Overview

The Inauguration of Donald Trump is an upcoming event in which Donald Trump commences his four-year term as the 45th President of the United States, which is scheduled to take place on January 20th, 2017.

Background

Planning for the inauguration ceremony began on September 21st, 2016. On December 19th, Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence were formally elected to office by the Electoral College, which was certified by a joint session of Congress on January 6th, 2017.

Developments

Demonstrations and Boycotts

On November 9th, 2016, a Facebook event page was created for a demonstration titled “Women’s March on Washington”

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58pic2017.org

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RT Suspension

Desk Photograph

On January 18th, 2017, Trump tweeted a photograph of himself holding a pen and pad of paper while seated at a desk, stating that he was “writing my inaugural address at the Winter White House” (shown below). Within 24 hours, the tweet gained over 90,000 likes and 19,000 retweets.

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General Grievous is a villainous character from 2005’s Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith who was inserted into various reaction images, image macros, and various meme templates amidst a surge in Star Wars Episode III memes posted to various meme-themed subreddits in early 2017.

Origin

General Grievous appears in the opening battle sequence of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.^[1] There, he fights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker while guarding Chancellor Palpatine.

Spread

In the years following the film’s release, Grievous gained some popularity outside of the Star Wars fandom. He was briefly mentioned in Mr. Plinkett’s review of Revenge of the Sith. Plinkett noted that Grievous was one of many flaws with the opening sequence’s tone and also that he was bafflingly incompetent (seen at about 20 minutes in the video below).

Meme Generator Creation

On February 2nd, 2014, a memegenerator template was created using Grievous’ image,^[2] but the tone of the meme was never established and did not find widespread use.

Grieve-Tan

Grieve-tan is an alternate interpretation of General Grievous from the Star as a Japanese schoolgirl that rose in popularity on 4chan’s /co/ (Comics and Cartoons) board.

This Will Make a Fine Addition to My Collection

In early 2017, an image macro of General Grievous saying “This will make a fine addition to my collection” began growing popular on the /r/dankmemes subreddit. In the original context, Grievous says the line to Obi-wan about his lightsaber before foolishly showing him exactly where he’s keeping it. In the image macros, the line is paired with various captions that alter the context.

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Otamatone Covers are a series of instrumental tributes to various songs and themes performed with an Otamatone, a Japanese electronic musical instrument synthesizer which emits notes out of a plastic head.

Origin

The Otamatone was originally developed in Japan by the toy company CUBE. On August 27th, 2009, the instrument was unveiled in a YouTube video on the Maywadenki channel (shown below, left). On October 9th, the Maywadenki channel uploaded a video of several people performing a cover the traditional English folk song “Greensleeves” played on several Otamatones (shown below). Within eight years, the video gained over 3.4 million views and 3,700 comments.

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On April 4th, 2012, YouTuber Sp4zie uploaded a cover of the “League of Legends”: theme played with an Otamatone (shown below, left). That day, the video reached the front page of /r/leagueoflegends.^[1] On May 29th, 2013, YouTuber leakmilkhkg posted an Otamatone cover of the 2008 pop song “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga (shown below, right).

On January 22nd, 2014, YouTuber Owen Korzec published a cover of the 1991 grunge song “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana played on an Otamatone (shown below, left). On September 8th, YouTuber nelsontyc uploaded an Otamatone cover of the 20th Century Fox Theme (shown below, right).

On June 15th, 2015, YouTuber nelsontyc uploaded a cover of the song “Sandstorm” by Darude played on several Otamatones (shown below, left). On November 30th, YouTuber Kouki posted an Otamatone cover of the theme song for One Punch Man (shown below, right).

On July 3rd, 2016, YouTuber Sakura Novas posted a cover of the “Chocobo Theme” from the Final Fantasy series played on a Otamatone (shown below). One December 8th, the video reached the front page of /r/YouTubeHaiku.^[2] On December 12th, YouTuber mklachu uploaded an Otamatone cover of the song played in the Temmie Village location in Undertale (shown below, right).

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Original panel from Serenity, from which the meme mutated.

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Whoops! Can’t show that in a Christian manga! is a gag censorship meme used for shitposting purposes on discussion sites and image boards such as 4chan.

