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Part of a series on Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. [View Related Entries]


viral animation from early days of youtube involving solid snake and crab

Crab Battle

Part of a series on Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. [View Related Entries]

Updated Dec 09, 2020 at 05:22AM EST by andcallmeshirley.

Added Dec 08, 2020 at 03:12PM EST by Adam.

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About

Crab Battle is the name of a well-known animated parody of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater in which Snake gets in a fight with a crab. Since the animation was first uploaded in 2005 to Newgrounds, it has gained millions of views and been referenced numerous times across social media.

Origin

On May 24th, 2005, Newgrounds user Christopher Boe posted a flash animation called "MGS 3: Crab Battle" to the site.[1] It was featured on the site that day and gained over 1.9 million views on the platform in nearly sixteen years. On April 18th, 2006, it was uploaded to YouTube by user Aaron Hardbarger, gaining over 2.5 million views in nearly fifteen years (shown below).



Spread

The video quickly became popular across the internet. A definition for "Crab Battle" was added to Urban Dictionary[2] on May 29th, 2005, five days after the video was published (shown below).


y f > TOP DEFINITION Crab Battle 1. A hilarious flash video based on the game series "Metal Gear Solid." Google "Crab Battle" to view. %3D 2. When one man meets a Cave Demon. 1. "Ergh...C.CRAB BATTLE!!!" 2. "Ergh...C..CRAB BATTLE!!!" by Mehro May 29, 2005

It also became a common reference in image macros and video parodies of crabs looking intimidating or holding weapons. Several image macros captioned "Crab Battle" have appeared on Cheezburger. [3][4]


CRAB BATTLE! ICANHASCHEEZBURGER.COM CRAB BATTLE! ICANHASCHEIZEURGER.COM

On July 13th, 2016, Tumblr user dragonmuses[5] posted a parody of Crab Battle by playing Metal Gear music over a video of a crab with a knife, gaining over 100,000 notes (shown below).


https://dragonmuses.tumblr.com/post/147341224253

Various Examples


LIFE 41 96 CIGS e Vitia Simonen BATtel ATTLE CRAB Detectiy arca CRAB BATTLE!!! ICANHASCHEEZBURGER.COM

Search Interest

External References

[1] Newgrounds – MGS 3: Crab Battle

[2] Urban Dictionary – Crab Battle

[3] Cheezburger – Crab Battle

[4] Cheezburger – Crab Battle

[5] Tumblr – dragonmuses

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