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Indian Movie Dance Remixes are series of parody videos which dub pop music, mainly anime theme songs, over the dance scenes taken from Indian films. In the same manner as Tommy Seebach’s "Apache" on YouTube, the sharpness/grooviness of Indian movie dancing has been a popular visual resource for parody videos on the Japanese video sharing service Nico Nico Douga (NND) since 2007.

Origin

Along with dawn of the online video-sharing era in mid-2000s, Indian films became to reach a wider audience via YouTube and other video hub sites. In particular, its characteristic dance scenes by a large number of actors have inspired viewers as well as its songs’ funny phonetic translations represented by “Benny Lava”.

Meanwhile on NND, users found a way to utilize those groovy Indian movie dances for audio-dubbing parodies. One of the earliest instances in this series is “Lucky MegaStar” which dubbed ”Motteke! Sailor Fuku”, an opening theme song from Japanese TV anime Lucky Star, over “Kodithe Kottali” from 2003 movie Tagore^[1] starring Indian “Megastar” Chiranjeevi.^[2] The original video was uploaded to YouTube on June 22nd, 2007^[3], and soon reuploaded to NND in the following month.^[4]

Left: “Kodithe Kottali” | Right: “Lucky MegaStar”

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Audio-dubbing is one of the popular techniques in video parodies on that Japanese video sharing service. ”A Million Ways” by OK Go, “I Wanna Love You Tender” by Danny Ja Armi and Crazy Frog Brothers are famous visual resources for this kind of parody videos. And, Indian movie dances have much more popularity than all of them because it shows much more hilarious synchronization with Japanese anime/pop vocal songs written in high BPM. As well as “Kodithe Kottali”, “Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.” from Chiranjeevi’s 2004 flim Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.^[5] and “Gola Gola” from 2006 Tegulu film Ashok^[6] starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (Jr. NTR)^[7] are also popular Indian dance video clips.

Left: “Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.”^[8] | Right: “Gola Gola”^[9]

On NND, dubbed videos utilizing these dances are usually tagged under wordplay phrases “Naan^[10] to Curry^[11] na Odori” (Japanese: ナンとカレーな踊り; lit. “What a wonderful dancing”) or “Naan ni demo Au” (ナンにでも合う; lit. “This goes well with everything”).^[12]And not a few of them have been watched over millions times.

In the summer of 2014, a Telugu movie Baadshah^[13] starring Jr. NTR was distributed to the Japanese theaters. In its promotion, the distributor highlighted the online popularity of his dance in parody videos, and described him as “Shingeki no Indo-jin” (進撃のインド人). It was inspired by that Attack on Titan / Shingeki no Kyojin Opening parody video which had earned over 1.5 million pageviews on YouTube until that summer.^[14]

Japanese Trailer

Notable Examples

Niconico インド人類は繁栄しましたNiconico 【インド】シュタインドゲートOP – Hacking to the Indo -
Left: Humanity Has Declined OP Parody | Right: Steins;Gate OP Parody
Niconico アニメ『進撃のインド人』OPNiconico ジョジョの奇妙ナン冒険 スターダストククレイダース OP
Left: Attack on Titan OP Parody | Right: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure OP Parody

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About

identifying X typically refers to a photoshop and snowclone meme consisting of the subject of the image carefully examining a commonplace and easily identifiable object. In its snowclone variants, the image is generally captioned with “Yep, it’s X.”

Origin

The original image from which the meme was derived was the cover of the book Identifying Wood: Accurate Results with Simple Tools^[1] by R. Bruce Hoadley, published in 1990.^[2]

(Researching precise origin)

The earliest known variation of the meme was created by adding the caption “Yep, it’s wood.” to the image, thereby highlighting the humor behind writing an entire book dedicated to identifying something so commonplace.

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The “Gul’dan offer” is an image macro in which Gul’dan makes an offer towards Grommash Hellscream, as to where Grommash anwers “And what, Gul’dan, must we give in return?”, to which Gul’dan pulls back his hood and says “Everything”.

Origin

The image macro originates from the trailer for World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. In the trailer, Gul’dan is seen offering Grommash Hellscream a cup, which contains the blood of Mannoroth the Destructor, to which he adds “Drink, Hellscream. Claim your destiny. You will all be conquerors.”. The screen blurs and you can see Garrosh Hellscream standing in the background of Grommash. Then, in response, Grommash answers: “And what, Gul’dan, must we give in return?”. At this point Gul’dan pulls back his hood, revealing his red gaze, and exclaims: “Everything.”. This leads to Grommash pouring the blood out of the cup, to which Gul’dan grunts. An evil laughter would then be heard in the background and Mannoroth comes forth, asking: “You, would reject this gift?”. A battle then ensues between Grommash and Mannoroth.

Trailer for World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor^[2]

A few minutes after the cinematic was released, a thread appeared on Reddit’s /r/WoW board, MMO-champion^[3] and also on wow-europe^[1][4], where the cinematic^[2] was posted. This prompted users to writing different parodies of the conversation in the comments.

