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Party Parrot is an emote used on the messaging and collaboration application Slack, featuring a multi-colored, animated depiction of Sirocco the kakapo parrot who was famously filmed mating with zoologist Mark Carwardine's head during an episode of the BBC nature documentary series Last Chance to See.

Origin

On September 29th, 2009, the BBC YouTube channel uploaded a video titled "Shagged by a Rare Parrot," containing footage of a rare kakapo parrot vigorously humping the head of zoologist Mark Carwardine while Last Chance to See host Stephen Fry laughs off camera (shown below). Within eight years, the video gained over 7.2 million views and 4,100 comments.

"I'm sorry, one of the funniest things I've ever seen. You are being shagged by a rare parrot. He thinks you are a female. He's really going for it. Wow. Actually, you're in pain, aren't you?"

In January 2016, the CultofthePartyParrot[2] website was launched, providing various Party Parrot emojis to download for Slack (shown below).

Cult of the Party Parrot PARTY OR DIE Middle Parrot Goth Parrot Shuffle Parrot Reverse Conga Line Parrot Parrot Cop Parrot Right Parrot Aussie Parrot Old Timey Parrot Shuffle Further Parrot Bored Parrot Conga Line Parrot* Sad Parrot Party Parrot Fast Parrot Parrot Dacd Slow Parrot Fiesta Parrot Parrot Deal With It Parrot Parrot Chill Parrot Ice Cream Parrot Aussie Conga Line Parrot Parrot Wave (2) Parrot Wave (5) Parrot lody Parrot Sassy Parrot Aussie Reverse Conga Line Parrot Parrot Wave (3) Parrot Wave (6) Moonwalking Parrot Shuffle Party Parrot Confused Parrot Parrot Wave (1) Parrot Wave (4) Parrot Wave (7) Conga Party Parrot Coffee Parrot Witness Protection Parrot Dark Beer Parrot Thumbs Up Parrot Parrot with mustache Christmas Parrot Sleepy Parrot Blonde Sassy Parrot Happy Hour Parrot Blues Clues Parrot Orioles Parrot Guy Fieri Parrot" Triplets Parrot Ski Parrot Nyan Parrot Gentleman Parrot Dreidel Parrot Upvote Party Parrot Stable Parrot" Love Parrot Margarita Parrot Harry Potter Parrot" Twins Parrot Ship It Parrot Halal Parrot Wendy's Parrot* Popcorn Parrot HD Donut Parrot

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On June 8th, 2016, the /r/PartyParrot[1] subreddit was launched for discussions related to the Slack emote and BBC video. On July 19th, the Universal Party Parrot Chrome extension was released, enabling Party Parrot tags across all subreddits.[5] On November 10th, Party Parrot emoji keyboards were released on iTunes[6] and the Google Play[4] app stores (shown below, left). In February 2017, a Party Parrot-themed 2048 game was created on the site 2048 Online[7] (shown below, right).

← Carty Carrot Let's party! Now MMS + Type an SMS message SMS ad Fiesta Parrot Parrot Explody Pa Parrot Parrot Shuffle Party Chill Parrot
Cult of the Party Parrot IT SCORE BEST New Game 20 2324 HOW TO PLAY: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with the same number touch, they merge into one! This game has been played 1019 times. 4

In early April, Minecraft added parrots to the game that flash different colors and dance when placed next to a music box. On April 3rd, Redditor onnuwhere submitted an animated GIF of the new parrots titled "Sirocco the Party Parrot" (shown below). Within 72 hours, the post gained over 1,800 votes (95% upvoted) and 80 comments on /r/Minecraft.[3]

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External References

[1] Reddit – /r/partyparrot

[2] Cult of the Party Parrot – Cult of the Party Parrot

[3] Reddit – /r/Minecraft

[4] Google Play – Party Parrot Keyboard

[5] Chrome – Universal Party Parrot

[6] Apple Store (formerly iTunes) – Cult of the Party Parrot

[7] 2048 Online – Cult of the Party Parrot



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