Overview

Seth Rich’s Death refers to the fatal shooting of Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Rich, who was murdered while walking home in Washington D.C. in July 2016. Due to the timing of his death, many conspiracy theories circulated online speculating that Rich had been killed for being the anonymous source behind the 2016 DNC Email Leak, though no evidence linking the shooting has surfaced.

Background

On July 10th, 2016, Rich was shot and killed while walking home at approximately 4:20 A.M. on a residential street in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington D.C. During a press conference the following day, Metropolitan Police Department Captain Anthony Haythe announced that police discovered Rich conscious and breathing at the scene after being shot several times, though he fatally succumbed to the wounds after being transported to a nearby hospital.

Developments

Initial Reactions

On July 11th, 2016, The Washington Post^[2] published a statement by then DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz:

“Our hearts are broken with the loss of one of our DNC family members over the weekend. Seth Rich was a dedicated, selfless public servant who worked tirelessly to protect the most sacred right we share as Americans -- the right to vote.”

The same day, Seth Rich’s father Joel was interviewed by the local news station KMTV,^[9] in during which he commented on the explanation that he son had been robbed:

“If it was a robbery-it failed because he still has his watch, he still has his money-he still has his credit cards, still had his phone so it was a wasted effort except we lost a life.”

On July 12th, 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton mentioned Rich’s death when discussing the need for stricter gun control legislation during a speech in Portsmouth, New Hampshire:

“From Sandy Hook to Orlando to Dallas, and so many other places, these tragedies tear at our soul. And so do the incidents that don’t even dominate the headlines. Just this past Sunday, a young man, Seth Rich, who worked for the Democratic National Committee to expand voting rights, was shot and killed in his neighborhood in Washington. He was just 27 years old.”

Conspiracy Theories

On July 11th, Twitter user @relombardo3^[4] tweeted an article about Rich’s death with the description “1 week after DNC lawsuit, DNC staffer was shot down 4x in the back” (shown below).

On July 13th, the conspiracy theory site WhatDoesItMean^[7] reported that rumors were circulating in the Kremlin that Rich was executed by a “hit team” prior to his meeting with the FBI. The following day, Snopes^[6] published an article titled “Seth Rich Homicide,” which listed the claim that Rich was murdered prior to a meeting with the FBI as “false.” On July 28th, Redditor Doctor_Cornwalls submitted a post about Rich to the /r/The_Donald^[5] subreddit, where several commenters speculated that he was Wikileaks’ source for the DNC email leak. Within two weeks, the post garnered upwards of 6,300 votes (86% upvoted) and 370 comments. On July 29th, the conservative news blog Heat Street^[8] published an article about the online conspiracy theories. On August 9th, Republican strategist Roger Stone tweeted an image macro listing Rich among three other individuals recently found dead (shown below).^[11] Within 48 hours, the tweet gained over 2,300 retweets and 1,800 likes.

Julian Assange’s Statements

On August 9th, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was interviewed on the Dutch television program Nieuwsuur, where he mentioned Seth Rich’s murder when discussing the “risks” his organization’s informants endure to provide information. Following the appearance, many speculated that Assange was suggesting Seth Rich was the source of the leaked DNC emails.

“We are investigating what happened with Seth Rich. We think it is a concerning situation. There is not a conclusion yet; we are not willing to state a conclusion, but we are concerned about it. And more importantly, a variety of WikiLeaks sources are concerned when that kind of thing happens.”

On August 9th, the @Wikileaks^[1] Twitter feed posted an announcement that the organization would issue $20,000 for “information leaking to conviction for the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich” (shown below). Within 48 hours, the tweet gained over 10,300 likes and 9,800 retweets.

That day, Slate^[10] published an article titled “Wikileaks Is Fanning a Conspiracy Theory That Hillary Murdered a DNC Staffer.” On August 10th, 2016, YouTuber Paul Joseph Watson published a video titled “Will Julian Assange be Assassinated?”, in which Watson asked if the Wikileaks founder would be “the next victim of the Clinton bodycount” (shown below).

