--- title: Dadosaurus Rex Video Goes Viral as a Charming Dad Move description: Dadosaur moves go viral while everyone is staying at home and enjoying a little bright spot. canonical: https://time.com/5822543/dadosaurus-rex/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-04-16T17:41:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-17T14:54:43.000Z og:title: This Father's 'Dadosaur' Dinosaur Moves Have Officially Lit Up Social Media og:description: People find this dadosaur endlessly charming og:url: https://time.com/5822543/dadosaurus-rex/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Father's 'Dadosaur' Dinosaur Moves Have Officially Lit Up Social Media twitter:description: People find this dadosaur endlessly charming twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Father's Dinosaur Alter Ego Has Officially Lit Up Social Media by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Updated: Jan 17, 2024 2:54 PM UTCPublished: Apr 16, 2020 5:41 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Updated: Jan 17, 2024 2:54 PM UTCPublished: Apr 16, 2020 5:41 PM UTC As people stay home in the hopes of preventing the further spread of the coronavirus, some people are [fostering dogs](https://time.com/5817622/foster-pets-coronavirus/) to help ward off loneliness, [strange dreams](https://time.com/5821896/coronavirus-nightmares-dreams/) have become the norm for some, others are [revisiting their teenage selves](https://time.com/5819224/covid-19-act-like-teeangers/), while others get playful with Jekyll and Hyde alter-egos that emerge without warning. Such is the case of the “Dadosaur” where a seemingly mild-mannered father transforms into a cake-eating monster at the mere mention of his name. The dramatic and hilarious transformation was captured on video and shared on TikTok by user @[olivemannella](https://www.tiktok.com/@olivemannella/video/6815049845259128070). In the brief video, the father is cutting an Easter cake when his daughter casually asks, “Hey, do you think Dadosaur wants some cake?” As her mother gasps in horror, begging him not to change, the mention of the “Dadosaur” seems to cause a _Manchurian Candidate-_like drive that cannot be stopped. As the camera rolls, and his wife asks him to hold back, the father transforms into a goofy monster that dives face first into the cake, destroying it, while his daughters cackle in glee. He even climbs the counter—the smeared remains of the cake all over his face—clawing the air and squawking at his not-amused wife. Soon he emerges from the trance and apologizes to his wife, who seems torn between continuing to be annoyed and cracking up laughing with her daughters. The video has become a welcome distraction in life right now as people wish they had a “Dadosaur” of their own. > [](https://twitter.com/Carlygrishamm/status/1249880541169500160) > [](https://twitter.com/Spiritbath/status/1249997462531706880) > [](https://twitter.com/ashlyndmarie/status/1250142157555539982) > [](https://twitter.com/CheyenneNolker/status/1250287391849340936) > [](https://twitter.com/Jake%5FGodin60/status/1250446929118539776) > [](https://twitter.com/DannyJConrad/status/1250213712042098689) > [](https://twitter.com/SeanLowe09/status/1251155420137177089) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5822543/dadosaurus-rex/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5822543/dadosaurus-rex/"},"headline":"This Father's Dinosaur Alter Ego Has Officially Lit Up Social Media","datePublished":"2020-04-16T17:41:09.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-17T14:54:43.000Z","description":"Dadosaur moves go viral while everyone is staying at home and enjoying a little bright spot.","url":"https://time.com/5822543/dadosaurus-rex/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Brief","clickmonsters","News Desk"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5822543/dadosaurus-rex/","name":"This Father's Dinosaur Alter Ego Has Officially Lit Up Social Media"}}]}] ```