Overview

Melodie Height Nerf refers to an update for the video game Brawl Stars that some players claim "nerfed" the character Melodie's design by making her character model shorter to match the height of the other models. While the height nerf has no effect on the character's gameplay, many players were critical of Supercell's choice to make Melodie shorter, with some comparing her new look to a bobblehead and claiming her proportions are now wrong. The height nerf inspired memes and discourse online, including memes on Reddit that "nerf" the height of characters from other video games as a response to the outrage over the change, which some saw as overblown.

Background

On April 21st, 2025, Brawl Stars players took notice of a change to Melodie's height in a recent update to the game. One of the earliest known posts about this was made by Redditor u/Far-Apple-7834 to the /r/BrawlStars^[1] subreddit that day, sharing an image comparing the old to new height titled, "Melodie got a height nerf…," garnering over 3,800 upvotes in three days.

News of the update quickly spread, with X^[2] user @BrawlNetworkX posting about it that same day, garnering over 4,400 likes in three days.

On April 23rd, the SuperCell^[3] website posted an official list of improvements and quality of life changes from their latest update, which reads, "Updated Melodie's model to match proportions of other Brawlers."

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Reactions

Melodie's so-called "height nerf" became the subject of discourse over the following days, with many sharing negative opinions about her new design.

One of the top comments on Redditor u/Far-Apple-7834's post about the nerf, left by u/DizziDrawsThings, on the subreddit /r/Brawlstars^[4] reads, "That's creepy, she looks like a bobblehead," garnering over 1,600 upvotes in three days.

On April 21st, The Portal^[5] published an article covering the backlash towards the design. On April 23rd, 2025, X^[6] user @itsybtsycharlie posted a piece of fan art depicting Melodie looking at her new model in the mirror with shock, tagging the post, "#MakeMelodieTallAgain," garnering over 3,800 likes in a day.

Height Nerf Reddit Memes

As news of the height nerf went viral, Redditors began posting memes across various subreddits showing characters from other games getting height nerfed as a response to the outrage over the change, which some saw as overblown.

The earliest known example was posted on April 22nd, 2025, by Redditor u/Xedronic to the /r/geometrydash^[7] subreddit, garnering over 1,000 upvotes in two days.

Later that day, Redditor u/boom_cat007 posted a version of the meme to the /r/Silksong^[8] subreddit titled, "I can't believe that they nerfed Hornet's height. This is literally unacceptable," garnering over 3,500 upvotes in two days.

On April 23rd, 2025, Redditor u/Spamton_Gaming_1997 posted a version of the meme to the /r/tf2^[9] subreddit titled, "I can't believe that they nerfed the Scout's height," garnering over 1,000 upvotes in under 24 hours.

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