiveish, also known as Yap Dollar or Yapdollar, refers to a talking five-dollar bill ($5) character who is the mascot for the Oorah Auction, an annual auction held by the American Jewish organization Oorah with centers on Jewish outreach programs. Fiveish was a frequent character on Oorah's YouTube channel starting in 2010. In 2024, Fiveish gained a new fandom and meme attention when the TikTok account @gangstasportivik started making Chinese videos with Fiveish in which the character talked about viral videos, speaking Mandarin at the end of each video. The resurgence was inspired by a segment on the Cum Town podcast about Fiveish from 2020. After the TikToker, an Instagram account called @yapdollar adopted the format, renaming Fiveish to Yapdollar and earning viral meme attention. Yap Dollar is most known for his Chinese catchphrase "Xiaohongshu" which is the name of a famous Chinese social media app, translating to "Little red book."

Origin

Fiveish was created by Oorah in 2007, according to the organization's About section.^[1] Fiveish is the mascot for the Oorah Auction in which the organization awards auction prizes. Fiveish's catchphrase is "Gimme 5! Only $5 a prize!" relating to the price for entering a raffle in the auction.

On May 5th, 2010, the YouTube^[2] channel for Oorah released a promo for that year's auction with Fiveish speaking to the viewer, receiving over 3,600 views in 14 years (shown below).

Oorah posted more videos with Fiveish soon after, often using a person in a mascot outfit to perform in skits or dances. For instance, on December 2nd, 2010, Oorah posted a YouTube^[3] video called, "Oorah's Fiveish Goes Through Airport Security," which received over 292,000 views in 14 years (shown below, left).

On February 15th, 2011, Oorah posted a YouTube^[4] video called, "Dance The Fiveish! from Oorah's Shmorg," gaining over 372,100 views in 13 years (shown below, right).

Spread

Fiveish received minor meme attention in the early 2020s after the Cum Town podcast discussed Fiveish in early 2020. The full-length clip was shared by YouTuber^[5] ClangersTV on January 29th, 2020, gaining over 854,300 views in four years (shown below).

Going into the 2020s, Fiveish then received minor meme attention on Twitter / X.^[6][7]

On May 14th, 2024, TikToker^[8] @gangstasportivik posted a Fiveish video that seemingly used an AI voice to show the character talking to Cum Town member Adam Friedland. The video received over 6,300 plays and 640 likes in three months (since deleted).

The TikToker's Fiveish videos became more viral in the following months. For instance, on July 23rd, TikToker^[9] @gangstasportivik posted a video that showed Fiveish reacting to a Chinese viral video and briefly speaking Mandarin at the end. The TikTok received over 272,800 plays and 30,200 likes in 10 days (since deleted).

Fiveish then received meme attention likely because of the TikToker's videos. For instance, on July 30th, 2024, X^[11] user @arthoefootjob tweeted, "fucked up in the crib modelling fiveish in blender," gaining over 10,000 likes in two days (shown below).

Also on July 30th, 2024, X^[12] user @youcantbreak tweeted one of @gangstasportivik's TikTok videos, writing, "these videos are my cocomelon ipad baby addiction," gaining over 6,900 likes in two days (shown below).

these videos are my cocomelon ipad baby addiction pic.twitter.com/T96AvlMPeH

— jub (@youcantbreak) July 30, 2024

Yap Dollar

Sometime in early August 2024, a since-deleted Instagram account called @yapdollar renamed Fiveish to Yap Dollar and posted viral Reels following the same format as the abovementioned videos.

On August 7th, 2024, a new video creator named Instagram^[13] user @yapdolla began posting Yap Dollar content, receiving over 32,000 likes in a month for its first video (shown below).

The Instagram^[14] account @yapdolla contained to post Yap Dollar content, effectively renaming the character for later memes.

Various Examples

Search Interest

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