| Robbie Rotten | |
|---|---|
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| Vital statistics | |
| Gender | Male |
| French | Robbie Pourri |
| Spanish | Robbie Podrido |
| German | Freddie Faulig |
| Japanese | ロビー・ロットン (Robī Rotton) |
| Italian | Robbie Marcio |
| Korean | 로비 로텐 (Lobi Loten) |
| Arabic | روبي روتن (Rubi Rutin) |
| Chinese | 罗比·罗腾 (Luóbǐ Luóténg) |
| Species | Human |
| Date Created | 1999 |
| Origin | Glanni Glæpur í Latabæ (Robbie Rotten in LazyTown) LazyTown |
| Family | Bobby Rotten (clone) Flobby Rotten (clone) Tobby Rotten (clone) |
| Friends | Bobby Rotten Flobby Rotten Tobby Rotten |
Robbie Rotten is the main villain in LazyTown, an Icelandic TV series and children's program, and appears in music videos We Are Number One and You Are A Pirate. He is played by the late Stefán Karl Stefánsson. He loves little kids and works with Herbert. Bobby, his clone, once caught him with a net. Robbie is considered the supervillain due to his ruthless, greedy and lazy, yet goofy, eccentric and silly personality and is thus considered the arch-nemesis of the series' main protagonists, Sportacus and Stephanie, who promote exercise, healthy eating and an active and healthy lifestyle. His favorite pastimes include eating junk food and watching TV. Robbie has fair skin, green-grey eyes, and black hair appearance. He usually wears a two-piece suit of maroon and purple with gold pinstripes, formal shoes, a navy blue shirt with cuffs and cuff links. He is the tallest character of this TV series. He believes everyone is great and we are all number one, not just himself. Stefán died by a disease he caught and that sadly had to stop the series of LazyTown. Everyone will still remember him and the amazing acts and the song We Are Number One. He is also the series' primary comic relief character.
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In December 2016, the song was performed live by Stefán and the other Robbies in a tribute to the many remixers. The meme's popularity reached a new high, leading to Reddit forum r/dankmemes users to name it Meme of the Year. For comparison, 2015's Meme of the Year was John Cena, so it's pretty clear that memes have improved a bit since then.
Stefán's diagnosis and death[]
Stefán Karl Stefánsson, who plays Robbie, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2016. He began a GoFundMe page so others could donate to help his family and his recovery. The meme surge helped the GoFundMe page pass $110,000 and the surgery was successful. However, the disease was still there and he refused to have further adjuvant therapy.
In March 2018, Stefán Karl's cancer was diagnosed as inoperable. He stated that he was undergoing chemotherapy to prolong his life. However, in April 2018, he announced that he had chosen to discontinue chemotherapy, and then proceeded to shut down all his social media accounts afterwards.
Stefán Karl Stefánsson died on 21 August 2018 at the age of 43 of bile duct cancer.
External references[]
- Wikipedia - Robbie Rotten
- https://www.gofundme.com/2tm9tqk
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