Spread

The image macro soon spread to other sites, including 4chan and MMO-champion, where the template was posted and parodies were made in the thread.

Template

Original image

External references

^[1]The homepage of World of Warcraft

^[2]Trailer for World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

^[3]A parody thread on MMO-champion.com

^[4]A forum thread on battle.net, where a parody of the image macro was made

About

YuruYuri (Japanese ゆるゆり?, lit. Easygoing Yuri) is a yuri slice of life manga and anime series. The series revolves around the daily lives of four schoolgirls, members of the Amusement Club: Akari Akaza, the protagonist who struggles with her lack of presence; her childhood friends, Kyōko Toshinō and Yui Funami; and her classmate, Chinatsu Yoshikawa; along with the school’s Student Council.

History

The manga series was written and illustrated by Namori. The series began serialization in Ichijinsha’s Comic Yuri Hime S magazine from June 12, 2008, before being moved over to Comic Yuri Hime in September 2010. An anime adaptation by Dogakobo aired in Japan between July and September 2011; a second season aired between July and September 2012. An original video animation is currently in production by TYO Animations.

Reception

YuruYuri has been praised for its non-sequitur comedy and the general randomness of its characters. While Akari Akaza is supposed to be the main role, her lack of presence (to the point of becoming invisible), is used to change the protagonist every episode. The manga is currently (August 2014) in the top 30 Japanese Comic Ranking ^[1]
The anime has a 4.5/5 rating on Cruchyroll ^[2]

Fandom

Akari has been praised for her struggle to become the protagonist during the series.

Akane Akaza, the sister of Akari, is an obsessed siscon that has draw attention despite her brief time in the anime

Search Interest

External References

^[1]Anime News Network – Japanese comic ranking / Posted on 2014-08-13

^[2]Crunchyroll – YuruYuri on Crunchyroll

About

Warriors is a book series written by Erin Hunter and published by HarperCollins. The Warriors Series contains over 37 books including The Main Series, The Manga, The E-Novellas, and The Super Editions. Warriors: Into the Wild was the first book which was released in 2003.

Fandom

The Warriors fandom mainly goes to deviantART and Youtube post Content.
The average time a picture of Warriors goes up on deviantART is once every 15 minutes. Warriors has many fan clubs on deviantART, most notably Warrior-Cats-Fanart.

The average time a video of Warriors goes up is 1 hour. SSS Warrior Cats, which has made many fan animations so far, has over 80,000 subscribers. Their first video has 2 million views.

The Warriors Fandom is also prevalent on tumblr.

Role Playing

Warriors role playing has a significant number of sites online. In Warriors role playing, players use their OCs to interact with text on a forum. There are many sites, and even sites to organize the best ones.

Related Memes

Graystripe

Main Entry

Graystripe is one of the heroes in the Warriors Series. Some very bad fanart of him was posted on the deviantART, which the tumblr blog The Worst Warriors posted and became popular around the Warriors tumblr community. This inspired various fanart.

Bad Fanart

The Warriors fandom is full of bad fanart, which has become very famous. Lots of people mock the fanart, and some people make bad fanart as a joke. This fanart is usually made by inexperienced drawers who recently found the Warriors fandom.

Notable Examples

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External Links

The Worst Warriors
SSS Warrior Cats
Warrior-Cats-Fanart
Official Site

Note

I would gladly appreciate help with this entry.

About

Richard Attenborough was an English actor, film director, producer and entrepreneur best known for his roles in The Great Escape, Miracle on the 34th Street and, most famously in Jurassic Park as John Hammond, the main antagonist and the owner of the park. The actor passed away at age of 90 on August 24th, 2014.

Career

Richard Attenborough made his acting debut on stage by making various appearances in shows at Little Theatre in Leicester, prior to his enrollment at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Richard’s film career began in 1942 in an uncredited role as a deserting sailor in the Noël Coward/David Lean production In Which We Serve. The actor later starred in the west-end longest running stage production Agatha Christie’s The Mouse Trap, In 1963, he appeared in the ensemble cast of The Great Escape as RAF Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett based on the real-life exploits of Roger Bushell. It was his first appearance in a major Hollywood film blockbuster and his most successful film thus far. He also starred in Flight of the Phoenix (1965) and directed Gandhi (1982), for the latter of which he was awarded a number of awards, most notably two Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture in 1982, as well as two Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Foreign Film in 1983.

History

Jurassic Park (1993)

Although Attenborough had established his name in the British cinema as a renowned actor and filmmaker during the mid-to-late 1960s, he reached a new level of fame in the early 1990s after starring as John Hammond, the main antagonist in the 1993 American science fiction action adventure film Jurassic Park. According to the film’s casting director, Stephen Spielberg convinced Attenborough into taking the role, even after the actor had declined similar offers in two previous Spielberg films, bringing him out of a 14-year hiatus from on-screen acting.

