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Epic Boobs Girl

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Epic Boobs Girl is the caption of a demotivational image containing a photograph of Alix Bromley, .

Origin

The earliest known posting of the Epic Boobs girl demotivational image was in a YTMND page titled “Epic Boobs” submitted on June 18th, 2007 (shown below).



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On July 3rd, 2007, Body Building Forums[1] member ilikebeer submitted a thread asking for more photographs of the girl in the demotivational image. On September 11th, BodyBuilding Forums[2] member axour posted a thread titled “Epic Boob Girl Revealed,” containing several additional photos of Bromley. On November 15th, 2008, Volkszone Forums[3] member Calamity Al posted another thread containing photographs of Bromley.

On May 11th, 2010, The Guardian[4] reported that Loaded magazine received a privacy complaint from Bromley after posting an article with her pictures offering readers a reward for getting her to pose for the magazine.

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Doritos & Mountain Dew

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Mountain Dew is a citrus-flavored soft drink distributed by PepsiCo Inc. and Doritos is a brand of chip distributed by Frito-Lay, which is owned by PepsiCo as well. The two products have had an intertwined history due to various promotions, and both have become heavily associated with video gaming culture through events such as Doritosgate.

Origin

Mountain Dew was first created in 1940, and was later acquired by PepsiCo in 1964.[1] Doritos were first produced in 1964, and the brand was acquired by PepsiCo the next year along with other Frito-Lay brands.[2] The two brands had become associated with each other after several promotions, such as a Mountain Dew-flavored variety of Doritos released in 2008, and, conversely, a Doritos-flavored variety of Mountain Dew in 2014.

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In 2012, video game website LevelSave.com released an interview with journalist Geoff Keighley, which heavily featured product palcement from both Mountain Dew and Doritos. Later in the year, the interview was criticized by Eurogamer.net writer Rab Florence, which sparked off the Doritosgate controversy. The image of Keighley surrounded by Mountain Dew and Doritos later spun off into the Doritos Pope meme. (see below)

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Montage Parodies

Both Mountain Dew and Doritos are heavily referenced in Montage Parodiesvideos as a nod to Doritosgate.



Doritos Pope

Doritos Popeis an edited version of a still from Geoff Keighley’s LevelSave.com interview.




Dashing Black Man Holding Dangerously Large Dorito Chip

Dashing Black Man Holding Dangerously Large Dorito Chipis a meme focused around an out-of-context image of a man holding an over-sized Dorito chip, taken from a 2010 advertisement parodying the typical formula of an Apple Computers advertisement.



Doritos Hair

Doritos Hairis a meme where the hair of a fictional character, such as those originating from anime, is overlayed with pictures of similarly-colored snack food product packaging.



Dub the Dew

Dub the Dewwas a 2012 contest where users could submit possible names for a green apple-flavored variety of Mountain Dew. The contest was discovered by 4chan, who submitted purposefully offensive names as a form of trolling.



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External References

[1]Wikipedia – Mountain Dew

[2]Wikipedia – Doritos

D I C K S Q U A D

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D I C K S Q U A D is a copypasta from a YouTube comment. The word itself is also used as a spam and shitpost practice.

Origin

The comment comes from the episode 7 of the video series “The People Vs” from the YouTube channel Noisey[2], uploaded on December 13, 2012 and featuring the rapper Waka Flocka Flame answering comments from the fans.[1] One of the comments, made by YouTube’s user “Susan McSwiney”, contained the following message, lefting Waka Flocka wordless:

hell yea bitch dis go hard as hell flocka i will suck big dick team slut all day and week month year and century i love big naps D I C K S Q U A D

On December 18, 2012, YouTube user FNAkun uploaded the part where Waka Flocka reads the comment and answers to it. As March 5, 2015 the video has over 230,000 views.

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Rap God

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“Rap God” is a 2013 hip hop song by the American rapper Eminem. The track has been praised for its dense lyrical content and high-speed delivery, having set a Guinness World Record for containing the most words within a hit song. Since the YouTube premiere of the music video in October 2013, the song has been covered and parodied by the rapper’s fans and remix artists alike on YouTube.