That same day, the Wikileaks Twitter^[3] feed posted a statement about Seth Rich’s murder, claiming that the organization did not “imply that Seth Rich was a source to Wikileaks” ot “that his murder is connected to our publication” (shown below).

Rich Family’s Response

On August 10th, Rich family spokesperson Brad Bauman delivered a statement to Business Insider^[13] commenting on the conspiracy theories about Seth Rich’s death, lamenting that “some are attempting to politicize this horrible tragedy.”

“The family welcomes any and all information that could lead to the identification of the individuals responsible, and certainly welcomes contributions that could lead to new avenues of investigation. That said, some are attempting to politicize this horrible tragedy, and in their attempts to do so, are actually causing more harm than good and impeding on the ability for law enforcement to properly do their job. For the sake of finding Seth’s killer, and for the sake of giving the family the space they need at this terrible time, they are asking for the public to refrain from pushing unproven and harmful theories about Seth’s murder.”

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Poorly Drawn Lines is a satirical, absurdist webcomic created by Reza Farazmand.

Origin

Farazmand first published a Poorly Drawn Lines comic as a student at University of California, San Diego. It started as a weekly comic, and the first few were about the type of people you see walking a college campus.^[1]

Spread

The first website for Poorly Drawn Lines (or PDL, for short) was created by Marco Segreto and 2008, though Farazmand admits to not taking the project seriously until he graduated, got a new website designed by Danny Walcoff, and began posting on a regular schedule. The second website was launched in 2011, and still hosts PDL.^[2] 2011 was also the year Farazmand launched the PDL Tumblr,^[3] and the comic began reaching a wider audience in 2012.

In 2013, Farazmand signed to GoComics and began pursuing Poorly Drawn Lines full-time and began receiving press from the likes of Unearthed Comics^[4] and NPR,^[5] who praised Farazmand’s ability to “make me nod, smile and hurt a little.”

In 2014, four of his comics were adapted for the Comedy Central series, “Trip Tank.”^[6]

On October 6th, 2015, he released his first book with Penguin publishers, called Poorly Drawn Lines: Good Ideas and Amazing Stories. It hit number 5 on the New York Times Bestseller List on October 25th, 2015.^[7]

As of August 11th, 2016, Poorly Drawn Lines has over 789,000 Facebook^[8] likes, 20,400 Twitter followers,^[9] and 197,000 Instagram followers.^[10] Farazmand also maintains an online merchandise store, where he sells prints.^[11]

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Pearl Points are small stickers awarded by the character Pearl from the show Steven Universe. People often use them in a joking way to a character’s appearance and actions.

Origin

Pearl Points first appeared in the episode “Steven vs Amethyst”, on the . Used by Pearl as as scoring system, they are awarded for punctuality, perseverance, and positivity.

Spread

The Steven Universe fandom quickly picked up on “Pearl Points”, jokingly giving them to various characters for their actions. Members of the community have also created different versions of Pearl Points based off of various other characters of the show, such as Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond.

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http://lennythereviewer.tumblr.com/post/148426131025/youve-heard-of-pearl-points-now-get-ready-for

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Matthew McConaughey is an American actor who has received critical acclaim for his performances in a number of films and television shows, most notably including Dallas Buyers Club, Interstellar and True Detective.

History

McConaughey made his acting debut in the 1993 comedy film Dazed and Confused, in which he portrays David Wooderson, a man in his early 20s who socializes with high school students (shown below, left). In July 1996, the film A Time to Kill was released, in which McConaughey plays Jake Brigance, a defense attorney representing Carl Lee Hailey (played by Samuel L. Jackson) in a murder trial (shown below, right).

In the 2000s, McConaughey starred in many romantic comedy films, including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Failure to Launch (2006), Fool’s Gold (2008) and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009). In November 2013, the biographical drama film Dallas Buyers Club was released, in which McConaughey stars as the HIV positive rodeo cowboy Ron Woodroof, who smuggled unapproved AIDS treatment medications into Texas. McConaughey received the Best Actor award for the performance at the 86th Academy Awards.

True Detective

On January 12th, 2014, True Detective premiered on HBO, introducing Rustin Cohle (played by Matthew McConaughey) and Martin Hart (played by Woody Harrelson) as two homicide detectives investigating a case of serial murders in Louisiana over the course of 17 years. The show is presented as an anthology series with each season featuring a unique cast of characters and self-contained storyline.