Miracle on the 34th Street (1994)

In 1994, Attenborough starred in the fourth remake of the American Christmas fantasy film Miracle on the 34th Street as Kris Kringle, the protagonist character who is assumed to the be real Santa Clause.

Personal Life

Richard Attenborough was born on August 29th, 1923 in Cambridge, England as the eldest of three brothers, he was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys and later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Attenborough later served in the RAF which lead to his rise to stardom because of him starring in the propaganda film Journey Together (1943).

h4. Death

In August 2008, Attenborough was admitted to the hospital due to heart problems and was fitted with a pacemaker. In December 2008 he suffered a fall at his home after a stroke. In May 2011, David Attenborough revealed that his brother had been confined to a wheelchair since his stroke in 2008, and while he was still capable of holding a conversation, he stated that “[Richard] won’t be making any more films.” On August 24th, 2014, after years of battling heart disease complications, Richard Attenborough passed away at age of 90, five days before what would have been his 91st birthday.




h4. Tributes

Following the announcement of the actor’s death, his name quickly became one of the top trending keywords on Google, ranking as the fifth most searched term with more than 200,000 queries in the United States on August 24th, while his name topped the chart with over 1 million queries in the United Kingdom that same day. In the following 24 hours, the fans of the filmmaker and actor on Tumblr, Reddit and Twitter quickly responded with GIF and supercut-style tributes to Attenborough’s achievements and celebrated roles throughout his career.





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h2. External References

Overview

Lizard Squad Hacks refers to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks orchestrated by the hacking group Lizard Squad, which focused on targeting a variety of high profile video game companies beginning in August 2014.

Background

On August 18th, 2014, the @LizardSquad^[2] Twitter feed posted a tweet announcing that the hacking group had managed to take the online multiplayer game League of Legends offline.

Notable Developments

RuneScape DDoS

The same day, @LizardSquad^[12] took responsibility for taking the massively multiplayer role-playing game RuneScape offline.

Riot Games DDoS

On August 19th, @LizardSquad^[5] took responsibility for hacking the video game publisher Riot Games and forcing them to upgrade their security.

Battle.net DDoS

Also on August 19th, @LizardSquad^[7] tweeted that they had successfully taken the Blizzard Entertainment online gaming service Battle.net offline.

PlayStation Network DDoS

The morning of August 24th, @LizardSquad^[6] posted a tweet alluding to an imminent cyber attack on the video game company Sony’s PlayStation network gaming service.

The same day, president of Sony Online Entertainment John Smedley^[3] tweeted that the company was currently facing a “large scale DDoS.”

Immediately after, @LizardSquad^[8] tweeted to the @AmericanAir feed that they had received reports of explosives smuggled aboard Smedley’s flight (shown below, left). Smedley subsequently tweeted that his flight had been diverted for “security reasons” (shown below, right).^[9]

Xbox Live DDoS

Also on August 24th, Lizard Squad^[10] posted a tweet asking if anyone was having difficulty logging into Microsoft’s Xbox Live gaming servers. The following day, the feed posted another tweet asking “How’s Xbox Live Doing?”^[11]

Support of ISIS

The @LizardSquad^[4] posted a tweet announcing that “Kuffar” (non-muslims) would not be able to play online games until the bombing of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant stopped along with the hashtag #ISIS.

News Media Coverage

In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the cyber attacks, including Shack News,^[13] The Daily Dot,^[14]CNET,^[15]ABC News,^[16] Motherboard,^[17]IBI Times^[18] and Tech Crunch.^[19]

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Overview

MTV Music Video Awards, often shortened as the VMAs, is an annual award ceremony hosted and broadcast live by the cable television channel to honor a selection of notable music videos released by various recording artists each year. First presented in September 1984 as an alternative to the Grammy Awards in the music video category, MTV’s Video Music Awards have since grown into a coveted accolade in the music industry, especially for young, up-and-coming artists, while the event itself has also gained a reputation of its own as a breeding ground for publicity stunts, controversies and other unscripted episodes involving popular musicians and other A-list celebrities.

Background

The first VMAs was held on September 14th, 1984 at Radio City Music Hall and hosted by actor Dan Ackroyd and actress Bette Midler (shown below). The ceremony contained notable performances by pop artists Madonna and Cyndi Lauper.

Notable Developments

1993: Rupal Insults Milton Berle

During the 1993 VMAs, drag queen RuPaul Andre Charles and comedian Milton Berle presented the Viewer’s Choice Award and engaged in a brief verbal tiff after Charles ad-libbed an insult regarding Berle’s age, stunning the comedian.

1997: Fiona Apple’s Speech

During her acceptance speech for Best New Artist at the 1997 VMAs, singer-songwriter Fiona Apple made the controversial statement “This world is bullshit” (shown below).

