Tickle Me Elmo Is Frightening If You Ramp Up The Voltage

Tickle Me Elmo is absolutely terrifying if you ramp up the voltage. A video showing what happens is now going viral online.

It's safe to say they definitely made the right pick going with the voltage that they did. Any faster and there's no way the toy would be anywhere near as popular as it is and was. Nobody would want a toy like this. It would leave children with nightmares. Check out the viral video for yourself below. It gets scarier and scarier the more they turn up the voltage. Poor Tickle Me Elmo.

That video was shared by @lord_of_nerds on TikTok. It has nearly a million likes and a ton of comments. Very viral. Most commenters seem to point out the horrifying scream. You can't blame them, it definitely stands out. I think they made the right choice of sticking with a normal battery voltage.

Who has time to do this? What a weird idea to experiment with. However, it paid off because it was very entertaining. I wonder if the same thing would happen with other popular toys that use a similar battery. That is scary and I feel like it's something you'd see in a Toy Story movie or something. You really feel bad for Tickle Me Elmo as he goes through it. I wanted to help him out as he screamed in agony but there was nothing I could do. That scream will now forever haunt me and there's absolutely no way I'll ever look at Tickle Me Elmo the same way ever again. My heart goes out to him.

Looking for more info on Tickle Me Elmo? It was first produced in the United States back in 1996 and as insanely popular that Christmas. Re-sales went crazy online where people were able to get ridiculous prices due to the demand for the toy. The next year, they released Tickle Me Ernie and Tickle Me Big Bird and eventually Tickle Me Cookie Monster but these weren't nearly as popular. I don't think I've ever even seen one? A new version of Tickle Me Elmo was released in April of 2024. It reportedly has more ticklish areas and shakes more. The toy has even been credited for helping increase the popularity of the show Sesame Street itself. It was crazy popular back in the day. It remains pretty well-known today as well.

The debate around whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie has been around for years. A simple Google search will yield an obscene amount of articles from a variety of outlets that argue whether it is or isn't a Christmas movie.

Seriously, this debate has been addressed by truly the strangest group of publications you can possibly imagine. They include Yahoo! Entertainment, Parade, Men's Health, The Pioneer Woman (yes, really), The Federalist (not kidding), and -- perhaps most surprising of them all -- Catholic.com.

The debate reached such an intensity that Bruce Willis waded into it. During the 2018 Comedy Central special Roast of Bruce Willis, John McClane, himself, addressed the debate.

"People ask me why I did this roast," began Willis. "Was it because one of the last guys who did it became president? Hell no. Why would I want to be president when I can just keep being Bruce f---in' Willis?"

He continued, "I did this roast for one reason and for one reason only, to settle something once and for all. Now, please, listen very carefully: 'Die Hard' is not a Christmas movie! It's a ---damn Bruce Willis movie. So, yippee ki-yay to all of you motherf---ers."

With that in mind, it’s about time we focus a similar energy on Christmas music.

At this point in the holiday season, there is a good chance you have heard a lot of the same Christmas songs over and over again. (We're looking at you, Mariah Carey!) We have nothing against some of the classics, but variety never hurt anyone.

There are only a handful of days left until Christmas. In the spirit of Die Hard now being widely considered a Christmas movie -- despite the colorful comments of Willis -- consider these five classic rock songs as Christmas songs. Enjoy! (And you're welcome!)

I don’t care if it’s The Byrds cover, I don’t care if it’s The Doobie Brothers cover, “Jesus Is Just Alright” is totally a Christmas song! Its positive message is PERFECT for the holidays!

It's definitely a left-field choice, but this list was meant to be a little weird. Let's put it this way: Think of “Psalm” as the cool, artsy cousin to “Jesus Is The Reason For The Season.” Plus, it truly isn't the holidays without that cool, artsy cousin bringing the strange to your family gathering.

Honestly, the same explanation for "Psalm" can be applied to this track from The Velvet Underground. Also, "Jesus" is almost more prayer than song, and its words could actually help those struggling during the holidays.

Okay...this one might already fall under the classification of a Christmas song, but it doesn’t get nearly enough airplay or attention. At this point, “Mistress For Christmas” should be a holiday standard that everyone knows and loves, but sure, let’s just sing “Jingle Bells” again for the millionth time!

In this stellar ZZ Top track, Jesus is traveling from city to city spreading the magic of the blues, or at least we assume.  Hmmm...traveling from city to city and spreading magic? If that’s not the perfect premise for a Christmas song, we don’t know what is!

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