Marcus the Worm

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Marcus the Worm
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About
Marcus the Worm refers to a VRChat player whose avatar is a bipedal worm with a deep text-to-speech voice. He's controlled by Twitch streamer jouffa. Marcus went viral on TikTok in early 2025 following multiple clips shared by Twitch streamer Roflgator on his TikTok account @roflgatorvr. Marcus calls Roflgator "Robert" and has been known to look for an unknown person named "Jimbo James." Marcus often hangs out in a department store where Roflgator works. Marcus the Worm videos, memes and fan art surfaced en masse on TikTok and YouTube, peaking in late April 2025.
Origin
On February 6th, 2025, Twitch streamer Roflgator did a VRChat stream. He shared the full-length stream on YouTube[2] on February 12th. At the stream's 1:29:46-minute mark (shown below), a player named Marcus the Worm is sitting by a campfire. He speaks to Roflgator and other players and, at one point, jumps into the fire and runs away.
On February 14th, 2025, Roflgator posted the clip to TikTok,[1] gaining over 7 million plays and 1 million likes in two months.
Identity
In late March 2025, Roflgator shared two tweets,[9][10] stating that Marcus the Worm was Twitch[11] streamer jouffa.
Spread
On March 20th, 2025, Roflgator posted a new Marcus the Worm clip to TikTok,[3] in which Marcus is at work at a department store. Marcus tells him that he's looking to make amends with the cartel because they've taken "Jimbo James." In a month, the video received roughly 293,700 likes (shown below).
@roflgatorvr Marcus is still looking for Jimbo James, if you have any clue about his whereabouts let us know #roflgator #vrchat #vrchatmemes #funny #funnymoments ♬ original sound – Roflgator
The streamer continued to share Marcus the Worm clips in the following days, like one TikTok[4] posted on March 23rd, which received over 380,600 likes in a month (shown below).
@roflgatorvr Marcus is still looking for Jimbo James, he just had to take a quick 'bathroom?' break #roflgator #vrchat #vrchatmemes #funnymoments #funny ♬ original sound – Roflgator
Marcus the Worm started to amass a fandom online as edits and art surfaced.
For instance, on March 16th, 2025, X[7] user @banannerbread reposted a Marcus the Worm TikTok in a quote-tweet, regarding the prompt, "The funniest TikToks be the ones they don't let you save." The QT received over 166,000 likes in two months (shown below).
Sorry to this account for screen recording but if I lost this one I'd be devastated https://t.co/4jrTDHv27N pic.twitter.com/IFEZus3XBd
— 🍀Anna Lencioni (@banannerbread) March 17, 2025
On March 18th, X[8] user @db_witch shared fan art of Marcus the Worm, captioning it, "Marcus the felon." Over two months, the post received roughly 36,000 likes (shown below).

On April 11th, 2025, TikToker[5] @spicykittenpop posted a fan edit, gaining over 17,400 likes in 15 days (shown below).
@spicykittenpop ♬ original sound – 🌶️KittenPop🎀 𝓔𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓼 🩵
On April 22nd, TikToker[6] @adamjbruton shared a video in which he impersonated Marcus the Worm by lip dubbing one of the viral Jimbo James sounds, gaining over 47,400 likes in four days (shown below).
@adamjbruton Jimbo’s out #fyp #marcus ♬ original sound – Roflgator
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7494489066306850094
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7492830684076084502
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7494685827704933663
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7495273303712517419
Search Interest
External References
[1] TikTok – @roflgatorvr
[2] YouTube – February 6, 2025 1 on 1 hot date with Next and prepping for mute shuffle
[3] TikTok – @roflgatorvr
[4] TikTok – @roflgatorvr
[5] TikTok – @spicykittenpop
[6] TikTok – @adamjbruton
[7] X – @banannerbread
[9] X – @roflgatorOW
[10] X – @roflgatorOW
Recent Videos 16 total
Recent Images 1 total
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