1998: Marilyn Manson’s Kissing Cops

During Marilyn Manson’s performance of the song “Dope Show” at the 1998 VMAs, a group of men dressed as police officers danced onstage together before kissing each other at the end of the song (shown below).

2000: Tim Commerford’s Scaffolding Prank

While Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst was giving his acceptance speech for Best Rock Video at the 2000 VMAs, Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford climbed scaffolding behind the stage, was subsequently arrested and spent one night in jail.

2002: Michael Jackson’s “Artist of the Millenium Award”

At the 2002 VMAs, performer Michael Jackson was presented with a trophy honoring his 44th birthday by singer-songwriter Britney Spears, who said she felt he was the “artist of the millenium.” Jackson mistakenly assumed he was being presented with an “Artist of the Millenium Award,” giving a acceptance speech for non-existent award.

According to comedian Louis C.K., Jackson had demanded Spears refer to him as ""artist of the millenium" prior to going onstage in order to give himself the award.

2003: Madonna Kisses Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera

At the 2003 MTV VMAs, during an on-stage performance featuring Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, Madonna took a dramatic pause to kiss both artists before the camera cut away to pop star Justin Timberlake (shown below).

2009: Kanye West Interrupts Taylor Swift’s Speech

At the 2009 MTV VMAs^[1], American country pop singer Taylor Swift won the Best Female Video award for her song “You Belong With Me.”^[2] As Swift began giving her speech, Kanye West unannouncedly came up on stage and took the microphone from her to proclaim “Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you, Imma let you finish but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time…one of the best videos of all time!” before being booed off the stage. He handed the mic back to Swift but MTV cut to commercial before she could continue.

2010: Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress

At the 2010 VMAs, Lady Gaga wore a dress designed by Argentinian designer Franc Fernandez and styled by Nicola Formichetti, which was made out of raw beef. The dress was condemned by animal rights groups and widely mocked by viewers on various websites and social media platforms online.

2013: Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke Performance

At the 2013 VMAs, during the performance of the songs “We Can’t Stop” and “Blurred Lines”Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke received criticism for their overtly sexual dancing.

2014: Beyonce and Blue Ivy

At the 2014 VMAs, singer-songwriter Beyonce gave a live performance of her song “Drunk in Love” (shown below, left). When Beyonce accepted the “Michael Jackson Achievement Award,” she was joined onstage by husband Jay-Z and her daughter Blue Ivy (shown below, right).

Following the show, former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand, who was paralyzed during a football game, tweeted a photograph of the exact moment he was injured with the caption “Bruhhh” as a reaction to Beyonce’s “Drunk in Love” performance (shown below).^[1]

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Overview

The Fine Young Capitalists’ Game Jam refers to a charity event launched by Matthew Rappard to assist five women game developers in creating video games to raise money for charity. The event gained prominence in August 2014 after it was revealed that indie game developer Zoe Quinn had attempted to sabotage the event.

Background

On August 12th, 2014, an Indiegogo^[3] campaign titled “The Fine Young Capitalists” was launched, which asked for support in promoting games designed by women to give the proceeds to charity.

On August 18, Redditor SillySladar claimed that Quinn intentionally sabotaged a female-centric game development event on the grounds that the idea was oppressive, possibly to promote her own event Rebel Jam (shown below, left).^[1] On August 19th, The Fine Young Capitalists released a SoundCloud^[2] recording containing their explanation as to what was going on and why they were doxxed.

On August 21st, YouTuber PressFartToContinue uploaded a video explaining the story behind how Quinn led a crusade against The Fine Young Capitalists game jam (shown below).

Notable Developments

Vivian James

On August 22nd, users on the /v/ (video games) board on 4chan began promoting The Fine Young Capitalists’ Indiegogo page. After $5,000 had been raised, a user suggested they created a custom character to represent the image board. The character Vivian James was subsequently decided on by the collective and was received by The Fine Young Capitalists that same day.

Indiegogo Hack

On August 24th, the campaign page on Indiegogo appeared to get closed and subsequently removed. It was rumored that the page got hacked and made to look as if were so. The Fine Young Capitalists subsequently shared this message on their Tumblr account,^[9] and said that they would try to get the project repaired with the help of Indiegogo.

On August 26th, the page was restored and updated with a message explaining that Rappard’s Indiegogo account had been compromised and thanking 4chan users for their generous donations. By that day, the page had received over $32,000 of its $65,000 goal.

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About

Le Nodding Man, also known as *Nods Respectfully Towards You*, is a parody rage comic illustration mocking a tweet addressed to indie game developer Zoe Quinn by United Kingdom-based engineer Marc Threadingham. The character is similar to other poorly-drawn parodies of rage comics and advice animals, including Coaxed Into a Snafu and Nice MayMay Man.

