What Is The Yellow Singing Pufferfish?

don't pee on the floor, use the comedore
Please comment if you know more about this meme's origins.

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[Morgan]

A commodore is a type of chair used long ago that has a hole in it. People used to use it during camping as a type of toilet, so it makes sense why instead of people on the floor, you can just use the commodore.

[m.m.]

It’s fucking crazy to me how many layers this meme has. Jerma, early 2000’s, FNAF, nonsensical lyrics… it’s everything

[opythegever]

I've always thought that peeing on the floor was okay, thanks for opening my eyes Mr. yellow pufferfish.

[jakeryan]

Comedore is a very old word for bathroom in English when referring to modern bathrooms. Circa mid 1800s to about the 1960s. But it originally referred to the og piss rooms pre modern toilets in which a somewhat fancy chair had a hole in it. Which for some went to a chamber pot or to a hole in the ground/ wall (in case for castles)
Mostly a upper class word

[realkingofantarctica]

What interests me about this meme is that the fish's singing is rarely changed. It's just reposted. It's the exact same meme, just posted over and over again, with no variation. Frightening.

[kiyote]

I remember reading this playground chant in an old book:

"Toreador,
Don't spit on the floor,
Use the cuspidor,
That's what it's for."

I imagine that the version found in the game was perhaps the result of someone not knowing what a "cuspidor" was (it's a spitoon) and filling in the blank with a word they were more familiar with, maybe because of the Commodore 64.

[_MrMoney]

The word 'comedore' isn't actually Spanish. The correct spelling is 'comedor'. So I'd say that the creators of the game either don't know Spanish or don't know how to pronounce 'Commodore' and they dislike that videogame company for some reason.

[pockpock]

And once again Jerma is the source of an amazingly bizarre meme

[TheEngieTF]

At least this pufferfish doesn't go "ÆUGH" every few seconds

[PeiceofNick]

Fun Fact: Stupid Invaders is actually a video game adaption based on the first season of the 1997 animated series Space Goofs, which was produced by French animation studio Xilam, whose other notable works include Zig & Sharko, Shurkien School, and what might be thir most well known work Oggy and The Cockroaches.

[mistermeanor]

The origin of the song parody is quite simple really, and I'm shocked more people don't know it.
The creators of this game must have heard the parody of the song that goes "Don't spit on the floor, use the cuspidor" (a cuspidor being a spitoon), and when singing the lines for the fish drunkenly mangled it in an incomprehensible way, probably because of poor memory.
The lines as-is don't make any sense because the singer wasn't trying to make it make sense, he was just singing something stupid and random based on a foggy memory of a song parody he had heard.

[crudboy]

I've heard commodore used as slang for toilet, similar to (and possibly a mishearing of) commode. Thus, don't pee on the floor, use the toilet. As others have pointed out, it's a parody of "Don't spit on the floor, use the cuspidor".

[stiften]

Stupid invaders was a huge show here in France, it was super important for making the french style of kids animations at the turn of the century, and was inspired by american animation, it's called "les zinzin de l'espace" in french, and if you like stuff like classic nick shows you might like this.Also the theme song is sang by music legend Iggy Pop for some reason.

[FormerlyUltimatePlush]

I clearly remember what the game was based off of, the show was called le zinzins de space. it was called space goofs in america, but it was called le zinzins de space in france

[Joseju]

All roads lead to Rome and all memes lead to Jerma

[Jackson-vrvf]

I never really thought about looking it up before, but "comedore" is one of the many slang terms my grandpa used for "toilet."

[jetfrozen]

This game is bizarre and I love it! I played it when I was a kid with amateur voice acting and translation (that made this game even more bizarre). I'm genuinely recomend to play this game 'cause the amount of "is this really just happend"-moments wiil be huge. There is a lot of moments when you WILL scream "WHAT?!" because this game is insane

[martinhroch]

I have always thought it says "don't pee on the floor, use the corridor", as in urinating on the floor is acceptable as long as you only do it in the hallway.

[DoubleR_]

The fish reminds me of that one kid in elementary school who still had his parents help him with everything.

[freastt]

And remember ladies and gentlemen

"Don't pee on the floor use the Commodore"