Origin

The original image comes from the OEL (Original English-Language) manga Serenity, described by TV Tropes as “chronicling Serenity’s ensuing dilemmas as she tries to find peace and meaning in her life through Christianity” following her transfer to a new school.^[1]

A Reddit user on r/OutOfTheLoop explained that the series is “considered by both Christians and atheists to be pretty shitty. It became a meme thanks to 4chan and tumblr which started photoshopping the panel into hentai.”^[2]

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The earliest results on archives of 4chan’s anime and manga board, /a/, point to the meme surfacing in usage around February 2008.^[3] DesuArchive also shows results from /co/ (comics and cartoons) stretching back to 2012.^[4]

The meme also spread to 4chan’s Pokémon board /vp/ from as early as 2014.^[5]

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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 epic space opera film directed by George Lucas that tells the tale of Anakin Skywalker’s turn to the Dark Side of The Force, becoming the iconic Darth Vader.^[1] It is the sixth Star Wars film overall, and the third and final film in the prequel trilogy. Years after its release, the film inspired an ironic fandom and the creation of memes revolving around its characters and dialogue.

History

Lucas began working on the script for Revenge of the Sith before production of Episode II: Attack of the Clones ended. The film began production in 2003 and was released in 2005. Revenge of the Sith broke several box office records during its opening week and went on to earn over $848 million worldwide, making it, at the time, the third-highest-grossing film in the Star Wars franchise. It stars Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Ewan McGregor as Obi-wan Kenobi, and Natalie Portman as Queen Amidala.

Plot

The film opens with Anakin and Obi-wan rescuing Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from the hold of General Grievous and Count Dooku. After a battle, Anakin beheads Dooku at Palpatine’s urging. Then, Anakin reunites with his wife, Queen Amidala, who is pregnant. Anakin has prophetic visions that Amidala will not survive childbirth. Chancellor Palpatine then tantalizes Anakin with knowledge of the Dark Side of the Force, including a way to stop people from dying. Eventually, Palpatine reveals he is Sith Lord Darth Sidious, and brings Anakin to the Dark Side promising the knowledge that only he can save Amidala. Anakin betrays the Jedi and has a climactic showdown with Obi-wan that leaves him scarred and burned while Amidala dies giving birth to Luke and Leia.

Reception

The film received generally positive reviews, particularly in comparison to the first two prequels, which were poorly reviewed. The film has a score of 68 on Metacritic^[2] and a 79 on Rotten Tomatoes.^[3] On Rotten Tomatoes, the critical consensus was “With Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas brings his second Star Wars trilogy to a suitably thrilling and often poignant -- if still a bit uneven -- conclusion.” However, the film was not without its critics, as professional critics and fans alike still bemoaned the dialogue, particularly the love dialogue. In his massive video review of the film, Mr. Plinkett pointed out the love dialogue was more comedic than romantic.

Hayden Christensen’s performance “won” him a second Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor.

Related Memes

I Have the High Ground

The climactic battle between Anakin and Obi-wan inspired the creation of several memes in existing templates. One of the most popular inspirations for memes was a line towards the end of the battle, when Obi-wan gains some leverage on Anakin and says “It’s over Anakin. I have the high ground.” Anakin attempts to jump over Obi-wan, leading to Obi-wan’s victory.

The moment has inspired many image macros, and was parodied in a Robot Chicken sketch in 2016.

General Grievous

General Grievous is a villainous character from 2004’s Star Wars: Clone Wars who later had a more well known role Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Grievous appears at the beginning of the film, where he fights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker while holding Chancellor Palpatine prisoner. He fights Obi-wan in a later scene, where he is killed.

Meme Generator Creation

On February 2nd, 2014, a memegenerator template was created using Grievous’ image,^[4] but the tone of the meme was never established and did not find widespread use.

Grieve-Tan

Grieve-tan is an alternate interpretation of General Grievous from the Star as a Japanese schoolgirl that rose in popularity on 4chan’s /co/ (Comics and Cartoons) board.

This Will Make a Fine Addition to My Collection

In early 2017, an image macro of General Grievous saying “This will make a fine addition to my collection” began growing popular on the /r/dankmemes subreddit. In the original context, Grievous says the line to Obi-wan about his lightsaber before foolishly showing him exactly where he’s keeping it. In the image macros, the line is paired with various captions that alter the context.

“I Am the Senate”

Chancellor Palpatine’s line “I Am the Senate,” which comes at a crucial fight with Samuel L. Jackson’s Mace Windu, inspired memes in 2016, surging again in popularity around the same time as Grievous’ surge in popularity on /r/dankmemes.

