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# February's Top Five Viral Videos

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## Video: February's Top Five Viral Videos

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_Published 2011-02-28. The best Internet video for February 2011 brings us a tiny Vader, a Bieber reader, a dancing Thom, a five-year-old feminist and Mario Kart brought to life_


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## Transcript

>> From Super Bowl ads to dancing rock stars, here are the videos that kept you distracted through February. This Volkswagen ad stole our hearts at the Super Bowl and it's still popular online to the tune of 32 million YouTube views. The commercial for the Passat features an aspiring Darth Vader, who gets a shock when he thinks he's mastered the dark side of the force.

>> Are we an item? Girl, quit playing. We're just friends, what are you saying?

>> It's a tried- and- true formula for viral humor. Have an iconic voice read not so iconic words. When James Earl Jones, the voice of Mr. Vader himself, was a guest on the Gayle King Show, he recited the lyrics to the song of our times, Baby by Justin Bieber.

>> Baby, baby oh. I thought you'd always be mine.

>> Radiohead's latest music video for the song Lotus Flower is simply 5 minutes of lead singer, Thom Yorke, dancing. With footage like that, it didn't take the internet long to dub Yorke's dancing to public affair, like Cotton- Eyed Joe and Single Ladies by Beyonce. The dance moves were awkward in the first place, but at least this makes them fun.

>> I don't wanna marry someone if I don't have a job first. No! I don't wanna marry you yet.

>> For a 5- year- old, this girl really has her head on her shoulders. More than one million people have watched this miniature feminist explain that before she can get married, she must get her own job first and there are absolutely no exceptions.

>> I care if I do something that's special.

>> Who said video games were just for kids? French comedian and well- known prankster, Rémi Gaillard, took to the streets of Paris to perform a real live version of the classic Nintendo game, Mario Kart. Though the stunt was created to get laughs on his website, not everyone appreciated the Video Game Nostalgia. For TIME video, I'm Megan Friedman.

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