Origin

Eminem released the song “Rap God” on YouTube[1] on October 13th, 2013. In two years, the song gained over 53 million views and 141,000 comments. At 4:26 in the song, Eminem begins a verse in which he raps 97 words in just 15 seconds. On November 27th, the official music video was released (shown below), garnering upwards of 190 million views and 196,000 comments over 16 months.



“Uh, sama lamaa duma lamaa you assuming I’m a human
What I gotta do to get it through to you I’m superhuman
Innovative and I’m made of rubber
So that anything you say is ricocheting off of me and it’ll glue to you
I’m devastating, more than ever demonstrating
How to give a motherfuckin’ audience a feeling like it’s levitating
Never fading, and I know the haters are forever waiting
For the day that they can say I fell off, they’d be celebrating
’Cause I know the way to get ’em motivated
I make elevating music, you make elevator music…”

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On October 28th, 2013, YouTuber Rachdogg7 uploaded a video of a young girl covering a lyrically dense verse in the rap song (shown below, left). In two years, the video gained more than 2.03 million views and 5,200 comments. On December 5th, YouTuber Bet0niarka uploaded a video comparing the rapping speed of Eminem in “Rap God” to other rappers, including Busta Rhymes, Tech N9ne, Twista and Young Blaze (shown below, right).



On February 6th, 2014, TheFineBros YouTube channel uploaded a video titled “Elders React to Eminem,” featuring commentary by mature-age guests watching the “Rap God” video (shown below, left). On February 11th, YouTuber Mikey Bolts uploaded a cover of the rap song while impersonating the voice of the character Stewie Griffin from Family Guy (shown below, right). Within 13 months, the videos received over 13 million and 10 million views respectively.



On August 15th, YouTuber ArcadeCloud uploaded mock rap battle between Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty video game players, which contains a verse parodying “Rap God” (shown below, left). On November 13th, Facebook[2] user Joey O’Reilly uploaded a video of his daughter Tamsin Rae covering the song, garnering more than 13 million views and 248,000 shares in four months (shown below, right). On December 4th, Rae uploaded the video to her YouTube channel.



Various Examples

On YouTube, many users have created and shared dubbed parodies of animals and inanimate objects mouthing the lyrics of the fast verse from “Rap God” (shown below).



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External References

[1]YouTube – Rap God Audio

[2]Facebook – Joey OReilly#

Uptown Funk

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“Uptown Funk” is a 2015 pop funk song written, produced and recorded by English musician and producer Mark Ronson with guest vocals by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars. Since the YouTube premiere of the music video in November 2014, the song has inspired numerous parodies and covers on the video-sharing site.

Origin

On November 10th, 2014, “Uptown Funk” was released by Sony Music Entertainment as the lead single for for Ronson’s fourth studio album Uptown Special. On November 19th, 2014, the MarkRonsonVEVO YouTube channel released the official music video for the song, gaining over 310 million views and 112,900 comments in the first four months (shown below).



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On January 17th, 2015, Redditor thewhitedeath submitted the “Uptown Funk” music video to the /r/Music[1] subreddit, where it gathered more than 3,600 votes (84% upvoted) in two months. On January 19th, the Miranda Sings YouTube channel uploaded a cover of the song performed by comedian Colleen Ballinger (shown below, left). On January 27th, the baracksdubs YouTube channel uploaded an audio-spliced mashup video featuring clips of United States President Barack Obama edited to sound as if he were singing “Uptown Funk” (shown below, right). In six weeks, the videos garnered upwards of 2.5 million and 4.3 million views respectively.



On January 31st, YouTuber Bart Baker uploaded a parody of the music video, gaining over nine million views and 17,000 comments in five weeks. On February 17th, YouTuber House of Halo uploaded an edited version of the music video without music, gathering upwards of 1.6 million views and 390 comments in less than a month (shown below, right).



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American Bear

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Le American Bear, also known as Spurdo Burger, is a character based of Spurdo Spärde wearing a pair of sunglasses and a t-shirt with the colors of the United States flag. Its depiction in images is often associated with the negative stereotypes of American citizens, most notably obesity and gun violence.