Origin

On August 18th, 2014, Threadingham posted a tweet to Quinn urging her to stand her ground in the face of criticism she was receiving after her ex boyfriend published an expose blog post about her alleged affairs with several men. The action cue used in the tweet "*nods respectfully toward you*" was mocked by Quinn’s critics as an example of “white knight” behavior. Threadingham subsequently protected his tweets from being viewed by the public. A rage comic-style illustration of Threadingham with the caption “le nodding man” began circulating online that same day.

Spread

On August 19th, the @NodsRespectfully Twitter^[2] feed was launched, which tweets the phrase "*nods respectfully towards you*" to various Twitter users and features the Le Nodding Man illustration as a profile picture.

On August 23rd, Tumblr^[3] user satorukimukobayahi submitted an image macro featuring an illustration of Threadingham, referring to him as “The Nodding Man of Respect” (shown below, left). On the following day, Redditor jaycrew submitted an animated GIF of the 4chan /v/ (video games) board character Vivian James tipping a fedora with the caption "nods respectfully" to the /r/justneckbeardthings^[4] subreddit (shown below, right).

Search Interest

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External References

About

Ebola-Chan is a female anime character designed as an anthropomorphic representation of the Ebola virus. The character was created on 4chan in response to growing concerns regarding the West African Ebola outbreak in the summer of 2014.

Origin

The original image of Ebola-Chan was created by a Pixiv user sly on August 4th, 2014^[6]. The earliest archived appearance of Ebola-Chan on 4chan^[1] was submitted in a thread posted to the /jp/ (Otaku culture) board on August 5th, 2014, featuring an illustration of a young female anime character wearing a nurse outfit, holding a bloody skull and wearing a pony tail hair style ending in strains of the Ebola virus (shown below).

Spread

As early as August 7th, an image macro began circulating on 4chan boards featuring the same anime character illustration accompanied by a caption referring to her as “Ebola-Chan,” which urged readers to reply with the phrase “I Love You Ebola-Chan” in the comments section to avoid contracting a painful, fatal disease (shown below).^[3] On August 17th, the image was reblogged by the Cheezburger site Geek Universe.^[5]

On August 18th, 2014, Redditor EsportsLottery submitted the original Ebola-Chan illustration to the /r/WTF^[2] subreddit, where it gained over 2,600 votes (87% upvoted) in the first week. The same day, DeviantArtist^[4] mushrooshi uploaded a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic-themed version of Ebola-Chan (shown below).

Notable Examples

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About

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Often Called “Jimmy Neutron”) is a American computer animated series created by John A. Davis. The Series is a spin off of the film “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” Which premiered in theaters December 21, 2001 and as a television series on Nickelodeon, July 20, 2002 and ended, November 25, 2006

Premise

The series revolves around Jimmy Neutron and his best friends. Carl Wheezer, a 12 year old boy who likes to eat, obsessed with lamas, and in love with Jimmy’s mom. Sheen Estevez is a 13 year old boy who Is obsessed with a TV series and action figure called “Ultra Lord.” Sheen’s romantic interest is Libby. Cindy Vortex is Jimmy’s rival and girlfriend. She was the smartest person in Retroville until Jimmy came along. She is also a avid participator of Tia-Chi and friends with Libby. Libby is a spunky hip hop music loving type girl who is friends with Cindy and Sheen’s off and on again girlfriend. She enjoys funk and hip hop.

History

John A. Davis originally came up with the idea during the 80’s and wrote it down under the title “Runaway Rocketboy” (Which later on evolved into the Pilot.) Creator John A. Davis Pitched the idea to Nickelodeon (with success) to create the film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. And later on the spin off The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Planet Sheen is a spin off series in which Jimmy’s friend Sheen Estevez accidentally takes off in Jimmy’s rocket After sneaking into his lab. Where he went to another planet by the name of Zeenu where the inhabitants mistake him as a god of sorts. 26 episodes were produced and premiered on October 2, 2010 but got cancelled on February 15, 2013. The series was met with mixed reviews.

Reception

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius are both commercially and critically successful. The theatrical film was released on December 21, 2001 and grossed $102,992,536 in the box office. The film was met with box office success and critically acclaimed status as well has the TV series.

Online Relevance

Jimmy Neutron has inspired enormous quantities of art-work and fan-fictions all across the web. And even having dedicated fan sites and a revival project on Facebook with currently more than 20,000 likes.

Fandom

Jimmy Neutron has inspired enormous quantities of art-work and fan-fictions all across the web. Probably the most infamous pieces of work is a YouTube video by the name of Jimmy Neutron Happy Family Happy Hour As of 2014 there are over 4,700 pieces of art-work on Deviantart and more than 1,500 on Fanfiction.

Search Interest

About

Funny Store Signs are marquees, blackboards and other storefront displays featuring humorous messages or illustrations, including those that are unintentionally funny as a result of a technical malfunction or grammatical error. On the Internet, user-submitted photographs of unusual storefront signs have been circulating through image-hosting sites and social media platforms since the early 2000s, similar to other photo-documentary memes from that same era, such as Engrish and troll posters.

