About

Nintendo, Hire This Man is a sarcastic expression and memetic catchphrase used to mock overly realistic or untooned mods and renders of Nintendo characters in Unreal Engine, and those that praise the modders as superior to the original game developers and their art styles. The meme first appeared on 4chan in mid-2018, spreading online over the following years.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the phrase appeared on 4chan's /v/^[1] (Video Games) board on July 6th, 2018, mocking the quality of "HD" fanmade versions of Mario games (shown below)

Spread

As time went on, the phrase grew in virality both in and out of 4chan, but really began to see popularity in the following year, 2019.

On May 15th, 2019, Twitter user Ghiradin posted the phrase in response to a screencap of a tweet criticizing the visual style of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening remake (shown below).

On June 13th, 2019, FunnyJunk^[2] user onlyfortheprnlinks posted a screencap of a tweet of Nessa from Pokemon Sword and Shield with lighter skin, calling it "fixed" with the mocking title "NINTENDO HIRE THIS MAN" (shown below). This image received a score of roughly 400 in two years

On November 19th, 2019, Twitter user RyPixal used the phrase in reference to a Mario model made in Blender (shown below).

One of the most notable usages of this phrase comes from a parody of the song "Secret Agent Man" by YouTube user Chris Voiceman. Uploaded on May 7th, 2019, the video garnered over 1 million views in seven years (shown below).

The video notably uses a frame from a tech demo gameplay video uploaded by YouTube user CryZENx on July 11th, 2015 (shown below), which is commonly used as a source for "hire this man" jokes.

The song has also gone on to inspire a mashup with the Teen Titans theme song and "Teardrops" by Poppin'Party, uploaded to SiIvaGunner on November 13th, 2019 (shown below).

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