Demoman Finds Out
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Demoman Finds Out refers to a series of videos in which Team Fortress 2 character Demoman discovers that Spy and other characters are secretly furries, or have other specific inclinations. Originating from a viral 15.ai -generated audio, the trend gained popularity on Twitter and YouTube in January 2021.
Origin
On January 9th, 2021, Twitter[1] user @Piemations posted a 46 second audio clip in which Team Fortress 2 character Demoman confronts Spy about a fursona drawing he found in his locker, with Demoman's and Spy's dialogue vocalized with 15.ai text-to-speech generator. The video received over 266,000 views, 9,600 retweets and 31,800 likes in one month (shown below).
spy and demo discuss a drawing
made with 15ai pic.twitter.com/L0UHbOZazT— Mike 🥨 (@Piemations) January 10, 2021
- Spy? What is this drawing?
- Ahh, that… That's not mine.
- It was in your locker!
- I didn't draw it!
- Spy!
- Someone put it there!
- No, listen!
- I don't draw stuff like that.
- You drew it, you bloody liar! You signed it!
- Oh… Did I sign it?
- Spy. Why did you draw yourself as a buff two-legged wolf person?
- That's my fursona.
- Your fucking what?
- His name is Dutch! He's my fursona!
- What the fuck is a fursona?
- I roleplay as a soft, shy, wolf boy on Twitter.
- You act like a dog on the internet?
- Dutch is a wolf! But yes, whatever, I just like to be cute.
- Cute?
- Yes.
- You just like to be cute?
- Yes!
- Do you think I didn't notice the fat, fucking bulge in his pants?
- uWu.
- What?
- What?
- What the fuck was that?
- Nothing! Nothing!
- What did you say?
- I didn't say anyth-
Spread
Starting on January 10th, 2021, a number of animated videos which used the audio were posted online. On January 10th, 2021, Twitter[2] user @RandyBnipsVRC posted a version created in VRChat that received over 57,000 views in one month. On the same day, Twitter[3] user @andersonanimate posted a version created in Source Filmmaker that gained over 194,000 views in the same period (shown below). On January 11th, 2021, YouTuber[4] SilentManJoe posted another SFM version of the meme that gained over 440,000 views in one month.
Spy is a furry.
Audio from: https://t.co/swRoAHDp5m & @Piemations
Spy furry drawing: kenket
{ #sfm #tf2 } pic.twitter.com/lvdOGNZmlf— Alexander Gaebel (@andersonanimate) January 10, 2021
Following the viral spread of @Piemations and video remakes in the following days, multiple users on Twitter and YouTube posted audio and video clips of Demoman discovering other Team Fortress 2 characters having certain inclinations created with 15.ai. For example, on January 10th, 2021, Twitter[5] user @snooz_ey posted one of the earliest derivative memes within the format (shown below).
— Snooz Ey (@snooz_ey) January 10, 2021
The format maintained notable popularity online in mid-January 2021, with multiple viral versions posted on Twitter and YouTube during that period.
Various Examples
— Argon (ArgonMarten) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArgonMarten/status/1348417090110287874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/M6x6qdcEku">pic.twitter.com/M6x6qdcEku</a></p>— Alaxe (Alaxe_) January 18, 2021
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Twitter – @Piemations
[2] Twitter – @RandyBnipsVRC
[3] Twitter – @andersonanimate
[4] YouTube – Demo finds Spy's Fursona
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