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Betsy Devos’ Grizzly Bear Attacks refer to jokes mocking a statement made by entrepreneur Betsy DeVos at her congressional hearing to become head of the Department of Education, during which she defended the presence of firearms in schools to protect students from grizzly bears.

Origin

On January 17th, 2017, Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut asked DeVos if she believed “guns have any place in or around our schools,” to which she responded that it was “best left to locales and states to decide.” When asked to elaborate, DeVos replied that schools in Wyoming might need guns on campus “to protect from potential grizzlies.” That evening, a clip of the grizzly bears statement was tweeted by activist Deray Mckesson, which gained over 6,000 likes and 4,900 retweets within 72 hours.^[4]

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Also on January 17th, 2017, Twitter created a Moments^[2] page titled “Take a look at what happened at Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation Hearing,” which highlighted tweets mocking the grizzly bears comment (shown below).

The following day, Redditor cocakaila submitted an article about the grizzly bears statement to /r/nottheonion,^[1] where it received more than 19,600 points (77% upvoted) and 5,200 comments in 48 hours. On January 19th, Democratic Underground Forums^[5] member ehrnst posted a picture of a bear walking down a school hallway with the caption “Confirm Betsy DeVos As Education Secretary Now!” (shown below).

Meanwhile, Redditor ThePrussianGrippe submitted a post asking “what is with the recent memes about Betsy Devos’ hearing and bears in schools?” to /r/OutOfTheLoop.^[3] That evening, Devos’ statements were mocked in a comedy skit on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and in a monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live (shown below).

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“Artist vs Normal Person” is a chart that depicts the difference between the names of colors between people who are artists and those that are not. It is frequently used to highlight the differences between people with knowledge of a certain subject, and those without said knowledge. People without knowledge are often seen as a Normies by people with this knowledge.

Origin

The image was first posted in March 2011 as part of an Inforgraphic Dump from the marketing blog Kissmetrics Blog.^[1] There the image was used to show the general different perceptions of color between males and females.

Spread

The first notable derivative of the image was posted on Facebook group page of MOURViSiON on June 25th 2014^[2]. The image has the individuals in the original picture swapped and with a caption at the top labeling the male on the left as an “artist” and female on the right as a “normal people”. In the three years since it was uploaded, this post gained over 17,000 likes and 28,000 shares.

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The Slow Mo Guys is a YouTube channel in which Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy film things in extreme slow motion with an expensive camera. The success of their channel has netted them millions of subscribers and their videos regularly gain millions of views.

History

On October 15th, 2010, the duo uploaded their first video to YouTube. It is a trailer for their channel, outlining what they’d be doing every week in future videos. As of January 20th, 2017, the video has over 1.6 million views. The series premiered on November 5th.

Their videos use various Vision Research Phantom high-speed cameras, capable of shooting over 343,000 frames per second.^[1] They quickly became very popular. In April 2011, the channel was voted the winner of YouTube’s On The Rise program. In September 2012, their episode involving crushing watermelons, shown below, was featured on The Tonight Show.

Rooster Teeth Productions

On 20 February 2013, Free confirmed that the series had been picked up by Rooster Teeth and that further episodes would be released on Rooster Teeth’s website in addition to The Slow Mo Guys’ channel.

Awards

The series was nominated for a Webby Award in Best Web Personality/Host (Online Film & Video) in 2016, but lost. At the 2016 Streamy awards, the series won in the Cinematography category.

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Side-eyeing Michelle Obama refers to various images of Michelle Obama appearing to look annoyed during the Inauguration of Donald Trump.

Origin

At about 9:42 AM on January 20th, 2017, Donald Trump arrived at The White House to be sworn in as President of the United States. Upon arrival, Melania Trump gifted Michelle Obama with a Tiffany’s box. Michelle seemed confused with what to do with it for a moment, and briefly glimpsed at a nearby camera.

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The incident was one of several moments captured throughout the day when Michelle Obama appeared irritated by the proceedings, sparking jokes on Twitter.

Throughout the event, Michelle was photographed with expressions that many viewers interpreted as annoyed. USA Today^[1] covered the spread of the jokes, as did Mashable^[2].

