Mr Rental

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Mr Rental, have you ever listened to high quality video game rips? Fri at 01:57 . Like . 6 . Reply Mr Rental Only the highest quality, and only by my dear friend Mr Gunner Cheerio Mr Rental Fri at 11:42 . Unlike · 11

Remember when I featured in Jimmy Neutron? Feel old yet?

Barber: What are you after, Mr Fam? Mr Rental: Can you give me a cut that implies affordable rental prices & great service? Barber: Say no more.

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The classic renter starter pack. Want to go buy a with me??? No thanks. Only chumps buy outright. Rented Send

About

Mr Rental is the titular mascot character of the Australian company Mr Rental focussed on renting a variety of products. Around late 2015, the official Facebook page for the character started accompying more memes in their posts, before also being featured in GiIvaSunner videos in July 2016.^[6]

Origin

Mr Rental began in 1983 when founders Glen and Kerrianne Hickman moved to Bribie Island, north of Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia; the first store opened by 1991. Today the Mr Rental group services thousands of customers in Australia and New Zealand.^[1] Mr Rental also maintained an official Facebook page for their brand for years.^[2] Over the years, the account has posted hundreds of messages in character of Mr Rental, including many promotional posts about the chain and various life hacks.

Mr Rental met Airi W-h. , 26 augustus 2014 on at selected storesl Ask in store for details www.mrrental.com.au WAREHOUSE CLEARANCE SALE AVAILABLE AT SELECTED STORES

Mr Rental 18 augustus 2014 . Gone are the days of losing the remotes down the back of the couch! #keepinglifesimple Never lose your remotes again!

Spread

In 2015, the Facebook page suddenly started using various internet memes in their posts, however always maintaining a theme of renting products in the posts. The earliest notable example of this dates back to June 30th, 2015, with "The Rentinator" (shown below, left), a play on "The Terminator" in relation to promotional post for the release of the Terminator: Genisys film.^[3] These posts increased in December of that year, likewise to the oddity of the Photoshops accompying the posts, such as a post making fun of Kanye West and a Merry Christmas message showing Nyan Cat (shown below, middle and right).^[4]^[5]

Mr Rental met Airi W-h 30 juni 2015 He's got super-fast delivery, flexible rental periods and cutting edge dad- joke technology. #TerminatorGenisys #Terminator THE RENTINATOR COMEWITH ME IF YOU WANT TO RENT

Mr Rental met Aidyn Sheers 10 december 2015 . I once rented a TV to the young Mr West and he couldn't have been more pleased The screen resolution is swag, fam", he said. "The only thing I love more than watching Beyoncé film clips on it, is... myself! But don't freak Mr Rental, I REALLY dig myself." my products Like KanyeS.Kanve

Mr Rental 23 december 2015 The holidays are here, so goodbye all the bestl I'll be spending my time on a boat with Mr West. I'll watch movies on my LG 50" and take a well-deserved break, But I can't go past a bit of Karaoke with my pal Drake May your holidays be full of memes and full of cheer, I can't wait to help everyone out in the new year! Cheerio- Mr Rental 1 AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR MrRental

Likewise to the usage of memes, the popularity of the posts also increased throughout 2016; frequently gaining thousands of likes. The posts also began to use a frequent theme of disliking outright buying products opposed to renting them, referring to those that buy outright as "chumps," and started to include "Mr John Cena" at various occassions. As of October 2016, the official Facebook page managed to gather over 53,000 likes.

Various Examples

[The following examples were all posted by Mr Rental on his official Facebook page]

Mr Rental When someone buvs outright. Cheerio - Mr Rental

Mr Rental 24 augustus TRACKLIST 1. Boys Don't Cry (They Rent) 2. The Life of Rental 3. Good Kid, R.E.N.T. City 4. If You're Reading This It's Too Affordable 5. I Left My Heart in a Small Top Load Washer 6. Never Saw It Coming (ft. Mr John Cena) 7. Still Rollin' (ft. Mr Rick Astley) CAN I RENT VAN H

In GiIvaSunner Videos

According to the SiIvaGunner Wikia,^[7] Mr Rental first started appearing in SiIvaGunner videos on July 11th, 2016, during a SiIvaDirect stream.^[8] Various animations were later uploaded to SiIvaGunner's Youtube channel throughout July and August, each managing to get over 50,000 views in the 3 months after being uploaded (shown below, chronologically).

This attention likewise hasn't gone unnoticed to the Mr Rental Facebook page, who mentioned "Mr Gunner" in reply to a question regarding his opinion on high quality video game rips on July 29th (shown below, left).^[9] Following the videos, fans of SiIvaGunner began to include Mr Rental in the lore surrounding various other recurring elements in SiIvaGunner's videos, such as The Flintstones theme and Snow Halation. Mr Rental also gained a personality of liking high quality video game rips while hating bad mashups within the lore, following the release of a mashup on August 20th in which he sings about these themes (shown below, right).