Feathers McGraw Pushes a Lever
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About
Feathers McGraw Pushes a Lever, also known as Feathers McGraw Gaming, refers to a series of memes based on two clips of the Wallace & Gromit penguin character Feathers McGraw pulling a lever and wiping away sweat, with a clip of intense gameplay usually included in-between. The format achieved virality on X / Twitter in early 2025 as users paired the clips with gameplay of various games.
Origin
On November 21st, 2024, the trailer for the stop-motion animated comedy film Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl premiered[1] (shown below). In the trailer, a shot of the penguin character Feathers McGraw manipulating a contraption by pushing a lever is shown, followed by another shot of the character wiping away sweat from his forehead.
On November 27th, 2024, the WallaceAndGromit account uploaded both clips as GIFs to Tenor[2][3] (shown below).
On January 13th, 2025, X[4] user @scakboey posted a meme based on the clips, putting a clip intense Puyo Puyo gameplay between them. The upload (shown below) received over 1,900 reposts and 12,000 likes in two days.
the tetris player: https://t.co/mrLRdkq1r1 pic.twitter.com/sKEYzSXlFQ
— scakboey (@scakboey) January 14, 2025
Spread
The post was followed by other users on X posting similar memes which imagining Feathers McGraw as a tryhard gamer. For example, on January 14th, 2025, X[5] user @BlurryIsMe_ posted a Five Nights at Freddy's meme that received over 1,300 reposts and 7,500 likes in one day.
the fnaf player: https://t.co/L0z8XpQtQI pic.twitter.com/D4GsbgS3EL
— Blurry (@BlurryIsMe_) January 14, 2025
Later on January 14th, 2025, X[6] user @Rockslide_Rush posted a Pizza Tower version of the meme that received over 490 reposts and 2,300 likes in one day.
The Noise player: https://t.co/rBpXClqyBm pic.twitter.com/xGypTpUTlS
— dog (@Rockslide_Rush) January 15, 2025
Various Examples
the mario player: https://t.co/9166qmIWP1 pic.twitter.com/5sKhjTtH9W
— Sr Pozo (@SrPozo777) January 15, 2025
the nintendo luigi-man ps4 remaster player: https://t.co/PolUhZ3P4H pic.twitter.com/aGQ1MdDYFS
— Ｔｒｉｋｉ－Ｔｒ 0 ｙ 🥛🍪 – COMMISSIONS 0PEN! (@Triki_Tr0y) January 15, 2025
Templates
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External References
[1] YouTube – Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Official Trailer | Netflix
[2] Tenor – Pushing Lever Feathers Mcgraw GIF
[3] Tenor – Sweating Feathers Mcgraw GIF
[5] X – @BlurryIsMe_
[6] X – @Rockslide_Rush
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