Play Google Phoebe Buffay Easter Egg: Smelly Cat
Quick Facts
- Summary
- Tap Phoebe’s guitar and “Smelly Cat” begins, while a cartoon cat walks by and stink clouds float behind it.
- Creator
- Launched
- 2019-09
- Status
- Restored
(Discontinued by Google)
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The Original Easter Egg
How It Started
Google’s 25th-anniversary tribute to Friends included an Easter egg for Phoebe Buffay. Searching for her name revealed a guitar icon beside her Knowledge Panel.
Clicking the guitar played “Smelly Cat” while cartoon cats and illustrated odor clouds crossed the results page.
What It Did
“Smelly Cat” started right away, Phoebe strummed along, cats marched across the screen, and pastel stink clouds bobbed around the search results.
Impact and Reach
The guitar and “Smelly Cat” connect the effect to Phoebe’s performances in the sitcom. The song supplies the audio reference, while the cats and clouds illustrate its lyrics.
Its Discontinuation
The Friends anniversary set had left Google Search by August 2025.
The Restored Experience
What’s Different Here
Phoebe’s guitar starts the original “Smelly Cat” scene again here, with a cartoon cat and stink clouds crossing the results as the song plays.
The Easter Egg Experience
Open the restored results page and click Phoebe’s guitar. As “Smelly Cat” plays, a cartoon cat jumps up from the bottom of the screen and walks back and forth along the lower edge, with odor clouds rising around it. The animation clears when the scene ends.
How to Try It
- Click the button above to open the restored Phoebe Easter egg.
- Find Phoebe’s guitar icon beside the Knowledge Panel.
- Tap the guitar and listen as “Smelly Cat” begins.
- Watch the cartoon cat walk along the bottom of the screen while stink clouds trail behind it.
- When the short scene ends, tap the guitar again for another run.
The guitar icon strums along with “Smelly Cat.” Once the scene finishes and the cat and clouds clear, tap the guitar to hear the song from the beginning again.
Final Thoughts
Phoebe sings about a smelly cat; here, one wanders through her search results with stink clouds rising around it.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is the Phoebe Buffay Google Easter egg?
It is a Google Search Easter egg from the 25th anniversary of Friends. Searching for Phoebe Buffay showed a guitar icon beside the Knowledge Panel.
When you clicked the guitar, “Smelly Cat” started to play while cartoon cats and stink clouds crossed the results.
Google has removed the original Search effect. This page restores its guitar trigger, song clip, cat animation, and clouds.
How do I play the “Smelly Cat” animation here?
Click the button above, then tap Phoebe’s guitar icon on the results page. The song starts right away, and the cat and clouds move through the page.
When the short scene ends, the page goes quiet again, and the guitar is ready for another tap.
