GameToons turned the internet meme Hamood Habibi into a series of animated episodes in late 2025. The YouTube channel replaced the original clip’s simple dancing with a storyline involving family rivalry, an abandoned arcade and a supernatural alter ego.
The first episode, HAMOOD HABIBI: ABANDONED at BIRTH…, appeared on November 4. Hamood wants to perform alongside his opera-singing brother and ballerina sister, but his father dismisses his dancing and excludes him from the family show. After leaving home, he finds a rhythm machine in an abandoned arcade. Using it transforms him into Hamood Habibi.EXE.
The story continues in HAMOOD HABIBI: From Meme to .EXE, released on November 27. Hamood’s new popularity makes his siblings jealous. Using remnants of the machine that changed Hamood, they attempt to acquire similar powers, escalating the family conflict into a confrontation between transformed characters.
On December 11, HAMOOD HABIBI.EXE is NOT a MONSTER… returned to Hamood’s relationship with his family and the fear surrounding his .EXE form. A hostile reaction during a family performance brings his transformed identity back into the conflict. Taken together, the episodes give the character an ongoing plot instead of a series of disconnected meme references.
The original Hamood Habibi animation dates to 2007. Its short dance and repetitive song became the basis for years of reposts and remixes, particularly as the meme gained renewed attention in the late 2010s. GameToons preserves the importance of music: Hamood’s desire to dance drives the opening episode, and a rhythm machine causes the transformation that sets the plot in motion.
The episodes also feature HAMOOD HABIBI PHONK by ZYLIX. Released on August 4, 2023, the track presents the familiar meme in a phonk arrangement. It predates the GameToons videos by more than two years and appears in several episodes of the Hamood Habibi storyline.
ZYLIX is an electronic music project active since 2023. The recording was released through independent label NPT LABEL. ZYLIX later issued alternative edits of the track.
GameToons later included the Hamood Habibi storyline in longer compilation videos, including HAMOOD HABIBI is MOVING AWAY…, published by GameToons Movies on November 30, 2025. The compilation brought the initial episodes together for viewers who had missed their original uploads.