About
#BadPrequels is a hashtag game which asks Twitter users to create the title of a fictional prequel to a well-known film that sounds far less interesting than its original counterpart. The hashtag was introduced on the Comedy Central show @Midnite in May 2014.
Origin
On May 6th, 2014, the hashtag #BadPrequels was introduced during a segment called Hashtag Wars on the Comedy Central show @Midnite. The idea for the hashtag was sparked by the release of the trailer for the Batman prequel Gotham. Guest comedians Scott Aukerman[6], @Willieforcrack[7] and James Adomain[8] offered their #BadPrequel titles before Twitter users were called to play.
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Spread
In less than 48 hours, the hashtag #badprequels[2] was tweeted out over 100,000 times. On May 7th, 2014, Buzzfeed[3] published a compilation of movie poster parodies created by Twitter user @BiscuitAhoy[4] based on popular #badprequel tweets (shown below). On May 8th, Australian site News[5] published a similar roundup titled “Bad Prequels posters are doing the rounds on Twitter, actually pretty funny.
Notable Examples
Related Memes
#AddAWord
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#Buttflix
#Buttflix is a hashtag game on Twitter that involves altering movie titles with off-color jokes and toilet humor.
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midnight</a></p>— Chris Hardwick (nerdist) April 3, 2014
Search Interest
External References
[1]Comedy Central – #BadPrequels
[2]Topsy – #badprequels
[3]Buzzfeed – These “Bad Prequels” Posters Look Better Than The Real Films
[4]Twitter – BiscuitAhoy
[5]News – Bad Prequels posters are doing the rounds on Twitter, actually pretty funny
[6]Twitter – ScottAukerman
[7]Twitter – Willieforcrack