Origin

According to a Finish wiki site Meemi.info[1], Le American Bear first originated on a Finish imageboard’s Ylilauta /int/ board. Eventually, on January 5th, 2012, the earliest known archived image surfaced on 4chan’s /jp/ (otaku culture) board[2], depicting the American Bear as a tourist.


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Hell, It's About Time

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Hell, It’s About Time is a catchphrase from StarCraft’s character Tychus Findlay.

You Locked The Door?!

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You Locked The Door?!, sometimes known as You Locked The Door Joseph?! is a Youtube video, edited using Miku Miku Dance program, of a character crying, frightened by another character politely knocking then violently banging at the door of their room. The fad took hold on the video-sharing site as more videos were created with characters from various universes.

Origin

On June 4th, 2014, Youtuber Hikari Neko uploaded a video titled MMD You locked the door?! [+DL] featuring a short clip of Hatsune Miku from the Vocaloid series knocking then banging at a door in anger, with another character on the other side crying (shown below, left). It accumulated over 120 000 views in the next 9 months. The audio and situation itself were taken from a Vine video titled White moms vs Black moms…. When kids lock doors and made one year earlier by DRose who uploaded it to Youtube on June 25th, 2013 in which she played on stereotypes and perceived parenting differences between white and black people (shown below, right).

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Hikari Neko posted the stages and motion used in the description of her video, inviting anyone to edit as they please.
One of the first Youtube videos to reuse it was made by Xion-Chan MMD on the same day, featuring characters from the Hetalia series (shown below).

From then on, an impressive amount of videos has been made on the site[1]. One of the most popular of them all, with over 8 million views as of March 2015, is the second video of a series made by Kiana Ruiz and uploaded on June 19th, 2014, featuring Elsa from Disney’s animated movie Frozen (shown below).

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External References

[1]Youtube – Search Results for You Locked The Door MMD


Shia LaBeouf's Paper Bag

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Shia LaBeouf’s Paper Bag is a photoshop-based meme derived from a series of exploitable images of American actor and director Shia LaBeouf wearing a paper bag over his head while promoting a movie at a film festival in Berlin.

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McDonald's

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McDonald’s is an American hamburger fast food restaurant chain, and the largest fast food restaurant chain in the world. The company’s current headquarters resides in Oak Brook, Illinois[1].

History

Originally conceived as a barbecue restaurant by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald[2], the restaurant would later be reformatted into a fast-food restaurant[3]. The brothers would later partner with Czech American Ray Kroc[4] whom would turn the relatively small company into the largest fast-food chain in the world. Kroc would later buy the company from the brother’s in 1961. McDonald’s global influence has been one of the defining factors in globalization[5] and the spread of the “American way of life”[6].

Online Relevance

Lol, Internet



Lol, Internet is a phrase that is commonly used to emphasize the idea that the internet, and arguments occur within it, should not be taken too seriously. The phrase is often paired with a gif of Ronald McDonald driving a car while saying said phrase.

What the Fuck am I Reading?



What the fuck am I reading? refers to a reaction image of Ronald McDonald reading a Death Note. The image is commonly used on 4chan as a way of expressing disliking one someone else’s post.

McNuggies



McNuggies refers to an illustration of McDonald’s character Grimace posing in a seductive manner and asking the question, “What’s wrong, Ronald-kun? Could it be you’re craving my McNuggies?” presumably in reference to his prominently featured posterior. The illustration has spawned a number of edits featuring characters from a various number of subcultures.

Balancing Sasuke



Balancing Sasuke refers to a photo fad in which owners of a McDonald’s Happy Meal toy based off of Naruto character Sasuke Uchiha try to balance various objects atop the head and underside of said toy.

#McDStories



#McDStories was a promotional Twitter hashtag created by McDonalds in January 2012. The purpose of the hashtag was for users to share fond memories but was instead filled with tweets consisting of criticism and negativity towards the fast-food chain.

Insane Set



Insane Set is a series of MAD videos which reuses content of a Japanese McDonald’s commercial. The original commercial was later featured on the web series Equals Three by RayWilliamJohnson, which caused the videos to be spread to a western audience.

