Italian Brainrot: The AI memes only kids know

Katie Forster • August 19, 2025

Italian Brainrot is a viral AI-generated meme trend featuring bizarre characters like a walking shark and “Ballerina Cappuccina.” Popular with Gen Z and Gen Alpha worldwide, it thrives on absurd humour, Italian voiceovers, and Indonesian influences, sparking …

In a Japanese shop selling pocket-money trinkets, there is a rack of toys, stickers and keyrings based on a global crew of AI-generated characters that almost every child knows about -- and very few … [+4613 chars]

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