Some YouTube video contributors have chosen the horse head mask as their trademark, including Sir Sebastian of "Sir Sebastian's Candy Corner," [12] a candy and chocolate reviewer, as well as a Berlin street performer, "The Neigh Kid Horse," [13] [14] who has been photographed by hundreds of amateur and professional photographers, and who is known for only wearing the mask and his underwear. This version with the soundless ears helps prevent sound travelling down the ear canal of your horse, which of course can unsettle some horses, that leads to spooking a horse.

Canadian talk show host Tom Green once ran an episode where he wore the mask and started screaming while shaking his head around, seemingly as a parody of Mitchell Henderson. In 2005, Lonely Planet recommended wearing a horse mask while traveling in its Guide to Experimental Travel.A man named Dobbin Horsome donned the mask immediately when a Google Street View car was driving by and was photographed by the passing vehicle. According to Dobbin, he was just heading to a pub where his newly wedded friend was at when he noticed the Google car driving up towards him. It is used for his character named "Mrs Johnson", who first appeared in his Coming Out video (upper left, at the 2:27 mark). However, in contrast the two other masks that became iconic through popular films, the horse head mask gained its popularity though spontaneous, mass adoption, possibly influenced by Japanese performance artist Wotaken. She has been featured in a video entitled "HORSE", where we see a day in Mrs Johnson's life (lower left).

It eventually took off and became one of the signature masks to be used by the community, alongside the Scream Mask and the Darth Vader Helmet. It is unclear when the mask transitioned from a novelty item to a meme, but there were a number of "accelerants" according to Caitlin Dewey of The Washington Post. After Wotaken's naked psychedelic cooking video, the horse head mask became a more common Internet meme.In July 2014, President Barack Obama was photographed in the streets of Denver shaking the hand of a horse-headed bystander, resulting in national press exposure of the mask, including a series of articles in The Washington Post about the meme's history and cultural influences. TomSka's only other usage of the mask is in his Super Good Impressions video (lower right) for the horse. Soon after, comedian/actor Tom Green wore a horse mask while screaming and shaking his head around for an episode of his Internet talk show, Tom Green's House Tonight.

Although the modern horse head mask meme began with the Archie McPhee rubber mask in 2003, there have been earlier antecedents. Dobbin Horsome has his own blog [12], Twitter account [13], YouTube channel [14], and Facebook account. In 2010 a Scottish man known as "horse boy" was captured by Google Street View; [6] [7] [8] and during Hurricane Sandy, in Washington, D.For horses that become unsettled and stressed when travelling to and from shows and horses that do not relax in temporary stabling, then the Titanium Calming Mask can help. Since he had the mask with him, he decided on a whim to wear it so that the car would take a picture of him with it on. McPhee claims "a person wearing a Horse Head Mask looks downright disturbing" and that the mask "has become a worldwide phenomenon". Horse Head Mask is a soft vinyl and latex mask that is worn by people all over the world for humorous effect and a symbol of Anonymous on the Japanese web, similar to the use of Green Masks Guy Fawkes Masks.

Rubber mask resembling a horse, a fad of the early 2010s "A person wearing a Horse Head Mask looks downright disturbing," according to the original manufacturer Archie McPhee. The horse mask was originally sold by novelty purveyor Archie McPhee as a Halloween costume since at least 2003. Dobbin, nicknamed Horse Boy, became a viral internet phenomenon and caused BBC News to be e-mailed by webbies from all over Europe stating that they knew the identity of "Horse Boy", many of which proved to be false. introduced the character Pony-man, "a horse-headed villain who pursued schoolgirls with a hairbrush".The Titanium Calming Mask with Ears is perfect for all types of situations your horse may experience.