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Who Is 'The Cool Autistic Gamer 774' And Is He On The 'Smiling Friends' Team? The Viral YouTuber Explained
Conspiracy theories are swirling around a growing YouTuber with a Smiling Friends clips channel as his truly original watermarking practices go viral on social media.
The YouTuber is known as The Cool Autistic Gamer 774 and his bizarre approach to uploading clips, along with his voice, has some people believing he either works for the Smiling Friends production team or that he's Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland. But is any of this true? Here's what we know.
Who Is 'The Cool Autistic Gamer 774' On YouTube?
At the end of May 2024, The Cool Autistic Gamer 774 began uploading clips from the popular Adult Swim series Smiling Friends to his channel. In just under a month, the YouTuber uploaded just over a dozen clips to the channel, each gaining thousands to hundreds of thousands of views. However, these uploads aren't just your average Smiling Friends clips.
Instead, the YouTuber changes the clips up slightly by organically editing his logo/mascot (a crudely drawn character that somewhat resembles Morty from Rick and Morty) into the end of the clip, such as by slapping it over another character's face or having the mascot walk onto the scene, thank viewers for watching and ask them to like and subscribe.
The appearances of the mascot have gotten more and more elaborate with every video, starting as a simple 2D JPEG and evolving into a 3D model with a lip-synced mouth that interacts with the scene.
How Is Social Media Reacting To 'The Cool Autistic Gamer 774?'
This month, clips of The Cool Autistic Gamer 774's videos started circulating on social media. More specifically, the clips of the YouTuber's mascot watermark appearing in the scenes began to spread, as many found it to be a bizarre, funny and original way to watermark your clips.
Some also found the consistent upgrades in the quality of the watermark interesting, noting the editor's skills and wondering if he's secretly on the Smiling Friends team.
Others began to suspect he may be Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland due to the similarities in their voices, although currently, nobody actually knows the identity of The Cool Autistic Gamer 774.
Now, the YouTuber's mascot has become the subject of fan art and memes as fans rally for him to be included in a future episode of Smiling Friends, thinking he would fit perfectly into the show's bizarre universe.
There's no way cool autistic gamer 774 isn't someone on the actual smiling friends team pic.twitter.com/EvZXQGnr47
— lemon💿 (@lem0ncore) June 18, 2024
For the full history of The Cool Autistic Gamer 774 be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.
