Refers to an individual appearing in a paid YouTube video interview and whom it is believed resides in Punchbowl or "Punchy", a South-Western suburb in Sydney, Australia. The near overnight growth in celebrity of Trent from Punchy is an example of an internet-based meme. As of July, 2008, Trent from Punchy has been viewed over 350,000 times, and is consistently ranked in the top 10 most commented on YouTube comedy videos.


Popularity within Australia

Trent from Punchy's interview has been the object of sampling in many Australian recording artist's electronic music.

Moreover, several groups, such as radio station Triple J and youth outreach program Father Chris Riley's Youth Off the Streets have also undertaken efforts to locate the whereabouts of Trent from Punchy.

In July, 2008, an online petition commenced seeking to foment support for Trent from Punchy's placement as an intruder in the Australian television version of Big Brother


Description of video

The creators of the video allege that they became acquainted with Trent from Punchy at Punchbowl train station, and offered him financial incentive in order to be interviewed.

In the respective video, Trent from Punchy displays peculiar behaviours such as psychomotor agitation, pruritus or persistent itchiness, and speech disturbances which may be indicative of chronic substance abuse. Opiates such as heroin, for example, are known to induce pruritus. However, Trent from Punchy's talkativeness and attentiveness suggests that he may be under the influence of a psychostimulant such as methamphetamine. His apparent itchiness may be the result of the hallucinatory phenomenon known as formication, or perhaps stereotypy.