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I Can't Believe Sonic The Hedgehog Is Fucking Dead

I Can't Believe Sonic The Hedgehog Is Fucking Dead

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About

I Can't Believe Sonic the Hedgehog Is Fucking Dead is a popular snowclone used to jokingly claim that a fictional character has died. The original featured Sonic the Hedgehog and since went on to become popularly used in other fandoms.

Origin

The earliest known example of this phrase appeared on Steam on December 20th, 2012 using a screenshot from Sonic Adventure 2 of Sonic lying in front of a gravestone[5] (shown below).


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Spread

In the following months, the phrase was used as a copypasta online. On April 20th, 2013, a post submitted to DeviantArt by user ArsonNoir with the title (shown below, left). On August 25th, 2013, a tweet posted by Twitter user @fanfiction_txt reading "I can't believe Sonic the Hedgehog is fucking dead" gained over 440 retweets and 360 likes (shown below, right).


RIP 1991-2013 Fanfiction_txt @fanfiction txt Follow I can't believe Sonic the Hedgehog is f------ dead 7:52 PM-25 Aug 2013 447 Retweets 368 Likes 16 th 447 368

Over the following years, the phrase became a snowclone relating to other subcultures. One of the most popular was Steven Universe. On August 9th, Imgur user MaxiGamer posted text with the snowclone (shown below, left). The same day, a video appeared on YouTube with the title (shown below, right). On August 12th, a thread about the spread of the meme was posted to /r/StevenUniverse.[3] A thread about the phrase being applied to different characters appeared on /r/OutOfTheLoop on August 10th.[4]


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Various Examples


RIP DOMINIQUE ???-M41.999 I can't believe Dominique is f------ dead ICant Believe Sonic Hhe Hedgeho s fuching dead laturally Cholesterol Frees en 70% Vegetable Oil Spread Do at en tacnnt IETWT1B/453 DigiSun(commissions open) @DigitalsunLite Follow I still can't believe Mario is f------ dead 9:46 AM 12 Jun 2018 173 Retweets 515 Likes 010 173 515
BELIEVE CHRONO IS F------ DEAD CAN'T BEIEVE MARIO IS F------ DEAD I DIDN'T SEE HIM, MAN HE WAS SO SMALL. TODAY, INM GONNA TEACH YOU HOuW TO F--- UP AND I STEPPED ON HIM ICAN'T BELIEVE IT. SONIC ADVENTURE 2 аде. CANNON'S CORE RANI ANI ANI, ANK DE AD TOTAL AINGS 3689 Select Confirm Back

External References

[1] reddit – Search Results

[2] Twitter – I can't believe @EtikaWNetwork is fucking dead.

[3] Reddit – Could someone explain to me the origin of the "I CAN'T BELIEVE STEVEN IS FUCKING DEAD" meme?

[4] Reddit – What's the origin of the "I can't believe _____ is fucking dead" meme thing?

[5] Steam – i can't believe sonic the hedgehog is ♥♥♥♥ing dead

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