A mysterious cartoon lizard has become TikTok\u2019s latest rising star.<\/p>\n
The green reptile, standing in a pitch-black room with a somewhat dazed smile, is repeatedly smacking a small lizard icon on a glowing screen \u2014 each time triggering an automated voice saying \u201clizard.\u201d<\/p>\n
It comes from a post-credits scene<\/a> in Disney\u2019s latest Pixar film \u201cElio\u201d which was released in June. The scene was a promotion for Pixar\u2019s upcoming release \u201cHoppers,\u201d which arrives in theaters next spring.<\/p>\n But in recent weeks, the clip has turned into a viral meme, with the soundbite making its way into numerous musical remixes online. <\/p>\n According to the meme database Know Your Meme<\/a>, the teaser picked up traction after YouTuber The Pixar Nerd posted a video of it on June 20. One month later, on July 27, the TikTok account igreenscreenthings posted a user-made green-screen template featuring the lizard. <\/p>\n The template has inspired more than 78,000 videos on TikTok, where people use it to represent spamming actions like skipping songs<\/a>, annoying their friends<\/a> or fast-forwarding through<\/a> workplace compliance trainings.<\/p>\n “My last brain cell trying to make it through the workday,” wrote one TikToker in the text of their video<\/a> using the meme. <\/p>\n The lizard has also inspired an array of fan creations. One user made a T-shirt<\/a> commemorating the meme, and another baked a lizard-inspired cake<\/a> with a movable smacking arm.<\/p>\n One TikTok creator has been gaining massive traction by making mashups of the lizard soundbite with various popular songs. A lizard mashup with the 2010 classic \u201cLike A G6<\/a>\u201d accrued more than 12 million views, and others set to hits like Eminem\u2019s \u201cRap God<\/a>,\u201d Cardi B\u2019s \u201cWAP<\/a>\u201d and AC\/DC\u2019s \u201cThunderstruck<\/a>\u201d also got millions of views each.<\/p>\n A performer at an EDM music festival in Denver last weekend even featured the lizard in their set<\/a> onstage.<\/p>\n Pixar\u2019s official social media accounts acknowledged the hype around the meme<\/a> last week. Posting the clip to its platforms, the animation studio wrote: \u201chis name is Tom.\u201d<\/p>\n “See Tom in Disney & Pixar\u2019s #Hoppers<\/a>, arriving in theaters March 6, 2026. \ud83e\udd8e” Pixar wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n