Interstellar

In November 2014, the film Interstellar was released, in which McConaughey stars as the film’s protagonist determined to find a habitable planet to save humanity.

Social Media Presence

On July 2009, McConaughey launched the @McConaughey^[2] feed on Twitter, gathering upwards of 2.17 million followers over the next seven years. On May 20th, 2010, an official page for McConaughey was created on Facebook,^[3] which accumulated more than 5.1 million likes within six years.

2016 Rio Olympics

During the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro in August 2016, Brazil, photographs and videos of McConaughey at various Olympic sporting events widely circulated on various social media platforms online (shown below).

On August 7th, the U.S. Olympic Team Vine channel posted a short clip of McConaughey at the USA House on Ipanema Beach (shown below). On August 11th, The Daily Dot^[1] published an article titled “No one is a bigger patriot than Matthew McConaughey at the Olympics,” highlighting several social media posts of McConaughey at the Olympic games.

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Matthew McConaughey Reaction Videos

Matthew McConaughey Reaction Videos refers to a series of parody videos based on a scene from the 2014 science fiction film Interstellar wherein the main protagonist Cooper (played by Matthew McConaughey) reacts emotionally while watching a backlog of video messages sent from his family over the course of decades.

Lincoln MKC Commercials

Lincoln MKC Commercials are TV and online video advertisements for Lincoln Motor Company’s new line of crossover SUVs in which American actor Matthew McConaughey delivers a series of moody monologues behind the wheel in the style reminiscent of his character Rustin Cohle from the American TV crime drama series True Detective.

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#RioProblems is a hashtag used on Twitter to discuss various problems surrounding the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

Origin

Before the Olympics began, there was widespread concern about Rio’s preparedness to host the event, particularly about the cleanliness of Rio’s water, the spread of the Zika Virus, public safety, and more. White it is difficult to pinpoint where the hashtag began, the earliest known example of “Rio Problems” is the launch of the “@RioProblems” Twitter account on February 5th, 2014.^[1]

Spread

The hashtag grew in prominence as the Olympics approached and more bad news came out of Rio. Soon journalists and other Twitter users voiced their concern and disbelief at the state of Rio. They used the hashtag to tweet about Rio’s unfinished facilities,^[2] lack of food,^[3] sewage-filled beaches, zoo animals on the golf course, organizing incompetency, and much more.^[4]

As the games began, more problems began to emerge, including the Olympic diving pool turning green and giving off a “fart” smell,^[7] an alarming number of empty seats in Olympic stadiums,^[8] body parts washing up on the beaches,^[9] and more.

News Media Coverage

The BBC^[5] reported that the hashtag peaked on Monday, August 8th, 2016, when videos of muggings^[6] in broad daylight taking place in Rio were shared around Twitter. Other outlets covering the trend include CBC,^[10] Yahoo,^[11] The New York Daily News,^[12] The Sun,^[4] and The International Business Times.^[13]

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Donald Trump’s White Sign is a photoshop meme featuring an image of 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holding a white sign while speaking in front of the National Association of Home Buildings in mid August 2016.

Origin

On August 11th, 2016, Donald Trump delivered a speech at the National Association of Home Buildings, where he held up a large white graph showing a sharp decline in home ownership in the United States (shown below).

That day, the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign’s deputy digital communications director Rob Flaherty posted a screen capture of Trump holding a blank version of the graph with the instructions “go to town, folks” (shown below). In 24 hours, the tweet gained over 2,600 likes and 1,000 retweets.^[1]

Spread

Immediately after, Twitter user Dylan Hulser posted a photoshopped version with Harambe the gorilla in a red crosshair, gathering upwards of 4,800 likes and 3,900 retweets in 24 hours (shown below).^[2]

Meanwhile, Reddtior Teenraptor submitted a blank template image to /r/photoshopbattles, where it was promptly removed for violating the subreddit’s prohibition of images centered around hand-held signs. Also on August 11th, Redditor Ask_If_Im_A_Cactus posted a photoshopped image of Trump holding a photograph of Hillary Clinton kissing former Ku Klux Klan member Robert Byrd to /r/the_donald^[8] (shown below, left). The following day, Redditor Reddit__PI submitted a photoshopped version containing a nude painting of Trump to /r/EnoughTrumpSpam,^[4] where it gained over 3,100 votes (76% upvoted) and 50 comments that day (shown below, right).