McDonald’s “Happy” Mascot



McDonald’s “Happy” Mascot is an anthropomorphic Happy Meal box originally introduced to French McDonald’s franchises in 2009, and later in the United States in May 2014. Upon its American debut, the character became a target of online mockeries for its creepy facial expression.

Donald McRonald/Ran Ran Ru



Ran Ran Ru ( らんらんるー or ランランルー) is a series of MAD video remixes based on Japanese commercials involving Ronald McDonald, also known in Japan as “Donald McDonald” (ドナルド・マクドナルド).The phrase, “Ran Ran Ru” is a gimmicky expression used by Ronald, usually in combination with hand gestures to signify happiness.

External Links

[1]Wikipedia – McDonald’s

[2]Wikipedia – Richard and Maurice McDonald

[3]Wikipedia – Fast-Food Restaurant

[4]Wikipedia – Ray Kroc

[5]Wikipedia – Globalization

[6]Wikipedia – American Way of Life

Ronda Rousey

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Ronda Rousey is an American mixed martial artist who is the current UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion. She is known for quickly winning many of her matches within the first round, often defeating opponents using variations of the armbar submission technique.

Fighting Career

At the age of 11, Rousey’s mother began training her in the Judo martial art. When she was 17, Rousey competed in Judo at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. In August 2008, Rousey won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Bejing, China, becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in the martial art. On August 6th, 2010, Rousey participated in her first mixed martial arts match against Hayden Munoz, whom she defeated with an armbar submission in 23 seconds (shown below, left). On November 12th, Rousey defeated her opponent Autumn Richardson with an armbar in 57 seconds (shown below, right).



Over the next several years, Rousey won matches against 11 opponents, nine of which were submitted with armbars.[6] As of March 2015, Rousey remains the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion and is undefeated in her mixed martial arts career.

Online Presence

On March 19th, 2012, YouTuber MrGetthefuckup uploaded a highlight reel featuring various clips of Rousey’s fights (shown below, left). On August 8th, 2012, the Team Coco YouTube channel uploaded an interview with Rousey on the Conan O’Brien talk show (shown below, right). Within three years, the videos garnered more than 2.2 million and 1.9 million views respectively.



On September 2nd, 2014, Redditor therudeboy submitted a screenshot of Rousey’s Pokemon Forums profile from when she was 16-years-old to the /r/MMA[3] subreddit (shown below, left). On December 23rd, 2014, Redditor HunterAHomistek submitted a photograph of a Rousey fight card titled “So this Ronda Rousey card has an interesting design…” to /r/MMA[2] (shown below, right). Within two months, the post accumulated upwards of 1,700 votes (93% upvoted).



On February 24th, 2015, YouTuber Aaron Tru uploaded a video in which Rousey hip tosses a male interviewer on the ground, who claims to have suffered “4 busted ribs” in the video description (shown below, left). Within two weeks, the video gained over 2.2 million views and 640 comments. On February 28th, YouTuber ZAA ONEBro uploaded footage of Rousey’s 14-second match in which she defeated opponent Cat Zingano with an armbar submission in 14-seconds (shown below, right).



Social Media Presence

As of March 2015, Rousey has accumulated upwards of 2.7 million Facebook[1] likes, 1.3 million Instagram[4] followers and 836,000 Twitter[5] followers.

Personal Life

Rousey was born on February 1st, 1987 in Riverside County, California. She is a fan of the Pokemon franchise and plays the online role-playing game World of Warcraft.



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Giga Nigga

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Giga Nigga is the moniker given to a peculiar photograph of famous bobybuilder Paul Dillett showing up his muscles with a grin on his face. Beyond the obvious racist connotation, parodies emerged on 4chan transforming him into a fierce online forum game boss that users have to defeat by successfully triggering what is commonly known as a quads get, which means having the last four digits of a post number being the same.

Origin

The photograph itself was widely shared online among bodybuilding enthiusiasts (shown below). An early example from October 31st 2007 can be found in a forum thread on the Bodybuilding Dungeon website[1].



