Youtube's Elsa/Spider-Man Frenzy Has Racked Up Billions Of Views

Who would have thought that a series of fan-made mash-up videos featuring Spider-Man and Queen Elsa from Frozen would become a viral sensation resulting in billions of views on YouTube?

It might sound insane — because it kind of is — but YouTube creators like Toy Monster Compilations, Kids Try, and Brinoco each have millions of subscribers for their family-friendly videos about various Disney princesses and Marvel Superheroes interacting. Check out the video above to see what the fuss is all about.

Toy Monster Company didn't start the trend, but their Webs & Tiaras series is the most popular. Their videos dominate search feeds, featuring the friendly Spider-Man and Elsa as a couple. They're almost like silent films, scored to royalty-free stock music with primitive especial effects.

Gratuitous hand gestures and heightened facial expressions dominate the storytelling, providing a basic premise for some ridiculous and outlandish situations. In one video Spider-Man and Joker get in trouble for playing with fidget spinners at school, and in another Elsa makes a wish granted by the Genie from Aladdin to get the superpowers of the Avengers.

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The genre has spun off many copycats, and it seems like everyone of them has their own version of the Joker getting caught cheating on a test at school.

The videos are pretty much harmless, meant to entertain kids, but they're pretty creepy to watch — almost as if something sinister is about to take place at any given second. It's also weird how many of them feature Elsa being pregnant or giving birth.

But they're pretty light hearted and are meant to appeal to younger children who want to see videos of their toys, dolls, and action figures come to life. But those, of course, have inspired vulgar parodies taking advantage of the trend.


The internet is a weird place, but this is definitely one of the strangest things to come from it. Cue Principal Skinner saying, "It's the children who are wrong."

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A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.). Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine – distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man – but when the Vulture (Michael Keaton) emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened.

The cast includes Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Bokeem Woodbine, with Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey Jr. It also includes Jon Favreau, Martin Starr, Kenneth Choi, Michael Mando, Selenis Leyva, Isabella Amara, Jorge Lendeborg, Jr., JJ Totah, and Hannibal Buress.

[h/t] Decider