We have all been in this situation: there is an obscure movie, TV series, or cartoon that we absolutely loved as children, but we can’t remember what it’s called or major details that could help us track it down.
Some of us end up giving up in hopes that we’ll randomly remember it one day. Others, like TikTok user Grace Miller, turned to internet users to help her out. And you can bet the internet delivered.
Miller originally posted a video on her TikTok profile in which she described her struggles in searching for her favorite movie from childhood. She said that she used to rent it from a library, and “now it doesn’t exist”. Her dad remembers it as well, but they can only recount “super obscure niche details”, and they were never able to track it down.
“It was animated, maybe something about a king and an “ooey gooey river” or “sticky river” once a year we spend hours searching for it,” Miller wrote in the caption of the video.
Miller’s clip quickly went viral, being watched 8.6 million times. It also prompted other TikTokers to join the search and try to help out. As it turned out, the small amount of clues Miller provided was enough for one social media user to correctly identify the movie as King Otis and the Kingdom of Goode: Phoose’s Tale of Patience.
Miller later shared a follow-up video showing her relief that the search was finally over.