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a 2016 epic space opera film set in the Star Wars universe immediately before the events of the original 1977 film Star Wars: A New Hope.

History

On April 7th, 2016, a teaser trailer for the film was released, which gained over 43 million views and 102,200 comments on YouTube (shown below, left). On August 11th, the official theatrical trailer was released (shown below, right). On December 16th, 2016, the film was released in theaters across the United States. In the film, a group of heroes work together to steal the Empire’s plans for the Death Star weapon.

Online Presence

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Controversies

#DumpStarWars

On November 11th, Star Wars: Rogue One screenwriter Chris Weitz posted the Rebellion symbol from the film with a safety pin, along with the message “Star Wars against hate. Spread it." The rumors of the boycott and the hashtag “#DumpStarWars” began to spread when Trump supporter Jack Posobiec^[3] tweeted the hashtag along with an unsubstantiated claim that Star Wars writers had rewritten and reshot the film to include scenes that called Trump a racist.

Reception

The film received mostly positive reviews, having gained an approval rating of 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 65/100 on Metacritic. Within one month of release, the film grossed upwards of $980 million worldwide.

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Imperial Droid C2-B5

Imperial Droid C2-B5 is an astromech robot in Rogue One, which resembles a black-plated version of the droid R2-D2 from previous Star Wars films.

I Am One With the Force and the Force Is With Me

“"I Am One With the Force and the Force Is With Me":http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-am-one-with-the-force-and-the-force-is-with-me” is a mantra chanted by the character Chirrut Îmwe (played by Donnie Yen) in Rogue One, which he repeats to focus himself and remain calm during an intense or difficult situation.

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“I Am One With the Force and the Force Is With Me” is a mantra chanted by the character Chirrut Îmwe (played by Donnie Yen) in the 2016 Star Wars film Star Wars: Rogue One, which he repeats to focus himself and remain calm during an intense or difficult situation.

Origin

In the film Star Wars: Rogue One, released in theaters December 16, 2016, Îmwe chants the phrase “I am one with the force and the force is with me” while battling enemy opponents or walking into a battlefield.

The same day the film was released, The Galactic Republic Facebook^[7] page posted an image of Îmwe battling a Stormtrooper with the caption “When you are one with the Force and the Force is with you” (shown below).

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On December 18th, 2016, the @starwarsfacts_^[6] Instagram feed posted a photograph of Îmwe captioned with the mantra (shown below, left). Over the next month, the post gained over 25,600 notes. Two days later, a photograph of Chirrut Îmwe captioned with the mantra was uploaded to Imgur^[3] (shown below, right).

Meanwhile, the Star Wars Memes Facebook^[8] page highlighted a photoshop picture of Han Solo telling Îmwe “That’s not how the force works” in response to his mantra (shown below, left). On December 21st, the @starwarsstuff^[2] Twitter feed posted two Bart Simpson’s chalkboard images featuring Îmwe writing his mantra repeatedly (shown below, right).

The same day, YouTuber Mehlencon uploaded a clip of the Star Wars scene edited with a clip from the music video “We Are Number One” (shown below, left). On December 24th, YouTuber Williams Justin uploaded a video in which he repeats the mantra for approximately five minutes (shown below, right).

That day, the women’s interest blog Bustle^[1] published an article about the quote’s popularity among Star Wars fans. On December 26th, Redditor kalchulainn posted a multi-pane image featuring several characters from the Star Wars franchise captioned with the mantra to /r/StarWars^[4] (shown below).

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Chris Jericho (real name Christopher Keith Irvine) is a Canadian professional wrestler, musician, and media personality signed since 1999 to World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Among wrestling fans, Jericho is known for his over-the-top, rockstar-like personality and his multiple WWE Championship runs. Outside of wrestling, Jericho is known as the lead vocalist for heavy metal group Fozzy, his podcast Talk is Jericho, and his work in television and writing.

History

Wrestling Career

Jericho first began wrestling in 1990, training under Ed Langley and local Calgary wrestler Brad Young. Alongside fellow wrestler Lance Storm, Jericho would first wrestle around local Calgary promotions, such as Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling. From 1991–1995, Jericho would travel outside Canada and wrestle in various foreign promotions such as Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Japanese promotion Wrestle Association R^[1]. In 1995, Jericho started wrestling in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). From 1996-1998, Jericho wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as a cruiserweight. In 1999, Jericho signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), making his debut on RAW in August 29.

