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Internet iceberg meme2/21/2023 ![]() “It’s a fun song to remix and mashup, that’s for sure,” Lead singer Steve Harwell told the Daily Dot back in January of 2017. The band has taken the meme of the song fairly well. There are countless remixes of the song, each seemingly more bizarre than the last. However, i t really took on a second life when it was used during the title sequence of the first Shrek. 4 spot on the charts when it was released in 1999 and was featured in the film Mystery Men. Twiliscael/mlpforums Twiliscael/mlpforums 5) All Star Twiliscael/mlpforumsĪlthough not exclusively a Shrek meme, the song All Star by Smash Mouth has become so associated with the character that it’s hard to think of one without the other. ![]() For instance, at least two couples have dressed as Shrek and Fiona for their weddings. ![]() But these guys take things to a whole new level. Obviously, the movies were insanely popular, which means a lot of people like Shrek. It’s a great place to hang out if you say, wanna hear a Shrek remix of “Call Me Maybe” o r see some Lord Farquaad puns. In fact, there’s a separate Shrek section on the mlp (my little pony) fan forum site. The word itself is a portmanteau of “Bro” and “Ogre” and is probably meant as a parody of “Bronies”, a word used to refer to male fans of the cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. 4) Brogres Know your memeĪ “Brogre” just to refers to a, usually adult male, mega Shrek fan. If you find this whole thing to be extremely messed up and confusing, that just means you get the point. It accumulated nearly 12 million views, but it has since been deleted. On March 18, 2014, a user named Sykotic created a 3D animation of the original story and uploaded it to YouTube. Know your meme Know your memeĪnd some kid probably got in a lot of trouble for spray painting the phrase in their school library during senior prank week. This lead to a number of similar stories being posted to 4chan and beyond, and soon people started creating fan art. Not surprisingly the original story came from 4chan. If you’re talking about Shrek memes, this one is too big to leave out, but be warned: If you don’t want to read about an ogre having sex with kids, you might want to move along. The whole point seems to be to write something as upsetting as possible. While Shrek + Shadow is a harmless, if somewhat cringey, bit of fun, Shrek is love, Shrek is life, is a far more disturbing fan creation. cmara/deviantart 3) Shrek is love, Shrek is life cmara/deviantart Whether romantic overtones were intended on not, this is the internet, and people picked up the thread, turning Shrek and Shadow into a romance for the ages… or at least a soft core porn. Because you’re always by my side and because…because…” cmara/deviantart Tears ran down on Shadow’s cheeks as he said, “I don’t want to lose you because you’re my friend. Despite being entitled “Shadow begs Shrek” the author insisted there were no romantic or sexual overtones. The story is about a deep friendship between the two characters. ![]() ![]() 17, 2010, when an artist going by the name Cmara uploaded a story about Shrek and Shadow to DeviantArt, complete with artwork. It’s the kind of nonsensical, absurdly funny fanfiction pairing that the internet loves. Why Shrek got paired with Shadow the Hedgehog, the dark anti-hero from the Sega game series, is anyone’s guess. If there’s one thing the Internet loves almost as much as cat videos, it’s creating relationships between fictional characters (otherwise known as shipping). ![]()
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