In the coming days, several news sites published articles highlighting notable examples of the photoshop meme, including UpRoxx,^[5] NY Mag^[6] and Distractify.^[7]

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I’m Dropping Hints That I’m Single refers to a screengrab from Kourtney and Kim Take New York that features two panels of Kim Kardashian. In the top panel, she is saying she’s “dropping hints” that she’s single, and the bottom of her outright saying “I’m single.”

Origin

In the series premiere of Keeping Up With The Kardashians spinoff Kourtney and Kim Take New York that aired January 23rd, 2011, Kim attempts to enjoy single life, and goes on a date. She explains in an on-camera interview that she is “dropping hints” that she’s single to her date. The camera then cuts to her blurting “I’m single” with no subtlety for humorous effect.^[1]

Spread

The screengrab of the scene first appeared on Imgur^[2] on July 1st, 2012, where it’s received 11,374 views as of August 12th, 2016. A gifset of the scene began circulating on Tumblr the same year; one post of the gifset by since-deactivated “AFEASTFORHOS-DEACTIVATED2014052”^[3] has acquired 535,796 notes in four years. The image began making the rounds on Twitter in 2014. A post of the screengrab by @thoughtskylie^[4] gained 3,300 retweets and 6,536 likes as of August 12th, 2016. On June 25th, 2016, actress Ariel Winter used the meme on Instagram^[5] to announce she was single.

Exploitable Variation

In August 2016, social media users began turning the image into an exploitable meme where the “I’m single” part of the original image is replaced with other personal information. The Tumblr wholesomemes^[6] created one of the more popular exploitable variations by having the text read “I’m dropping hints that I love my friends.” The post gained over 7,000 notes in four days. Other, like Twitter user @gossipgrill,^[7] went in a darker direction (see: below).

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#FeministAMovie is a hashtag game in which Twitter users post parody titles of films mocking various stereotypes and political causes associated with contemporary feminism. In mid August 2016, the hashtag began trending following the announcement of an all-female led cast for the upcoming film Ocean’s 8, a spinoff of the 1960 heist film Ocean’s Eleven.

Origin

On May 29th, 2015, Twitter user @integralmathyt^[2] tweeted “Thighs Wide Shut #feministamovie” as a parody title for the 1999 erotic drama film Eyes Wide Shut (shown below).

Spread

In March 2016, the hashtag saw a brief resurgence among several Twitter users, with titles like “Ferris Bueller’s Day On Tumblr,” “All Men Go to Prison” and “Of Mice and Bigots” (shown below).^[3]

On August 10th, the entertainment news blog Deadline^[1] reported that an all-female led cast was being negotiated for the upcoming film Ocean’s Eight, which may include actresses Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kalin and Nora Lum. The following day, #FeministAMovie^[4] began trending on the social networking platform, with various movie titles altered to mock feminist stereotypes and political causes. That day, the pop culture news site Twitchy^[5] posted a round-up of notable examples and a collection was uploaded to Imgur^[10] (shown below).

Meanwhile, other Twitter users posted movie title parodies promoting various feminist ideals (shown below). In the coming days, other news sites published articles claiming many examples of the hashtag promoted misogyny, including A.V. Club,^[6] The Telegraph,^[7] Metro^[8] and The Daily Dot.^[9]

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Welcome to that Know Your meme post consacred to a gun who is so famous than it should already be described . Strangely , its not the case . So ArchOnua85 gonna talk about the MW2’s Cheytac Intervention for you .

Simply named Intervention , The Cheytac Intervention ( The MW2 Model ) is part of the Major League Gaming culture , occuping this title with other sniper such the FN Ballista . For many , the Intervention’s definition refer to the ultimate gun for impressive gun stunts known as trickshots .