While it has not been archived, the Giga Nigga nickname is rumored to have originated on imageboard 4chan. Its earliest online mention originated from the website blol.me[2] in which user Stefanus commented GIGANIGGA IS LOOSE!” on a repost of the photograph, dated July 14th 2011. It shows that the meme had existed prior. In addition, its earliest depiction as a game can be found on Funnyjunk, in a screenshot[3] from August 8th 2011 by user Gardevoir showing an edited version of the photograph being supposedly “defeated” by another user rolling 3,333 (shown below).



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On Funnyjunk alone, several references to the game, either on the site itself or on 4chan, were posted between 2011 and 2012[4][5]. Around December 2011, a macro titled “Gigga (sic) Nigga” was submitted to the troll.me website[6], accumulating to 12 pages of parodies as of March 2015. On January 6th, 2012, the macro, titled “Giga Nigga” this time[7], was submitted to Meme Generator. There, it ranked #3,973 on the site and accumulated over 900 parodies as of March 2015.
On May 13th, 2013, Youtuber ShabaSurvivor made an animation referencing the meme (shown below).

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External References

[1]Bodybuilding Dungeon – Wow biggest guy ive seen

[2]blol.me – Muscles

[3]Funnyjunk – Giga Nigga has been Defeated!

[4]Funnyjunk – giga nigga has escaped!

[5]Funnyjunk – Giga Nigga!!

[6]Troll.me – Gigga Nigga

[7]Meme Generator – Giga Nigga

Piero Scaruffi Beatles Copypasta

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The Piero Scaruffi Beatles Copypasta is a copypasta taken from an analysis about The Beatles by music critic Piero Scaruffi. The quotation has gained infamy for its critical attitude toward the band, as well as its perceived air of pretentiousness.

Origin

Beatles, a retrospective article on rock group The Beatles, was published on Piero Scaruffi’s website in 1999.[1] In the article, Scaruffi makes the claim that The Beatles are overrated by many other critics due to their fame. The copypasta, which was translated to English from its original Italian, is taken from its first paragraph, reproduced below.

The fact that so many books still name the Beatles as “the greatest or most significant or most influential” rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success. The Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worthy of being saved.

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The copypasta was first posted onto 4chan’s music board (/mu/) on June 23rd, 2012, in a thread about The Beatles.[2] A video of Tyrone reading the copypasta was uploaded to YouTube in January 2014.

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The fact that so many books still name melodic music “the greatest or most significant or most influential” type of sound ever only tells you how far music still is from becoming a serious art. Noise critics have long recognized that the greatest noise musicians of all times are Merzbow and Masonna, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Musique concrete critics rank the highly controversial Pierre Schaeffer over rock musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Music critics are still blinded by commercial success: melodic records sell more than anything else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Noise critics grow up listening to a lot of noise music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Musical critics are often totally ignorant of the pop music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think melodic music has produced worth of being saved.


The fact that so many books still name Pierro Scaruffi “the greatest or most significant or most influential” copypasta ever only tells you how far trolling still is from becoming a serious art. OC critics have long recognized that the greatest original producers of all times are reddit and memebase, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Gore critics rank the highly controversial Gorespammer over more notable gore sites who were highly popular in boards around the web. Trolling critics are still blinded by commercial success: Scaruffi angered than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore he must have been the greatest. OC critics grow up listening to a lot of original content of the past, Gore critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Trolling critics are often totally ignorant of the copypasta of the past, they barely know the best material. No wonder they will think that Scaruffi did anything worth of being saved.


The fact that so many books still name OP “the greatest or most significant or most influential” faggot ever only tells you how far faggotry still is from becoming a serious art. Gayness critics have long recognized that the greatest gay musicians of all times are Elton John and Jimmy Somerville, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical gayness critics rank the highly controversial Tchaikovsky over classical homosexuals who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Faggotry critics are still blinded by commercial success: OP sucked more dicks than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore he must have been the gayest. Gay critics grow up listening to a lot of gay music of the past, gay classical critics grow up listening to a lot of gay classical music of the past. Faggotry critics are often totally ignorant of the faggoty music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that OP is a gigantic winged faggot.