Origin

While the exact origin of funny store signs as a genre of internet humor remains little known, the earliest known website dedicated to highlighting photographs of humorous visual signs, including those found at storefronts, was launched at SignSpotting.com^[5] in January 2000.

Spread

On November 21st, 2000, a site dedicated to highlighting funny signs was launched under the domain FunnySign.com.^[1] On November 8th, 2006, YouTuber tomerikp uploaded a slideshow of funny store signs (shown below, left), which earned upwards of two million views in less than eight years. On March 3rd, 2007, YouTuber Ernie Deveau posted another compilation of store sign FAILs (shown below, right), racking up 900,000 views.

On February 1st, 2010, the Internet humor site Holy Taco^[2] published a compilation of notable photographs of “hilarious storefronts.” On April 29th, 2012, the /r/funnysigns^[6] subreddit was launched for submissions of humorous sign photographs. On August 31st, 2013, BuzzFeed^[4] highlighted a large selection of funny store sign photos in an article titled ""88 Funniest Signs of the Summer."

On January 27th, 2014, the Internet humor blog Pleated Jeans^[3] posted a compilation of photos depicting funny store signs. On May 21st, Redditor Ludop0lis submitted a photograph of a humorous blackboard spotted outside a pub in Ireland to /r/funny,^[8] where it received more than 4,100 votes (96% upvoted) in the first three months (shown below, left). On May 30th, Redditor cubs1917 submitted a photograph of a blackboard sign outside of a bar in New York City with a joke poking fun a former U.S. President George W. Bush (shown below, right). In two months, the post gained over 3,500 votes (89% upvoted) on the /r/funny^[7] subreddit.

Notable Examples

Storefront Signs

Marquees

Blackboard Signs

Search Interest

External References

The Yotsubato! Pose is a popular pose among doujin artists.

Origin

The pose came from Volume 2 of the popular manga series Yotsuba&!^[1], with the main characters Takashi, Kowai and Yotsuba.

Adding shit right now hold your horses

External References

^[1]Manga Cover Database – Yotsubato! Volume 2

About

Ouran High School Host Club (Japanese: 桜蘭高校ホスト部) is a shoujo comedy manga created by Bisco Hatori, and later adapted into an anime series by studio BONES. The series has grown a notable online following since the show’s creation, most notably around the anime adaptation, spawning a number of fan works and parodies.

Premise

Ouran High School Host Club follows the story of Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at the private school of Ouran Academy. While looking for a place to study in private, she stumbles across the 3rd music room, home to the Ouran Host Club, a group of 6 boys who look to help entertain their female clients. Mistaking Haruhi for a boy, they force her to join the club in order to help her pay off her debt for breaking one of their expensive vases. However, when they eventually find out Haruhi is a girl, they are forced to hide her gender while performing their services.

History

Ouran started out as a manga series created by Bisco Hatori in 2002, and circulated in Hakusensha’s LaLa magazine between September 2002 and November 2010, spanning a total of 18 volumes. An anime adaptation, produced by studio BONES, also aired between April 4 and September 26, 2006, running for a total of 26 episodes. The anime series has also been licensed and dubbed by FUNimation in the west. A Japanese live-action drama based on the series also ran from July 22 to September 30, 2011, running for a total of 11 episodes. A movie based on the drama was also released on March 17, 2012.

Online Relevance

In North America, Ouran High School Host Club is licensed by Funimation, and is available for streaming on their website. The show has gained a large online following on many sites, including on Tumblr^[1], 4chan’s /a/ (Anime and Manga) board^[2], Fanpop^[3], My Anime List^[4], and DeviantART^[5]. There are numerous sites that provide episodic information about the series, such as the Ouran High School Host Club wiki^[6], TV Tropes^[7] and Anime News Network^[8]. In addition, the Ouran High School Host Club Facebook page also has over 34,000 likes^[9].

Fandom

The Ouran High School Host Club series has spawned a significant online fanbase since it’s creation, which has created much fanart and fanfiction. On the Japanese fanart site Pixiv, there are over 900 images tagged under “桜蘭高校ホスト部"^[10], as well as over 700 videos on the video sharing website Nico Nico Douga^[11]. On DeviantART, there are also over 61,000 images tagged related to the series^[12], as well as over 6000 stories on Fanfiction.net^[13].

Related Memes

Sakura Kiss/Ouran Highschool Host Club Opening Parodies

Ouran High School Host Club Opening Parodies refers to a series of Opening Parodies revolving around the opening to the anime adaptation of the series, “Sakura Kiss”. The parodies grew in popularity on sites such as Nico Nico Douga and YouTube, spawning many derivatives.

