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Galeem's Laser Parodies refers to photoshops and video remixes made in parody of a moment from a trailer for Super Smash Brothers Ultimate in which the villain Galeem from the Adventure Mode of the game fires lasers which vaporize much of the game's roster, save for Kirby.

Origin

On November 1st, 2018, Nintendo streamed the final Nintendo Direct for Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. In the Direct, a cinematic trailer for the game's Adventure Mode called "World of Light" aired. In the trailer, the entire roster appears ready to begin an epic battle when a black hole appears and a villainous entity named Galeem shoots out beams of light which vaporize nearly the entire roster.

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The day of the trailer, people posted photoshops referencing the scene. For example, on Tumblr, user enecoo posted an image of Sans getting vaporized, gaining over 6,600 notes (shown below, left). Twitter user ShinSmashega posted a photoshop of Tom Nook from Animal Crossing getting vaporized gaining over 17,000 retweets and 40,000 likes (shown below, right).

People also made object labeling memes of the scene. Redditor Slundothegreat posted an object-labeled GIF to /r/Splatoon that gained over 1,200 points (shown below, left). Twitter user @AWDtwit posted an object-labeling meme gaining over 180 retweets and 670 likes (shown below, right).

Some video remixes also appeared parodying the scene. For example, YouTuber An Odd World of Mine posted a Rev Up Those Fryers parody, gaining over 9,200 views (shown below, left). On November 3rd, YouTuber Gentleman Palutena posted a Brian's Death parody (shown below, right).

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