The fact that so many books name chocolate as “the greatest and most influential” flavor ever only shows how far ice cream still is from becoming a serious art. Milkshake critics have long recognized that the greatest milkshake flavors are cookies n’ cream and peanut butter, which are not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all time. Candy critics rank the highly controversial orange lollipop over classical candy who were highly popular in playgrounds across the world. Ice cream critics are still blinded by commercial success: chocolate sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Milkshake critics grow up drinking a lot of milkshakes of the past, candy critics grow up eating to a lot of candy from the past. Ice cream critics are often totally ignorant of the ice cream of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think chocolate did anything worth being saved.


The fact that so many books still name Harry Potter “the greatest or most significant or most influential” children’s series ever only tells you how far kid’s writing still is from becoming a serious art. Drama critics have long recognized that the greatest drama writers of all times are Tolstoy or Goethe, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Romance critics rank the highly controversial Harlequin over classic writers who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Children’s book critics are still blinded by commercial success: Harry Potter sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Romance critics grow up reading a lot of romance books of the past, drama critics grow up reading a lot of drama books of the past. Children’s book critics are often totally ignorant of the children’s books of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that JK Rowling did anything worth of being saved.


The fact that so many books still name Trout Mask Replica “the greatest or most significant or most influential” Scarufficore album ever only tells you how far Scarufficore still is from becoming a serious art. Pitchfork readers have long recognized that the greatest Pitchforkcore albums of all times are Kid A and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Rolling Stone readers rank the highly controversial Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Scaruffi readers are still blinded by best-of lists: Trout Mask Replica was listed higher than everyone else (not true, by the way), therefore it must have been the greatest. Pitchfork readers grow up listening to a lot of Pitchforkcore of the past, Robert Christgau readers grow up listening to a lot of Christgaucore of the past. Scaruffi readers are often totally ignorant of the Scarufficore of the past, they barely know the highest rankers. No wonder they will think that Captain Beefheart did anything worth of being saved.


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References

[1]Scaruffi.com – Beatles

[2]Rebecca Black Tech – /mu/ – Music

G.O.A.T

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G.O.A.T, is an acronym for the term "Greatest of All Time). It is often used on sites such as reddit and 4chan to attribute someone who is the best at a certain skill.

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The first post on /mu/ was posted on May 30th, 2012. Likewise, the earliest posts on /v/ were both on May 30th,2012.

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The Legend of Zelda: The Light of Courage

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“Prepare to be Crackerized”– joe_cracker

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The Legend of Zelda: The Light of Courage is a The Legend of Zelda-inspiredfanfiction created by IGN board user Robert C. McGee, aka “joe_cracker”, who was convinced that his Zelda fanfiction was destined to become an animated movie based on Nintendo’s “Legend of Zelda” series. The videos, created by Sexualburgerking, Cellius, Orquiox, parody the story and its creator through use of literal interpretations of the script, purposefully done animation errors, and other visual gags. The main draw of the series has been its “so-bad-it’s-funny” sense of humor.

The entire script can be read here[1]

History

In 2003, McGee began posting threads on IGN’s message boards detailing his script and story for “The Legend of Zelda: The Light of Courage”.[2]

McGee attempted to get the rights to The Legend of Zelda through petitiononline.com and even handed out flyers in his home town in an attempt to garner attention for his project. IGN Board user TheSpotlight eventually agreed to help McGee with his script, but eventually, in summer 2004, he left the boards out of frustration, as Joe reportedly had been ordering TheSpotlight around like an employee and was trying to get him to do all the major writing for him.

In late 2004, IGN Board user *Cellius_*18 joked that McGee’s script had been stolen by a big name producer and was being made into a feature film. McGee believed the message to be genuine and attempted to give the producer, which he named “The Cheese” or “Cheese Head” (To contrast his name, cracker, as in “Cheese” and “Cracker”), a cease and desist, which failed, seeing as how said producer did not exist.

Board users Sexualburgerking (Who at the time was pretending to be John Grusd, the director of the 80’s Zelda cartoons), Cellius, and Orquiox convinced McGee that the only way to stop the movie from being produced was to make the movie themselves. The three then created a “test animation”, claiming it to be a WIP video by film and TV production company DiC entertainment, which had previously worked on adaptations of “Sonic the Hedgehog” and “Madeline”. The short was made to be intentionally bad so as to convince Robert McGee once and for all that his grand plans for a Zelda movie were in vain. The video was posted on YouTube in 2006. (shown below)



However, McGee was still convinced that the test animation was legitimate. SBK, Cellius, and Orquiox then produced a second short in 2006 to further shake sense into him.



