A throwback scene from a BBC series has TikTokers feeling mischievous.The television show in question is none other than Horrible Histories, a comedy sketch show the recreated moments from throughout history.A 2011 episode centered around Caligula, the third Roman emperor from the year 37 to 41 CE.
Caligula's rule was characterized by his brutish cruelty and sadistic tendencies.In the (historically inaccurate) comedy series, a historical investigator named D.I.
Bones went to Caligula's palace to investigate a crime.Caligula grabbed a mallet to strike the detective.
Caligula said to the mallet, "What do you think Wackus Bonkus?" The mallet replied, "Kill him" .But it was just Caligula doing the mallet's voice.On August 28, @ev1em0 uploaded the clip from Horrible Histories on TikTok which ignited a viral trend.
There are currently 240,000 videos associated with the sound.TikTokers are lip-syncing to the audio (and using their hands to mime the mallet) to discuss some of their not-so-good deeds."My high school bully wanting her hair done by me," stylist Marquie Hibler said in the caption.
The "mallet" told her to "overcharge" the bully