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| May 2025 | Skibidi Toilet film announced to have begun production at Invisible Narratives. |
| May 24 2025 | Michael Bay publicly denies early reports that he was directing a Skibidi Toilet film. |
| March 2025 | Scholastic partnered with Invisible Narratives to publish a series of Skibidi Toilet books. |
| January 2025 | Invisible Narratives sued Dubai-based firm Next Level for fraudulent use of Skibidi Toilet intellectual property, successfully filing a DMCA notice to delist their game from Google Play. |
| 2024 | Universal Music Group issues copyright complaints against the full version of the 'Give It to Me' and 'Dom Dom Yes Yes' mashup, causing some videos to be taken down. |
| 2024 | Bonkers Toys released Skibidi Toilet mystery boxes and action figures in stores, including Walmart. |
| December 18 2024 | Fortnite introduced Skibidi Toilet items as purchasable cosmetics. |
| July 2024 | The #skibiditoilet hashtag on TikTok reached 23 billion views by July. |
| July 29 2024 | Garry Newman shared an alleged DMCA claim against Garry's Mod regarding Skibidi Toilet characters, which was later resolved directly with creator Gerasimov. |
| July 24 2024 | The channel reached 17 billion total views, with 16.3 billion views accumulated from February 2023 to June 2024. |
| July 24 2024 | Michael Bay and Adam Goodman announced to be in talks for a Skibidi Toilet movie and television series adaptation, potentially as a live-action/animation hybrid film similar to John Wick and District 9 franchises. |
| May 7 2024 | Released Red vs. Blue: Restoration, the feature-length movie and concluding installment of the series, originally intended to be the final season before the potential shutdown of Rooster Teeth. |
| April 2024 | Skibidi Toilet videos are presented to the legislative assembly of Saint Petersburg in an annual children's safety report. |
| 2023 | Skibidi Toilet becomes a viral internet meme, particularly popular among Generation Alpha on various social media platforms. |
| December 2023 | DaFuq!?Boom! channel amassed 37 million subscribers, experiencing rapid growth that occasionally surpassed MrBeast's channel growth. |
| August 21 2023 | United States Copyright Office records 'Titan Cameraman' character as being claimed by Invisible Narratives. |
| July 2023 | Gerasimov's previous video 'I'M AT DIP' accumulates over 45 million views. |
| July 7 2023 | At Rooster Teeth's annual convention RTX, it is announced that the series would return for a nineteenth and final season subtitled Restoration. |
| June 2023 | DaFuq!?Boom! became the most viewed YouTube channel in the U.S., gaining five billion views in that month. |
| April 2023 | DaFuq!?Boom! entered the top 50 most viewed YouTube channels in the U.S., ranking at 33rd place according to Tubefilter rankings. |
| February 7 2023 | Alexey Gerasimov posts the first Skibidi Toilet short video on YouTube, marking the series' initial release and beginning of its viral spread. |
| 2022 | The song 'Dom Dom Yes Yes' gains popularity through viral TikTok videos by Turkish creator Yasin Cengiz. |
| 2021 | Red vs. Blue web series concludes after nearly two decades of production. |
| 2021 | DaFuq!?Boom! YouTube channel had around one million subscribers, marking the early stages of Skibidi Toilet's online presence. |
| November 9 2020 | Season 18, Red vs. Blue: Zero, premieres, marking a 'restart' for the series with a mostly new cast and more action-focused approach. |
| March 19 2019 |
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An eighth season of Sonic for Hire, now titled Hedgehog for Hire, is released with 8 episodes.
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| February 2019 |
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Inside Gaming was revived as a merger with Rooster Teeth's The Know, with Lawrence Sonntag as editor-in-chief, and Adam Kovic and Bruce Greene returning as hosts alongside Alanah Pearce.
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| February 1 2019 |
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Machinima officially announced layoffs of 81 employees and ceased operations, with some employees retained to work for Otter Media.
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| January 2019 |
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Machinima closed its doors, with the Realm Games franchise ceasing operations.
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| January 18 2019 |
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All content on Machinima's YouTube channels was set to private following reorganization under Fullscreen.
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| 2018 |
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Warner Media was acquired by AT&T, further changing the corporate structure surrounding Machinima.
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| December 2018 |
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Machinima was re-organized into Otter Media and subsequently integrated into its multi-channel network Fullscreen.
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| June 27 2018 |
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Ricky Hayberg and Eliot Dewberry officially cut ties with ETC News and launched a new YouTube channel called Internet Today, transferring many of their existing shows.
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| February 14 2018 |
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After integration into Warner Bros. Digital Networks, Machinima unveiled a new logo and plans to shift programming back to game-centric content.
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| November 17 2016 |
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Warner Bros. confirmed its acquisition of Machinima, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros. Digital Networks.
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| November 11 2016 |
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The Happy Hour channel stops uploading content again after a brief resurgence.
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| September 7 2016 |
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The Happy Hour channel resurfaces with the premiere of the fourth season of Happy Hour Saloon.
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| June 30 2016 |
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ETC News was moved from the primary Machinima channel to its own dedicated channel.
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| November 17 2015 | A book titled 'Red vs. Blue: The Ultimate Fan Guide' is published, written by Eddy Rivas and Burnie Burns. |
| November 5 2015 |
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The eighth season of Arby 'n' the Chief premieres, now aired on Graham's personal channel.
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| August 18 2015 |
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Machinima's Happy Hour channel becomes inactive, with no new episodes from its exclusive shows.
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| April 9 2015 |
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Matt Dannevik announced his return to Machinima to take over the Inside Gaming channel.
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| February 2015 |
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Machinima raised an additional $24 million in funding led by Warner Bros., intending to accelerate growth through investments in content and technology.
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| January 26 2015 |
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Adam Kovic, Bruce Greene, Lawrence Sonntag, Joel Rubin, Sean 'Spoole' Poole, James Willems, and Matt Peake announced their departure from Machinima, subsequently forming Funhaus under Rooster Teeth Productions.
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| January 22 2015 |
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Jon Graham uploads a teaser for an eighth season of Arby 'n' the Chief to his personal YouTube channel.
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| 2014 |
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Khail Anonymous left Machinima and began working for Yahoo! News.
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| 2014 | Alexey Gerasimov begins learning animation. |
| October 6 2014 |
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Jon Graham reveals he is considering producing an additional season of Arby 'n' the Chief, feeling unsatisfied with the original ending.
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| March 2014 |
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Warner Bros. led an $18 million funding round for Machinima. Founder Allen DeBevoise stepped down as CEO and became chairman, with Chad Gutstein installed as the new CEO.
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| 2013 |
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Shane Burruss (Shibby) began operating the Realm Games franchise.
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