Looked like a couple of people were doing this. Not officially a fad, just a lot of people said "Hey, what if I used THIS instead" at the same time.

VIDEO CLIP USED = http://youtu.be/8oF1pf5V-SQ
ORIGINAL SONG USED IN THAT CLIP = http://youtu.be/cbhkuu4e0iw
DERPY PIC  from Seminitehhedgie01's deviantART page
http://seminitehhedgie01.deviantart.com/art/COTTON-CANDY-CLOUDS-258859354

Lyra and Bon Bon news desk by yours truly.

It was brought to my attention that there are a bunch of these flying around, so I figured  ... what the heck.