Luigi's Death Stare

Luigi doing his "Death Stare".

Not to be confused with Weegee

Luigi's Death Stare is a internet meme about Luigi in Mario Kart 8 doing a "death stare" at his opponents (similar to Weegee's Death Stare) after either passing them, hitting them with his vehicle, or knocking them out with a weapon from the item box. He also gave his opponents death stares if they attacked him.

History

Luigi's Death Stare started out as a video called Waluigi vs Luigi. The video was posted by a YouTuber named Rizupicorr on May 30, 2014. The video showed Luigi knocking out Waluigi with a Green Shell, then doing a "Death Stare" at him. The video gained 60,000 views. Another Video called Luigi's Death Stare was posted by a YouTuber named Mega Beardo on the same day the other one was posted. This video showed Luigi trying to overtake his older brother Mario. The video gained 5,000 views.

Web usage

The meme did not grow to be popular until May 31, 2014 when a YouTuber named CZbwoi made a parody of it using the original clip, which showed the scene while playing the 2006 song Ridin' by Chamillionaire. On June 2, 2014, the video gained 40,000 views and 11,000 likes.

Luigi's "death stare" further grew in popularity after a post titled "Luigi Death Stare" featuring a GIF of the scene was posted to Reddit's r/gaming board on June 1. The post received a positive reception from the community, garnering over 3,000 upvotes and over 800 comments, enticing other users to post parodies of their own. The topic was soon brought up on a number of different gaming forums and news sites, such as The Independent, IGN, Polygon and Pixelitis. On the same date, Tumblr user Scarfydog posted a video on Tumblr featuring the same clip made into a Dear Sister Parody. Within 48 hours, the post managed to gain more than 95,000 notes. The video became so popular that it was featured on Fox 5 News.

See also

• Weegee

Trivia

• The name itself is similar to Weegee's Death Stare.