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Game of Thrones Opening Parodies are satirical remakes of the opening title sequence for the HBO drama series Game of Thrones, which features a three-dimensional map of the fictional continents Westeros and Essos.

Origin

On March 29th, 2012, YouTuber anamanaguchi uploaded a parody of the sequence titled "Game of Fuckin' Thrones," which gained over 1.6 million views and 1,400 comments.

Spread

On March 12th, 2013, YouTuber letsgetfrinky uploaded a parody of the Game of Thrones edited as if it were released in the mid-1990s (shown below, left). Over the next four years, the video gathered upwards of 5.6 million views and 4,400 comments. On April 4th, 2014, the social media management platform Hootsuite released a social media-themed parody of the Game of Thrones opening (shown below, right). Within three years, the video gained over one million views and 380 comments.

On April 8th, 2015, YouTuber Steven Jase uploaded a parody featuring the world map from the 1991 Super Nintendo game Super Mario World (shown below, left). On April 12th, the gaming news site GameNGuide published an article titled "The Best Game Of Thrones Opening Sequence Parody Videos Ever." On June 13th, Funny or Die released a homemade version of the intro sequence (shown below, right).

On April 23rd, 2016, the tech news site PC Mag^[2] published a listicle titled "12 Game of Thrones Parodies That Will Forever Ruin the Show for You." On July 13th, YouTuber Paweł Zadrożniak uploaded a video of the opening theme song from the show played on a series of floppy disk drives (shown below).

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