Since then, Jericho has had multiple runs in the WWE as a nine-time Intercontinental Champion, a three-time World Heavyweight Champion, and the first-ever WWE Undisputed Champion^[3]. As of January 9, 2017, Jericho is the current United States Champion, defeating Roman Reigns for the title.

Music Career

Jericho began his music career in 1999, forming the heavy metal band Fozzy^[2] alongside guitarist Rich Ward. Fozzy has released six studio albums, with a seventh coming along the way.

Online History

Jericho has a significant following on his Twitter @IAmJericho, with over 3.04 million followers as of February 2017.^[3]

Related Memes and Catchphrases

List of 1,004 Holds

On the March 30, 1998 edition of WCW Monday Nitro, Jericho challenged Dean Malenko in an in-ring promo; Malenko claimed to be “The Man of 1,000 Holds”, so Jericho challenged that claim and proceeded to read a long list of 1,004 different wrestling holds. Jericho would continue to go through his list even past commercial breaks, until he was finally interrupted by another wrestler. The promo has since been the subject of parody, with wrestling fans often repeating the hold “armbar.” Jericho himself has parodied his promo, doing a variation where he names all the wrestlers he’s beaten.

JeriTroll

JeriTroll is an image macro series featuring an image of professional wrestler Chris Jericho, usually with overlaid text that depicts acts of trolling or deception. “JeriTroll” is also the name given to the act of Chris Jericho trolling wrestling fans.

ASKHIM

ASKHIM is a trend of Jericho’s whereby he shouts at the referee while engaging his opponent in a submission hold, demanding that the referee ask the opponent to submit. In online discussion, the term is frequently used when referencing Jericho.

A Youtube video uploaded by user DamnMan90 in May 2009 features a compilation of “Ask Him” moments.^[5]

UrbanDictionary has a definition for “Ask Him”, also added in 2009, and defines the term thusly:^[6]

Awesome phrase, said to be WWE Wrestler Chris Jericho’s favourite sentence. Every match he applies a submission hold and shouts it every 5 seconds. He even did it once when it wasn’t a match and there was no ref in sight.

Jericho applies the Walls of Jericho
Chris Jericho: ASKHIM!

Opponent doesn’t submit
Chris Jericho: C’mon Ref, ASKHIM!

Stupid Idiot

In his 2015-2016 run in the WWE, Jericho took to calling his enemies a “stupid idiot,” which fans reacted very positively. Notably, at the Monday Night Raw after Wrestlemania XXXII, Jericho called the crowd “stupid idiots,” and they began chanting “We are idiots!”^[7] (The clip is shown below among other “stupid idiot” moments.)

The List of Jericho

On September 19th, 2016, Jericho introduced “The List of Jericho,” which was originally intended to be a list of grievances he had against Mick Foley, but later turned into a list of people who annoy him (aka “Stupid Idiots”). Though unrelated, fans noted the list hearkened back to the “1,004 Holds” list Jericho used in his Malenko feud.^[8] The List of Jericho was incredibly popular with fans, who would often cheer loudly when Jericho screamed “You just made the list!”

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The Cosby (pseudonym, “No Relation”) is an anon account popular on Twitter for political and social commentary. The page is seemingly run by a male Hip-hop enthusiast who discusses music with similar passion and knowledge. The profile picture changes but always features a koala bear.

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A Mii is a free-form digital avatar used in Nintendo’s Wii, Wii U, Switch and Nintendo 3DS gaming consoles. The Mii concept allows users to develop a likeness (or a caricature) of themselves, other people, or invented characters. After creating a Mii using the Mii Channel on a Wii or the Mii Maker application on a Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, or Switch, Miis can be used as playable characters in various titles for each of the named consoles. The word “Mii” is often thought to be a portmanteau of “Wii” and “me”.

Origin

Nintendo’s first public debut of free-form personal avatar software was at the Game Developers Conference in 1997, during the Nintendo 64 era. There, Shigeru Miyamoto said that the personal avatar concept had originally been intended as a Famicom game, where a user could draw a face onto an avatar. Miyamoto commented that the concept could not be turned into a game and the concept was suspended.

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Related Subcultures and Sites

The Mii Channel

Mii Channel is an avatar creator, where users can design 3D caricatures of people called Miis by selecting from a group of facial and bodily features. At the Game Developers Conference 2007, Shigeru Miyamoto explained that the look and design of the Mii characters are based on Kokeshi, a form of Japanese doll used as souvenir gifts.