The rising of the Intervention have many years . Introduced in Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 , the Intervention gained reputation from the art of quickscoping who risen in 2007 from the game Counter Strike . Finally , it is integrated to the Major League Gaming today .

It exist many models of Cheytac Intervention , but the most common came from Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 . Of course , it risen through trickshot reactions on Youtube . It is to note than the reactions implicate the Search and Destroy mode , to be sure the people who view the gameplay ( and the trickshoters’s victims ) see what they acomplished .

In the Call of Duty trilogy , each game have a sniper who take the relieve of the Intervention . It is noted the FN Ballista of Black Ops 2 , but also the fictive Locus of Black Ops 3 and the MSR from Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 .

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Fight Club is a 1999 film based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk. The movie is written by Jim Uhls and directed by David Fincher.

Origin

The film has become a cult classic to places such as 9gag and 4chan. Quotes of the movie has been popular in sites such as Tumblr and Pinterest.

Reception

Upon the release in October 15, 1999, the film did not receive well with critics and box office return at the time. Roger Ebert called the film " the most frankly and cheerfully fascist big-star movie since “Death Wish”. Over time the film has developed a cult classic following. The film’s critic reviews has improved over time. The film currently has a 79% on rotten tomatoes.

Online History

You Do Not Talk About Fight Club

The phrase “You Do Not Talk About Fight Club” is a famous line in the film that has been popularized and quoted by social medias.

Rules of Fight Club

Rules of Fight are also a line from the film that state the 8 rules of Fight Club. This quote has been popular in Flickr, Pinterest and Tumblr.

Tyler Durden

Tyler Durden is the one of the main protagonist of the film and it’s played by actor Brad Pitt. The character of Tyler Durden is created by Chuck Palahniuk. Tyler Durden memes have circulated mostly in Tumblr, 9gag.

Cosplay

Tyler Durden is also a fan favorite for Cos playing in conventions such as Comic Con.

Meme Generator

Meme Generator Gallery. These are some of the memes found in Meme Generator.

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Garvin Morlan has been posted vastly across Twitter and has had images edited in many memeful ways

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Pulp Fiction is a 1994 film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Christopher Walken and Bruce Willis. The film was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Tarantino and Roger Avary won for Best Original Screenplay. It is highly regarded as one of the best films of all time as it ranks #9 on Empire’s Magazine’s 500 greatest movies of all time.

Viral Videos

On March 22 2012, How It Should Have Ended uploaded a Youtube video titled “How Pulp Fiction Should Have Ended”, the video has over 3 million views. On April 21 2014, CineFix uploaded a Youtube video titled “9 Pulp Fiction Facts For Die-Hard Tarantino Fans”, the video has over 2 million views.

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Say What Again

Say What Again is a popular quote/line from the film delivered by Samuel L. Jackson. The line is said where Brett (Frank Whaley) is frighten by Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and can only think and say of the word “What” causing for Jules to say the famous line “Say What Again.”

On Jun 12 2012, Meme Generator has created the “Say What Again” meme in their site for people to make their own versions of it. Here are the few examples found on the site. There are over 6,000 images created using this meme.

Dead N****r Storage

Dead N****r Storage is also a famous line from the film delivered by Quentin Tarantino himself. This is a scene where Jimmy (Quentin Tarantino) is talking to Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) about a dead black african-american stored in his garage.

On March 2, 2012, Innagadadavida has uploaded a Youtube video that parodies the quote in the episode “I Had An Accident” of Spongebob Squarepants. The video has over 3 million views.

Does He Look Like a Bitch?

Does He Look Like a Bitch? is also a popular quote/ine from the film delivered also by Samuel L. Jackson. The line is said where Brett (Frank Whaley) is being asked by Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackon) if Marcellus Wallce (Ving Rhames) looks like a bitch.

Gun Point

This is a famous scene in the film where Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) points and shoots their gun to one of Brett’s (Frank Whaley) Colleagues.

Parodies

Here are some of the parodies seen on the internet. Sources are QuickMeme, Pinterest, Tumblr, Flickr, Imgur, 9gag.

Confused Travolta

Confused Travolta is an animated GIF series featuring a cutout of actor John Travolta in the 1994 black comedy crime film Pulp Fiction edited into other base images of various contexts.

