Piccolo vs. Spaghetti
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About
Piccolo vs. Spaghetti refers to a photograph of toy Dragon Ball character Piccolo stopping a stack of spaghetti from hitting toy character Gohan. The photograph is a humorous reference to a memorable scene from the Dragon Ball manga and anime and has been used as an object labeling meme.
Origin
On June 18th, 2019, Japanese photographer Tatsuya Tanaka posted a photograph of toy Dragon Ball character Piccolo stopping a stack of spaghetti from hitting character Gohan behind his back (shown below, left).[1] The photograph references a memorable scene from Dragon Ball manga and anime series in which Piccolo saves Gohan from a powerful attack at the cost of his own life (shown below, right).[2]
Spread
On July 5th, 2019, Redditor phaaze123 posted the first known meme based on the image to /r/memes subreddit where it gained over 2,700 upvotes in one (shown below, left).[3] On the same day, Redditor chill1208 reposted the image to /r/MemeTemplatesOfficial, receiving over 3,400 upvotes.[4] Also on July 5th, Redditor xenos5282 posted another meme based on the templates to /r/MemeEconomy, receiving over 43,700 upvotes in one month (shown below, right).[5]
In the following weeks, the format received significant spread on Reddit, with notable examples posted in /r/dank_meme,[6] /r/animemes [7] and other subreddits.
Various Examples
Templates
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @ttanaka_tatsuya's Tweet
[2] Dragon Ball Wiki – Risking It All for a Friend
[3] Reddit – It really do be like that
[4] Reddit – Request for piccolo pasta protection template
[5] Reddit – Invest now to get high profits.
[6] Reddit – I hate when this happen :(
[7] Reddit – A close shave
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