By the production of the third video in late 2006, “joe_cracker” finally realized that the entire thing had been a joke. An updated version of the third short was released in 2008 with annotations explaining the inside jokes and backstory that had led up to this point.



Later in 2008 a teaser for “The Light of Couage 4” was released.



By then, however, the project had been abandoned with all involved feeling the joke had gone on long enough.

several short joke animations called “Bitcrushers” featuring the LOC characters were also created during that time.



Reception

The Light of Courage series developed its own cult fanbase with several fansites such as http://www.lightofcracker.com/ and dancingtriforce.com, both of which are now defunct. A collection of content from the Dancing Triforce website can be downloaded here: http://herbalcell.com/static/tloc/misc-tloc-and-cracker-media.zip[9]

joe_cracker’s film group 963 Productions has their own message board which is not very active anymore[3]

963 Productions has a Youtube page that is still up and running[4]

Fan Projects

The Light of Courage has been used in several YouTube Poops and other parody videos.



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External References

[1]HTLOZ II – The Legend of Zelda: The Light of Courage.

[2]Platypus Comix – The Legend of Zelda: The Light of Courage – test your Power, Wisdom, and COURAGE

Fn3. .Invision Free – Invision Free Forums

[4]Youtube – productions963
Channel

[5]TV Tropes – Fanfic: The Light of Courage

[6]IGN Boards Wiki – The Legend of Zelda: The Light of Courage Threads

[7]Fantendo wiki The Light of Courage

[8]blog post by “Herbalcell” on TLOC:http://herbalcell.com/the-light-of-courage

[9]ZIP File containing media from the defunct dancingtriforce.com website: http://herbalcell.com/static/tloc/misc-tloc-and-cracker-media.zip


Carnival Phantasm ED Parodies

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About

Carnival Phatasm ED Parodies refers to a series of MAD remixes which show various characters from various subcultures in place of those who appear in the anime Carnival Phantasm[1]. The videos have been uploaded and featured on the Japanese video sharing site Nico Nico Douga, as well as the multi-national video sharing site YouTube.

Origin

On August 12, 2011 the OVA series Carnival Phantasm was released which used the song “Fellows” by Masaaki Endoh[2] as its ending theme.



Notable Examples

Soon after the series debut fans began creating MAD remix videos of the ending theme often replacing Carnival Phantasm’s characters with character’s from other anime series (shown top left and top right), western series (shown bottom left), and even original characters (shown bottom right).



External Links

[1]Wikipedia – Carnival Phantasm

[2]Wikipedia – Masaaki Endoh

Hunger Games Simulator

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About

The Hunger Games Simulator refers to the simulator that allows users to create their own hunger games arena death match with basically anybody -- or anything -- that they wish participate. When the user has begun the games, the simulator handles the rest until there is only one survivor left. Screen caps of humorously out-of-character actions done by the participants in the games (such as they killed or how they died,) are often the highlights of the simulator.

Origin

The concept and rules of the Hunger Games Simulator is inspired by the book-turned-film The Hunger Games. The rules of the hunger games is that there are 12 Districts. Each district has two participants, meaning there is a total of 24 participants. Alliances can be formed in the hunger games, but ultimately the death match is not over until there’s one last person standing.

Spread

The game is quickly gaining momentum in tumblr with multiple users creating their own death matches[1].

Notable Examples


Search Interest

External Reference

[1]Tumblr – Hunger Games Simulator

Burger King

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About

Burger King is a global hamburger fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is currently owned by “3G Capital” of Brazil, whom bought ownership to the franchise in 2010.[1] The franchise slogan currently reads, “Have it your way!”