About

John Scarce (Also known by just his surname, Scarce) is best known for his YouTube channel Scarce. John researches what happens within YouTube and reports it in his videos.

Online History

John’s channel was originally named “GoScarce” which never started as a YouTube news channel. Instead, John recorded Call of Duty gameplay. John was at a good start when he was celebrating 100 subscribers on his second video.

News Reporting

In October 2013, John uploaded his first news video titled “(IRL) SB Apparel Site & Former SoaR Ollie Tries to Hack SoaR – SB Scarce”. This video received more views than his previous videos, which made him continue making news videos.

Popularity

In late 2015, when Keemstar was getting more popular, so was John. The main reason for this was because news reporting was starting to become a popular genre on YouTube. Another reason why John got popular is because unlike Keemstar, host of DramaAlert, he doesn’t start controversy and he tries to keep neutral as best as he can.

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The Sator Square is a word square consisting of a five-word palindrome:

S A T O R
A R E P O
T E N E T
O P E R A
R O T A S

If read top to bottom, left to right it creates a palindrome: “sator arepo tenet opera rotas”. The exact translation is unknown and speculated, but a common interpretation is “the farmer Arepo works a plough”.
It is unknown what exactly the purpose of the Sator Square was, it spread like a meme within ancient times, and is possibly the oldest meme in human history. But of course “The year is invalid” so I have to spread LIESANDSLANDER so I can make this article exist.

Origin:

The Sator Square’s true origin is unknown, but the oldest one discovered was found in Pompeii.

Spread:

Do I look like a time traveler?

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External References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sator_Square
http://mysteriouswritings.com/the-sator-square/
http://www.taliscope.com/Sator_en.html

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Taxation is Theft refers to a phrasal meme parodying libertarian and anarchism; especially anarcho-capitalism.

Origin

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On March 28th, 2016, tumblr user shittyopinionsofficial posted an image (below) combining it with Hey girls, did you know…"^[1] It obtained nearly 3,000 notes in about 5 months.

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“The Echidna” is a simple meme created by two viewers in a twitch stream which was by Sonic World fangame devs. The two viewers made pictures and sent it to the official Sega.

People tried using an image that almost perfectly fits with shotcode, but it wasn’t true. Now most people use it as a joke when making a suggestion.

About

Created as a YouTube channel in 2008 by Blair Joscelyne and Martin Mulholland, the show originally focused on small ‘green’ vehicles though progressed into general modifications with performance being the goal.

History

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Will It Fit My Honda?

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Not Tom Cruise is Evan Ferrante a tom cruise impersonator and actor who has been doing impressions of Tom Cruise since 2006 in his Youtube channel called nottomcruise.

Online History

On November 19, 2006 he uploaded a video titled “Tom Cruise Impersonation” of him doing lines from Tom Cruise’s movies. It has over 180,000 views.
After that he has created numerous youtube series such as Tom Cruise is my Roommate, Tom Cruise is a Cockblock, Pearls of Wisdom, Cruise’ in the News and etc.

Origin of Impression

Evan said that he started doing Tom Cruise Impressions back in his College years . Him and a friend of his named Alex who does a Jean-Claude Van Damme talked about how Evan sounds like Tom Cruise which sprung the idea of him doing impressions.
They would knock on door in Boston University College and do their impressions to impress women. He claims that he is not an impersonator because he only does Tom Cruise.

Spread

Television

Evan Ferrante (nottomcruise) has appeared in morning television such as Australia’s Weekend Sunrise and 3 news. The videos are uploaded by a user name David Farrier and Evan Ferrante himself (nottomcruise).

He also had a video titled “Tom Cruise Auditions for Twilight” which had a million views ways back in 2009 as said in the Evan Ferrante is the World’s Best Tom Cruise Impersonator video but was deleted from unknown reasons. A youtube channel named robert lion. has a copy of the video that was back in 2009 but eventually Evan Ferrante re-uploaded it himself. Which only has 6,000 views.

