I Asked 64,182 People About “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells”. Here’s What I Found Out.
Thanks to Jack from Jacksfilms on piano: https://youtube.com/jacksfilms • And thanks to everyone who answered! Sources and a data download are in the description.
History sources:
https://www.cracked.com/blog/the-secret-true-history-jingle-bells-batman-smells/
https://www.cbr.com/jingle-bells-batman-smells-secret-origin/
Data spreadsheet link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bVUdszCBsWn5ez9FPFCioirdyNeZu3ctvNYShExpTQo
Audio mix by Graham Haerther: https://haerther.net
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@TomScottGo
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
Merry Un-Christmas, everyone! And thanks to Jack, do check out his channel if you don't know it. (One bit of minutiae that didn't make the video: Bart also sang it in the very first episode, but the lyrics were slightly different and the show wasn't a pop culture phenomenon back then.)
@bongodongo9229
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
For me its
Jingle bells, jingle bells, robin flew away. He lost his pants in the middle of france and found them in bombay
@IntotheBangtanUniverseWormhole
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
Okay, Tom, so Britain learned "Robin laid an egg" from The Simpsons. BUT The Simpsons is an American show, so the Brits really learned "Robin laid an egg" from America. 😜😎
@EdwardOmegaTitanRobinson
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
The version I know is
"Jingle bells batman smells robin laid an egg
Batmobile lost its wheel and joker ran away"
I didn't know it was from the Simpsons I just heard it from other kids who probably heard it from their parents who heard it from the Simpsons.
@parfa1ts
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
5:36 I love how concerned he looks
@Jixle_777_Vods
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
When I as in elementary school it was “jingle bells Batman smells robin laid an egg the bat mobile lost a wheel and joker got away, HEY!” I’m from the north eastern United States tho… we are sometimes a strange bunch especially in rural areas.
@IDK_MATETBH
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
10:21 for me it was literally called " Tig n Tag" and you could say either when you caught someone.
@shads2011
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
the one i always thought was correct was
jingle bells batman smells robin flew away the batmobile lost its wheel and the joker got away
but thats just how i thought
@Uopra
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
7:55 this is the one i remember.
@theimmortalzombie1150
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
6:29 that's tje one that I somehow picked up when I was younger and I still sing that version
@kieran7410
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
Robin flew away, he lost his pants in the middle of France and now they're in bombay
@hnaw1360
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
In Britian we called it tig. And It. Never tag despite how close Dobby is near me, not a soul has EVER called it Dobby where I live
@Some_body7
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
The 2 I heard when I was growing up were the basic simpsons one and the robin laid a gun ones, really thought that one was more popular
@RodLois-dc6hy
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
Mine is “Stampy cat killed my piece of sand”
@TuesdaysGrace305
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
Ive never heard the "robin flew away" version, I'm from Florida, born in 98. As soon as i saw the title of the vid i tried reciting the jingle but could only remember "Jingle bells, batman smells, robin laid an egg" yet i distinctly remember it being longer than that. I just cant for the life of me remember what went after it though. And it wasnt just one line, for sure at least two, but might even be a third line. I specifically remember the batmobile and Joker, and maybe Santa being mentioned. But the santa might be a variation ive heard
@VisualsByRed
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
As an american of course like the rest of my country i heard robin laid an egg. But I also had a couple versions after that. One being the batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker got away. And the other one being far more american saying the Joker shot a tree and died in 1933.
@TimothySalisbury-cu2mf
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
I believe the batman smells version was on the Simpsons!
@Mollymog
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
Jingle bells
batman smells
Robin flew away
Father chirstmas lost his whistles flying TAA
Is the version i learned
@Supergirl9909
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
i didn’t watch the simpsons as a child, so i learned ‘the egg version’ from other kids in school.
@funniguy-uw2jd
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
"jingle bells, robin smells, batman'(i)s dracula, joker shat, on a bat, and it was you-know-who, well!" the repeat
@BPKWH
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
5:22 dang the nostalgia
@whimsicaliity
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
"Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin flew away! The batmobile lost a wheel and it landed on his head, hey!" is what we always sang in my area of Edinburgh, Scotland. I dont live there anymore but I never even considered there could be other options.
@CrimeCounts
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
7:55 this is the one i knew
@MuddiTheMudkip
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 pm
i had
robin laid an egg
the batmobile lost a wheel
and the joker got away
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