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ToonTown is a MMORPG Loosely based on the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit in which a group of anthropomorphic animals known as toons fight off an army of business robots known as the Cogs

History

Toontown was released for Windows on June 2nd 2003 by Developers Disney Interactive,
Schell Games, and Frogchildren Studios and Published by The Walt Disney Company

Gameplay

Players are first introduced to making their toon when starting the game. The options for the animal your toon is includes Bear, Dog, Cat, Pig, Horse, Mouse, and Rabbit. Each Toon is given a laff meter which is used as a health bar, if a toon runs out of laff they have to retreat battle and go back to the playground. The playgrounds have petshops, mission areas, clothing shops, and a minigame are. Ceartain playgrounds have special areas like ToonTown central having goofeys speed way and Donalds dock having chip and dale acres. The biggest and most essential part of Toontowns gameplay is battling the cogs. Toons are given gags to fight the cogs in a turn based team work focused battle that go until either the cogs or the toons are defeated. The player levels up their gags every time they defeat a cog.

Reception

The game was positively recieved and got a 81% from meta critic and a 82% from game rankings.com
It received 14 awards including the:

• Computer Gaming World MMORPG Game of the Year
• Game industry News Family Game of the Year
• Webby Award For People’s Voice
• Parents’ Choice Foundation Silver Honor
• Game industry News Family Game of the Year

ToonTown’s Closing

On August 20th, 2013, Disney announced that after running for ten years ToonTown will be shutting down.

For the remainder of the games time players we all given free membership.

Many fans were extremely disappointing some making whole videos about the subject:

Many users and fans tried to petition the closing, but Disney never responded.

On September 19th, 2013 ToonTown Online was Officially closed.

ToonTowns Revival

Since many fans were disappointed with ToonTown’s closing some tried to revive the game to bring back the nostalgic joy of it. The most notable revivals of the game are ToonTown RewrittenToonTown Infinite and ToonTown House. ToonTown Rewritten being the most popular with 3000 beta testers is releasing September 19th, 2014, a whole year after
ToonTown online’s closing. Though ToonTown’s revival games are great they have many problems in their beta’s. ToonTown Rewritten, while releasing soon, has a Semi-Open Beta system in which users have to wait in lines, plan playtimes, or use beta keys to get in. Many users complain about this system frequently. ToonTown Infinite may seem like the winner with no wait lines and more features, but no release date is scheduled and it is notoriously laggy. ToonTown House has not gotten a official website and those who have played it have made videos testing it:

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About

Savant is the stage name of Aleksander Vinter, a musician known for his wide variety of compositional works, spanning across genres such as electro house, dubstep and classical. His name comes from savant syndrome, a condition of mental disability sufferers that manifests itself in vastly heightened abilities in a particular skill.

Online History

In 2009, Alexander released his first album, “Outbreak”, under his own name. It was nominated for a Norwegian Grammy Award, but was unsuccessful. He acknowledges the nomination as “the catalyst” for his subsequent works.

On November 11, 2011, Alexander released “Ninur”, his debut album under the name “Savant”. Following Ninur, Savant released four albums in 2012: “Vario” in February, “Overworld” in June, “ISM” in September and “Alchemist” in December.^[1]

On August 8, 2014, Savant released “Protos”, his tenth album.^[2]

Reputation

Concerts

Savant has performed all over the world, travelling to the US, Canada, the UK, France and Switzerland. His first tour was in 2009, and he has actively toured since.^[13]

Savant – Ascent

On December 4, 2013, Savant – Ascent, developed by DPad Studios, was released on Steam, the App Store, the Google Play Store and Gamersgate.^[4] It is a fast-paced action game starring Savant’s avatar, an alchemist seeking to climb a magical tower and claim the Philosopher’s Stone. The game features tracks by Savant, including “Kali 41”^[6] and “Butterfly”^[7] (both from the album Cult). The game went on to win the GameMaker’s Game of the Year award later that year.^[11]

On April 8, 2014, Savant – Ascent was added to the Humble Bundle: PC and Android 9 as a beat-the-average reward.^[8] The bundle sold 179,831 units and made slightly over US$700,000.^[10]

Other works

On August 21, 2014, Size DOES Matter was released on the Google Play Store. It features several Savant tracks, such as “Melody Circus” and “Living iPod”.^[14]

Personal Life

Despite being a well-known successful musician, Savant has never had any formal music training. His early composing experiences were with Rave eJay, an early musical arrangement program, and FastTracker, a music tracker program.

