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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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] 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. [4]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.[5][6][7][8] On the same date, Tumblr user Scarfydog posted a video on Tumblr featuring the same clip made into a Dear Sister Parody.[9] 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.

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Trivia[]

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

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