About
Ayuwoki is a Spanish-language creepypasta about a cryptid modeled after Michael Jackson who appears in one’s room late at night and says “Hee-hee,” Jackson’s signature vocal riff. The name “Ayuwoki” is an intentionally-misspelled play on the lyric “Annie, are you okay?” from Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal.” It is associated with an animatronic model of Jackson posted to YouTube in 2009.
Origin
On July 26th, 2009, YouTuber thomasrengstorff posted a video of an animatronic Michael Jackson, itself a redone version of an “Alive Elvis” animatronic. He titled the creation “My Ghoul Jackson” (shown below).
In early 2019, the character began seeing use in videos in which it was dubbed “El Eni Ayuwoki” (a pun on “Annie Are You Okay?”). On January 27th, YouTuber GENERIC CHORIPAN posted an edit of the “My Ghoul Jackson” video with the title El Eni Ayuwoki, gaining over 116,000 views (shown below).
Spread
Over time, the lore around the character grew such that he would appear around 3 AM with a signature cry of “Hee Hee.” This led to the creation of object labeling and exploitable comics about the character. Examples include a tweet by @eleseguey that gained over 50 retweets and 250 likes (shown below, left) and a tweet by @SenoritaYoongi (shown below, right).
Additionally, some have taken the story of the Ayuwoki and used it in a Meme War involving Ricardo Milos and a Spanish-language meme about Freddie Mercury singing “Ayo!”, stylized “EO.” This has been covered in videos by TheDracerX (shown below, left) and UMadWilson (shown below, right).
The character is also associated with a character walking up a staircase with no arms (shown below). Some memes have also been created comparing the Ayuwoki to Miranda Cosgrove, as some fans have states Cosgrove looks like late-career Jackson. The meme has been covered by Sopitas and FayerWayer.
Various Examples
