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Bigweld is a character from the 2005 animated film Robots. He is an entrepreneur in Rivet Town and owner of Bigweld Industries, eventually joining with the film's protagonists to fight against the evil Ratchet, who has taken over the company for greed. In the late 2010s, the character was used in a variety of shitposts.

Origin

In the 2005 film Robots, which features a world populated by sentient robots, Bigweld is the benevolent creator of Bigweld Industries, the premiere destination for aspiring inventors. His company is overtaken by his villainous partner Ratchet, and it is up to Rodney Copperpot to join forces with Bigweld to foil his plans. Bigweld is voiced by Mel Brooks.

Spread

It was not until 2017 that Bigweld began seeing use in memes, though none grew particularly popular. Early Bigweld memes include a January 20th, 2017 post by racist_squirrel on /r/dankmemes^[1] that gained over 80 points (shown below, left) and a post to /r/MemeEconomy^[2] on February 1st, 2017 that gained over 110 points (shown below, right).

Around the same time, Bigweld saw some spread in YouTube remixes. On April 3rd, 2017, user Actionwill65 posted an ear rape meme featuring Bigweld, gaining over 4,500 views (shown below, left). On July 19th, YouTuber Laimo posted a remix of a Robots scene featuring Bigweld that gained over 19,000 views (shown below, right).

The character began trending on meme-focused subreddits in late January of 2019. For example, a January 29th, 2019 post to /r/memes by user northeasttext gained over 550 points (shown below, left). An Expand Dong edit posted to /r/expanddong on January 20th gained over 2,000 points (shown below, right).

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