Savant cites Daft Punk, Nintendo and Contra as some of his influences. His favourite game is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.^[12]

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External References

^[1]savantofficial.com – BIO‹ SAVANT
fn2. Bandcamp – πρῶτος (Protos) | SectionZ / 8-8-2014
fn3. YouTube – Alekzander Vinter
fn4. savantgame.com – Savant – Ascent
fn5. Steam – Savant – Ascent / 5-12-2013
fn6. YouTube – Savant – Kali 41
fn7. YouTube – Savant – Butterfly
fn8. Humble Bundle Blog – Savant: Ascent, Syder Arcade, and The Shivah join Humble Bundle: PC and Android 9 / 8-4-2014
fn9. Bandcamp – Ninur | SectionZ
fn10. Wikipedia – List of Humble Bundles
fn11. YoYo Games – Savant – Ascent | Showcase | YoYo Games
fn12. stopthenoise.com – "Interview: Scholar:http://www.stopthenoise.fr/interviews/interview-savant/
fn13. Bandsintown – Savant Tour History for 2009 – 2014
fn14. Google Play Store – Size DOES Matter – Android Apps on Google Play

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Free! Ending Dance Parodies (Japanese: Free!EDパロ) refers to a series of parody videos reproducing a dance in the ending credit movie for Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club, the 1st season of a Japanese TV anime series Free!. It was a popular subject for fan works among female fans on the Japanese video sharing service Nico Nico Douga (NND) in 2013.

Origin

The TV anime series was produced by Kyoto Animation and aired 12 episodes between July and September 2013. Its ending theme “Splash Free!” was sung by Style Five, a group formed by the voice actors for main characters: Nobunaga Shimazaki^[1], Tatsuhisa Suzuki^[2], Tsubasa Yonaga^[3], Daisuke Hirakawa^[4], Mamoru Miyano^[5]. And as same as their previous works, "Hare Hare Yukai" for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and "Motteke! Sailor Fuku" for Lucky Star, the studio inserts its favorite rendition, characters’ smooth dancing which begins from 0:18 in the footage.

Spread

Fans inspired by this dancing scene soon began creating their own version and post it to NND. Its amount had reached to 70 in the airing period, and increased to near 100 until the start of the 2nd season in July of the following year.^[6] Many of them are reuploaded to YouTube as usual.^[7]

Various Examples

Niconico 【手書き】兵長とエレンでFree!のEDパロNiconico 【手描き黒バス】Free!EDパロ【おまけつき】
Left: Attack on Titan | Right: Kuroko’s BasketBall
Niconico 【手描き】F.r.e.e！EDダンス【ダンガンロンパ】Niconico 【手描きマギ】煌帝国でFree!ED
Left: Dangan Ronpa | Right: Magi

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Host Club Opening Parodies (Japanese: ホスト部パロ) refers to a series of parody videos of reproducing the opening credit movies of a Japanese TV anime Ouran High School Host Club by hand-drawn animation. In a reflection of its fanbase, it had been particularly practiced by female users on the Japanese video sharing service Nico Nico Douga (NND) in 2007-2010.

Origin

The anime was produced by studio BONES and aired between April and September 2006. Its opening theme song “Sakura Kiss” was sung by a Japanese female singer/idol Chieko Kawabe.^[1]

Spread

As a part of fandom for the manga/anime, hand-drawn animated videos reproducing the opening/ending credit movie by other anime/game characters began to be created by female fans after the Japanese video hub site was launched in the following year. According to the search results^[2], users seemed to post videos actively from the middle of 2007 to 2008. And many of them are reuploaded to YouTube.^[3]

However, the amount of videos in this series isn’t so large and it contains many unfinished versions which length is less than 10 seconds. This is because it’s one of the famous characteristics of female creations that users are allowed to give up finishing their works and post imperfect creations with a bunch of excuses.

Various Examples

Niconico 【完成版】FF6 ホスト部OPパロ【手書きMAD】Niconico 【手書きＭＡＤ】グレンラガンでホスト部ＯＰ【完成】
Left: Final Fantasy VI | Right: Gurren Lagann
Niconico 【遊☆戯☆王OPパロ】千年高校デュエル部
Left: Yu-Gi-Oh! | Right: Gintama^[4]

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Diggersby^[1] (Japanese: ホルード ) is a Normal/Ground-type Pokémon that has the appearance of a large rabbit. Evolving from Bunnelby^[2] at Level 20, this Pokémon is often scoffed at for being very ugly and useless.^[3][4]

Origin

Diggersby was first introduced in Pokémon X and Y, which were released worldwide in 2013.^[5] The phrase “Diggersby Tho” comes from a stream on YouTube by shofu^[6], shown below.

The phrase is often considered to be a forced meme^[4], due to the fact that it is often spammed on forums. As of August 28, 2014, Diggersby Tho has 3 separate Facebook communities, ^[7][8][9], and 1 Twitter account^[10].

External References

^[1]Bulbapedia – Diggersby

^[2]Bulbapedia – Bunnelby

^[3]Imgur – My sister started crying because cute bunnelby evolved into ugly diggersby

^[4]GameFAQs – I don’t understand Diggersby tho?

^[5]Bulbapedia – Pokémon X and Y

^[6]GameFAQs – Diggersby tho?

^[7]Facebook – Diggersby Tho

^[8]Facebook – Diggersby Tho

^[9]Facebook – Diggersby Tho

^[10]Twitter – DiggersbyTho