History

In 1953, Keith J. Kramer and Matthew Burns opened a Jacksonville, Florida-based restaurant chain named “Insta-Burger King.” In 1954, financial problems forced Kramer and Burns to hand the franchise over to David Edgerton and James McLamore. The two later renamed the restaurant chain to simply “Burger King” after the company once again faltered in 1959, and the franchise became an independent entity for 8 years until ownership was sold to the Pillsbury Company in 1967. Over the next 22 years, poor operation and ineffective leadership caused the restaurant chain to decline, which eventually forced Pillsbury to sell ownership to the company “Grand Metropolitan” in 1989. The company became an independent entity again in the early 2000’s when “TPG Capital” bought ownership for $1.5 billion US dollars. In August of 2014, Burger King officially announced a planned merger with the Canadian restaurant and coffee shop chain “Tim Hortons” in an effort to improve both franchise’s qualities. The merge was successfully completed 4 months later on December 12th, 2014, making Tim Hortons part of “Restaurant Brands International” alongside Burger King.[2]

Impact

In 1971, Burger King had spread beyond the United States by this time and attempted to open a brand in Australia. However, the name was already trademarked by a takeaway food shop in Adelaide. Burger King then presented Australian franchisee Jack Cowin with alternative names derived from pre-existing trademarks that had already belonged to Burger King and Pillsbury at the time. Cowin ultimately decided on the derivative of Pillsbury’s “Hungry Jack”, naming the new Burger King brand “Hungry Jack’s”, which is currently the only Burger King brand in Australia.

Related Memes

“Ding, Fries Are Done!”

Ding, Fries Are Done is a parody music video based on the Christmas carol song Carol of the Bells, sung by a mysterious singer only known as “Billy.” The parodied lyrics details an average work shift at a local fast food branch, like making french fries and rocking the paper hats at Burger King.[3]

The Burger King

The Burger King is the advertising mascot for the international fast-food chain Burger King. After appearing in several television commercials, he was used in a variety of YTMNDs, video remixes and image macros often paired with the caption “where is your God now?”[4]

Ronald McDonald VS. The Burger King

Ronald McDonald VS The Burger King is a hypothetical conflict between Ronald McDonald and The Burger King, the mascots of American fast food chains McDonalds and Burger King. The conflict first appeared in a comic book in the late ’70s, and gained a following online through YTMND.[5]

See more on Know Your Meme

X Works at Burger King

X Works at Burger King is a series of YouTube parody videos referencing a stand-up comedy skit performed by Dane Cook who shares his experience while he had worked at Burger King, claiming he had his first job there and having notable struggles, such as someone yelling their order into Cook’s headset.[6]

Search Interest

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Yogscasttroll/Pewdiepie sucks

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Origin

It started when the youtube user yogscasttroll made a video on the exact day her channel was created called pewdiepie sucks. Which really turned out
to be a video of creating a giant troll face in Minecraft.

Over time she really started to hate pewdiepie even changing her youtube name to Pewdiepie sucks the famous video of her admiting she does hate pewdiepie started on august 2 2014 where she says that her friend will hack pewdiepie



Acceptance into faze

On march 6 2015 The hating of pewdiepie stopped and her channel now was about faze clan and finally changed her name from Pewdiepie sucks to FaZe OpTic



Spread

The meme may have spread when
Youtuber JustTurnOnTheCamera talked about the girl that hates pewdiepie calling the video Ridiculous cause shes somehow teamed up with Dillon the hacker



Yogscasttroll A.K.A Pewdiepie sucks started to rip on PewDiePie more
even hating on the fanbase by calling them stupid not even knowing the alphabet. It got to the point where she started to hate the channel vanossgaming too and started hating on gays

The Mysterious Mr Enter

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Editor’s note: This entry is a WIP and welcomes editors

About

The Mysterious Mr Enter is an internet critic who specializes in reviewing cartoon episodes. He has gained a reputation for being one of the most divisive caustic critics out there.

Online History

His online history started with him reviewing episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. When the show went on a hiatus, he started reviewing bad episodes of cartoons to pass time, which eventually became his most popular series. On January 12, 2015, Viacom took down his channel for copyright. He managed to get it back up later.

Personal Life

His personal life is quite mysterious, but he has claimed he was abused as a child and he got pepper sprayed by bullies.

Related Memes

Atrocity Notepage

The Atrocity notepage is a template Mr Enter made, for reviewing bad cartoon episodes. It has seen heavy usage on Deviantart and around the internet.

Search Interest

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