TMZ

Evan Ferrante also has been appeared in a TMZ video titled “Tom Cruise?” which was uploaded in January 24, 2014. TMZ is a celebrity gossip and news site known for breaking celebrity scandals and releasing videos of celebrities behaving badly. Its ethics, both for what they chose to post and how they get their information, has been questioned.

Online Articles

On July 8, 2011 NewsHub.co.nz posted an Article about Evan Ferrante titled “Meet the man who isn’t tom cruise”. One of the statements he mention in his articles are “If you could be Tom Cruise for a day, would you go there? One man can answer that question with a re-sounding yes. Evan Ferrante is recognised as the best Tom Cruise impersonator around.”

Read more: http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/meet-the-man-who-isnt-tom-cruise-2011070822#ixzz4H6J7cEdO

Collaborations

He has done collaborations with youtubers such as Cracked, The Josh Macuga Show, SamMacaroni, Annoying Orange, Kassem G and Rooster Teeth.

On August 20, 2010, Annoying Orange posted a video titled “Annoying Orange – Close Encounters of the Annoying Kind” on Youtube which featured Evan Ferrante (nottomcruise) as a Broccoli version of Tom Cruise. The video has currently over 10,000,000 views.

Memes & Notable Images

On late 2015 to early 2016, Evan Ferrante’s Not Tom Cruise memes have gained a small popularity in 9gag as it spawned a few memes in pictures by numerous 9gag members. 9gag is a online platform and social media website where you can post and share photos.

Search Interest

External References

^[1]YouTube – User Profile for not tom cruise

^[2]Not Tom Cruise – Site of Evan Ferrante

^[4]Twitter – Evan Ferrante’s Twitter

^[4]IMDB Page – Evan Ferrante’s IMDB Page

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Obama Chuckled. “You mean the Chaos Emeralds?” is a line from a fanfiction that features President Barack Obama and the MacGuffin from the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

Origin

On March 4th, 2011, Cy-Fox, a member of the Sonic the Hedgehog fansite sonicommunity, posted a story called “Immortality Protocol Cy-Fox: Book 01”^[1] to the site’s forums. It features President Obama in discussion with high-ranking (human) officials and politicians, when, seemingly out of nowhere, Obama brings up the Chaos Emeralds.

Spread

On April 30th, 2013, the popular Twitter account “@fanfiction_txt”^[2] tweeted the line after the story was posted on fanfiction.net. As of August 15th, 2016, the tweet has 30,786 retweets and 28,770 likes. The fanfiction.net post has been deleted.

On September 19th, 2013, NeoGAF user Peff commented a thread celebrating strange fanfiction titled “This Yu-Gi-Oh fanfiction has 1.8 million words”^[3] with a screenshot of “Obama chuckled…” line, inspiring a few users to create images putting the President in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe.

On October 23rd, 2013, IGN user ASuchsotheralt posted a thread^[4] devoted to the line.

In 2014, user pleen1930s posted a screenshot of the line to Tumblr,^[5] where in two years it has received 53,277 notes. On April 29th, 2015, Tumblr user anjaroid^[9] uploaded audio of a fake press conference in which Obama reveals he has one of the Chaos Emeralds. That post has received 147,611 notes as of August 15th, 2016. Though the audio on the original post does not work anymore, it was uploaded to Youtube by user “lol no” on May 20th, 2015 (shown below).

A thread devoted to the quote was posted to neoGAF^[6] by user “Squall5042” on June 21st, 2015.

The meme experienced a revival in 2016 when it was applied to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. On May 14th, 2016, Twitter user @everrrrlong^[10] tweeted a video featuring Sonic the Hedgehog music and Trump surrounded by Chaos Emeralds. It has received 13,253 retweets and 17,471 likes as of August 15th, 2016. The video was posted to Youtube ten days later (shown below).

Parodies and Other Fanfictions

On December 28th, 2013, fanfiction.net user GAYLORD666 posted a story parodying fanfiction tropes to the Shrek board called “Shattered Love, Shattered Roses”^[7] that incorporated the line. In late 2015, Redditor AJBalmer posted the quote as a writing prompt to the subreddit /r/writingprompts,^[8] sparking several stories centered around the line. The post received 106 points, 82% upvote before being archived.

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