![Kirby Does His Taxes Kirby Does His Taxes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/024/632/Screen_Shot_2017-11-14_at_2.53.30_PM.jpg)
Kirby Does His Taxes
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About
Kirby Does His Taxes refers to a fictional video game in which the character Kirby by Nintendo performs the mundane task of doing his taxes. Since the idea appeared on Tumblr in early 2017, it has become a joke in the Nintendo fandom.
Origin
On March 27th, 2017, Tumblr user shadowsaregrey[1] published a text post that read:
"weird thing about kirby is that nintendo could make a game about anything with kirby in it and i still wouldn’t be mad.
kirby is just good.
like if there was a game about kirby doing his taxes i would play it and even if it’s bad because how could you be mad at kirby."
The following day, user sn0wbro[2] reblogged the post with an image of box art for a fake Nintendo game called Kirby Does His Taxes for the Nintendo 3DS. The post has gained over 58,000 notes (shown below).
![Kirby Does His Taxes Origin weird thing about kirby is that nintendo could make a game about anything with kirby in it and stil wouldn't be mad. kirby is just good like if there was a game about kirby doing his taxes i would play it and even if it's bad because how could you be mad at kirby amiibo Does His Taxes RYON Playable in 2D and 3D.30 made for ages 7+ See back ESRB](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/314/151/a1d.png)
Spread
In the week after the post spread on Tumblr, it began spreading to other sites as well. On April 4th, 2017, a screenshot of the thread was posted to /r/tumblr,[3] gaining over 470 upvotes. The same screenshot was also posted to iwastesomuchtime.[4] Artwork devoted to the concept appeared on Drawception[5] on April 12th, 2017 (shown below).
![Kirby Tax Fraud](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/314/161/103.png)
![What Earnings? THE END OF THE TAX YEAR WHAT EARNINGS!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/314/162/d38.png)
Over the course of the following months, the joke was presented in various iterations online, particularly during E3 2017. On June 13th, 2017, Twitter user @Sn0wy[5] posted a photoshopped variation of the original picture, making it appear as though Nintendo had announced Kirby Does His Taxes Deluxe (shown below, left). The following day, Twitter user @SuperBluey2749 uploaded a logo for a game called Kirby Does His Taxes 2 (shown below, right).
![Kirby Does His Taxes Deluxe Does His Taxes DELUXE EVERYONE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/314/163/dca.jpg)
![Kirby 2 it is i, the super loooooooooong blu... Follow @SuperBluey2749 Coming soon for the Switch.. DOES HIS TAXES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/314/164/130.png)
The popularity of the parody led to a Mario parody called "Mario Does His Taxes" that spread online shortly after the Kirby variant was first posted. For example the Mario edit was posted to Instagram by user grandpa.died.last.week[6] on April 11th, 2017 (shown below).
![Mario Does His Taxes Mario Does His TAXES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/314/166/575.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Tumblr – shadowsaregrey
[3] /r/tumblr – Kirby does his taxes
[4] iwastesomuchtime – Kirby does his taxes
[5] Drawception – The new Kirby game: Kirby does his taxes
[6] Instagram – grandpa.died.last.week
Top Comments
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Nov 15, 2017 at 08:22AM EST
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Nov 13, 2017 at 02:09AM EST