About

I Want Fuit Gummy is a catchphrase featuring a purposeful misspelling of "I want a fruit gummy" that has been parodied online in numerous videos and image macros.

Origin

The origin of the meme is unknown. The earliest known post of the phrase occurred on December 1st, 2018, when Twitter user @n3ssietheness posted an image macro of a mesa captioned "I want fuit gummy" (shown below).

Spread

On December 10th, 2018, Redditor bxfmpj^[1] posted an image macro of a mesa captioned "I want fuit gummy" to /r/okbuddyretard. The post only gained 16 points.

The phrase was tweeted by user @mymelotweet^[2] on December 29th, 2018, gaining over 50 retweets and 140 likes. In response, user kittyritual replied with the image macro. The phrase started seeing more widespread use as a meme on May 29th, 2019 when Twitter user @catuchee posted a video in which they read the phrase in various voices, gaining over 1,500 retweets and 4,200 likes (shown below).

After @catuchee's video, other video parodies began appearing on Twitter. For example, Twitter user @SplatoonSays made an edit in which an Inkling from Splatoon says the phrase, gaining over 160 retweets and 560 likes (shown below).

By October of 2019, the phrase was widely popular on Twitter, as Twitter users used it in image macros and parody tweets. For example, user @madd_madam tweeted a parody about how "fuit gummy" was much more popular than "fruit gummy," gaining over 13,000 retweets (shown below, left). User @jimmysaucegod posted an image macro of a lizard saying the phrase (shown below, right).

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