jeremy ross shows us a few. >> reporter: 206 was year chalk full of viral trend. are you ready. on your hashing, get set, go. >> pokemon go. >> scavenger hunt became a phenomenon overnight the with players searching for pokemon on the street, on the front lines and in the state department. >> plague poke hand game. >> because we cannot have nice things it led to the discovery of dead bodies, and drivers playing, when they shouldn't. a kansas college fresh hand became an overnight star after a thief broke in and stole a kitkat bar leaving a net that said give me a break. i was hungry. note went viral ape caught eye of the kitkat maker hirsch hoy made it up to the student with over 6,000 of the chocolatey snacks. sweet justice. 2016 end up being men for election and election end up being known for its debate the debate will be men for the bone, ken bone, the red sweat erd debate contributor with viral sensation in one saw coming. in the debate with no winners, ken came out on top garnering huge social media following and eventually his very own iz od commercial. >> after three-yea

. >>> switching gears, to what went viral in 2016, jeremy ross has some of the most shared stories of the year. >> 2016 was year full of viral trend, are you ready. on your mark, get set. >> pokemon go. >> reporter: digital scavenger hunt became a phenomenon overnight with players searching for pokemon on the streets, on the front lines and in the state department. >> you're playing pokemon thing. >> because we can't have nice things it led to the discovery of dead bodies, people being robbed and drivers playing when they shouldn't. campus college freshman became a star after a thief broke in and stole a kit the cat bar leaving behind a note that said give me a break, i was hungry. it went viral ape caught eye of hershey so they made it up to the student with over 6,000 of the chocolatey thanks. ah, sweet justice. 2016 end up being known for the election and election end up being known for debate then debates will be sheer surely nome for the bone, ken bone, red sweater debate contributor was a viral sensation in one saw coming n a debate with no winners, ken came out, on top garnerin

i'm jeremy ross reporting. lindsey: some great moments. larry: fun.acca mask is my favorite. larry: that is my favorite. we did our own man quen challenge. we had -- man -- mannequin challenge. lindsey: the handstands are amazing. still ahead at 5:00 -- >> realize who she was. like a cement block i had no idea. lindsey: a stranger stops by. larry: and trip by japan's prime minister one for the history books. a busy day off. >>> merry christmas and happendy new year. i'm coming to you deployed in the middle east. i want to do a shout out to my family across the united states. i miss my husband and kids. missing my family but rocking the mission. coming to you from the a.o.r. happy holidays. lindsey: rocking the mission. good for her. the day after christmas is typically filled with happy returns for for those who would rather be anywhere than a shopping mall, having a federal holiday fall on the 26th make it tricky. brianne carter is live with the other options that people found today. >> some of the tasks you d shut and closed. those that weren't shut

jeremy ross has that story. >> reporter: and outpouring of support online and elsewhere for carrie fishere actress and writer best known as princess leia in star wars suffered a cardiac incident before her flight from london landed in los angeles. passenger say some on board with medical training rushed to help.>> somebody went to the front of the plane into first class and we saw that man helping them.>> reporter: fisher had been in the uk working on the amazon show catastrophe. the daughters of -- daughter that he fisher and debbie reynolds has been open about her bouts with drug abuse. postcards from the edge was made into a film. she is also known for having a sense of humor about her life. >> she became one of the wittiest writers and commentators about show business whoever lived.>> reporter: her star wars costars say she is in their thoughts. mark hamill tweeted out as if 2016 couldn't get any worse. sending our love to carrie fisher. jeremy roth reporting. >> she recently made headlines with her latest book in which she revealed she had an affair with a married harrison ford durin