Mii Maker

The Mii Maker is the app that allows Mii creation on the Nintendo 3DS. It can each store up to 100 Mii characters. It is also possible to see other Mii characters from TV shows and games. The Mii Maker installed on the Nintendo 3DS can use facial recognition to generate a Mii, which selects facial features based on a photograph of a person’s face taken with the system’s cameras.

Tomadachi Life

Tomodachi Life is a life simulation video game for the Nintendo 3DS handheld console which takes place on the virtual Chin island inhabited by Nintendo Mii^[1] digital avatars. The game gained interest on the English-speaking web after Nintendo announced a North American release in April 2014.

Miiverse

Miitomo is a free-to-play social networking application developed by Nintendo for Android and iOS. The app allows players to converse using Miis, Nintendo’s avatars, by having their Mii ask them questions and then the Mii repeats the answers when it is asked by another player’s Mii. It is Nintendo’s first mobile app.

Miitomo

Miiverse is a social network operated by Nintendo. It is split into communities for specific franchises, and can be further grouped into specific games.

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Lonk

Lonk, an intentional misspelling of “Link,” is a Nintendo Mii avatar based on the protagonist character from the video game series The Legend of Zelda. Lonk can be seen as a fan-made alter ego of the officially licensed character, in a similar fashion to other corrupted versions of iconic video game and cartoon characters like Sanic (Sonic the Hedgehog), Mayro (Mario) and Dolan (Donald Duck).

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Headlines such as “White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds” from CNN (source: http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/21/media/sean-spicer-press-secretary-statement/) have lead to twitter users attributing other false statements to Sean Spicer (Trump’s press secretary).

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BigJB21/god i wish that were me is an screenshot of a comment on DeviantArt depicting user BigJB21 saying “god i wish that were me”.

Origin

On October 16th, 2012, DeviantArt user BigJB21 commented “god i wish that were me” on DeviantArt submission “Fulfillment” by misssusan002.

Edits of the photo contain an image of a character or event with BigJB21’s comment under it. The combination of his comment and his depressed looking face conveys the idea that BigJB21 is somewhat of a loser, making just about any image you edit him to react to work comedically. Frequently the image is used in combination with a picture where a person is committing suicide or is being killed, though there are some where it’s more positive, or just bizarre. As far as anyone knows, the first usage of the comment was on sub-reddit r/CringeyAnarchy around a year ago. User CrimsonBlue90 posted a picture of a 3D model depicting a mother holding a baby with a very small head and included the “god i wish that were me” comment under it. Another thread was posted by Anonymous-IGNorant on IGN message boards around the same time.

Little is known about BigJB21 himself, however, a screenshot taken of his profile before it was deactivated (sometime around June 2016) reveals he was 25, his real name was James Boyce and he enjoyed Minecraft and Pokemon. On a creepier note, the screenshot also showed that he had a collection of diaper fetish related images called “diapered kids”. Because of the submission he posted on, Reddit users have theorized he may have had a “deep rooted maternal connection fetish.” or that because of his weight he may have craved being small so bad it had become his fetish.

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At the, it’s very difficult to pin down exactly which site the meme began to spread.

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SuperMarioLogan refers to a YouTube channel made by a Floridian man named Logan Thirtyace. The channel relatively uploads Mario plush videos. The channel has constantly reused many memes in their videos.

Origin

SML started on December 7, 2008 with a video titled SUPERMARIOGOTMILK, a reenactment of the Super Mario 64 “Got Milk” commercial. In Logan’s Draw My Life video, he states that he had started YouTube because of his brother Lance as he told him that his friends found YouTube and made videos.

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SML gained popularity in 2008 after they uploaded a series premiere called “Mario and Luigi’s stupid and dumb adventures”. This included concept such as the meme Mama Luigi as one of the main characters. In 2009, the channels uploaded videos dubbed “SML Movies”. In 2012, The channel started to make what is called by fans “Bowser, Junior and Chef Pee Pee Videos” which marked the debut of Chef Pee Pee, the chef/slave of Bowser who gets bothered by him and Junior all the time.

In 2016, the original character “Jeffy” was created, which made the channel more popular and on October 22, 2016, the channel had hit 1,000,000 subscribers