The Wrong Techno Trousers T-shirt

In 2000, a man at a Berlin street parade was filmed dancing with such ferocity and conviction that he became one of the internet's first viral icons. Millions have watched it. Nobody knew why he danced like that.

We now have the answer.

Techno Viking was wearing the Techno Trousers. And the Techno Trousers were not his idea.

A small, silent penguin had been controlling him the entire time, using a remote control disguised, somewhat unconvincingly, as a chicken.

The plan was simple. Use the trousers. Take whatever needed taking. Dance the whole time so nobody suspects a thing.

It worked.

Years later, people are still watching the footage and still missing the point entirely.

Techno Viking never wanted to dance.

The trousers wanted to dance.

Feathers was driving.