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I Outrank You, In This Scenario is a catchphrase derived from a custom Super Mario themed van depicting NES-era Mario saying to Bowser, "That's a ma girl," and Bowser saying to Mario, "I outrank you in this scenario," the letters of which are combined when the van door opens to show Mario next to Princess Peach, saying, "Thank you, Mario." The van was originally posted to Reddit in November 2017 and was reposted to X / Twitter in October 2024, inspiring memes that attribute the quote to Bowser in different Mario Bros. games.

Origin

On November 4th, 2018, u/TenOunceGames made a post to /r/forza^[1] sharing two images of a custom Super Mario van based on the original NES game, one with the door closed and one with the door open. The van, with its door closed, shows Bowser to the left protecting Princess Peach and throwing axes at Mario, saying, "That's far enough mash bro." Mario says, "I'll shank you, this ain't a trio." With the door open, Mario and Peach are shown face-to-face, Bowser and Mario's text combining to make Peach say, "Thank you, Mario." The post gained over 2,700 upvotes in seven years. Many commenters poked fun at Bowser and Mario's text for being nonsensical and forced.

On November 7th, u/TenOunceGames made a post to /r/gaming^[2] titled, "I fixed the Mario van. Thanks for the feedback." This time, Bowser and Peach have been swapped to the right. Now, Mario's text reads, "That's 'A 'Ma Girl," and Bowser's text reads, "I outrank you, in this scenario." The post garnered over 87,000 upvotes in seven years and was met with similar criticisms and jokes about the text.

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On October 27th, 2024, X^[3] user @Lizard_yyy posted the image of the van reading "I outrank you, in this scenario," writing, "bowser did NOT say that 😭😭," garnering over 21,000 likes and 1,500 reposts in three months.

The repost inspired numerous memes attributing the catchphrase to Bowser in different scenarios. For example, on that day, X^[4] user @MojoboJomo posted an edit of a Super Mario 64 screenshot in which Bowser says the line, garnering over 2,500 likes in three months.

On the same day, X^[5] user @succeroni11 posted a photoshop of a scene from Mario and Luigi: Brothership where Bowser says the line, garnering over 54,000 likes in the same span of time.

Later that same day, X^[6] user @DMSMario_ posted a version of Bowser's 'kinda' meme using the phrase, garnering over 51,000 likes in the same span of time. On the same day, a quote retweet of the post was posted to /r/comedyheaven^[7] asking, "who tf says 'I outrank you in this scenario," garnering over 10,000 upvotes in three months.

On October 28th, the tweet was shared to /r/Mario,^[8] garnering over 11,000 upvotes in three months. That day, X^[9] user @ramenoranges posted a photoshop of a Mario wiki page for Bowser, which claims that he actually said the line in a game, garnering over 1,000 likes in three months. On October 29th, the "kinda" meme was reposted to iFunny,^[10] garnering over 1,500 smiles in the same span of time.

On January 14th, 2025, X^[11] gimmick page @SuperMarioOOC85 posted the original meme, garnering over 54,000 likes in a day.

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