"Nope! Chuck Testa" is a catchphrase associated with taxidermist Chuck Testa from Ojai Valley, California. The expression became popular after an advertisement for his services, produced by filmmakers Rhett McLaughlin and Charles "Link" Neal, was posted to Reddit in September of 2011.
On August 14th, 2011, a video titled “Official Ojai Valley Taxidermy TV Commercial” was uploaded via YouTube. The video featured several skits in which people were fooled into thinking Testa's taxidermied animals are alive before he would suddenly appear and proclaim “Nope! Chuck Testa.”
The video remained largely unnoticed until it was submitted to Reddit in a post titled "This is probably the funniest low-budget commercial I have ever seen" by user LunaMcLovin on September 15th, 2011. The post reached the front page and received over 12,000 up votes within the first 24 hours. Within eight months, the video had accumulated over 11 million views.
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