Who is Robbie Rotten? What is "We are number one"? We take a look at the popular Lazy Town memes and I explain it's origin and history on this episode of behind the meme.

Robbie rotten is a character on the children's musical show "LazyTown", Online one of the songs that the robbie rotten character sings has become very popular, it's called "we are number 1". It has been remixed and mashed up in a variety of ways. There's also a downside to this story and a big reason to why the meme has become so popular. Stefan Karl, the actor who plays Robbie is seriously ill with cancer. This unfortunate news has made the internet interested in the lazytown meme again.

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