Roblox Man Face
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About
Roblox Man Face refers to a smirking face in the video game Roblox called the "Man Face" that was published to the Roblox avatar shop for free in 2012 as part of the "Man bundle." The face is notably popular on the avatar shop and is frequently used in ironic memes and shitposts as an exploitable, photoshopped onto other characters for comedic effect. The face was originally called the "Johnny Face."
Origin
The Man Face was published to the Roblox avatar shop[1] on July 26th, 2012 under the name "Johnny Face" (shown below).[2] It was originally sold for 100 Robux but is now free.
Spread
In December 2020 the Twitter page @RobloxManFacee, or "random images but the roblox man face is on it," started posting photoshops adding the face over other characters and objects. On February 5th, 2021, YouTuber Flamingo posted a video titled "ROBLOX MAN FACE" playing the game with a group of other players using the face, gaining over 3.2 million views in seven months (shown below).
The Man Face became significantly popular among players over the course of 2021. Roblox YouTubers MoFlare, Craxel and Sebee largely helped spread the face's popularity after using it in their videos. This is explained in a video posted to YouTube by Laughability in March 2021, where he explores why so many people use the face and refers to it jokingly as a cult (shown below).
A mug with the Man face on it is available for purchase from Etsy.[5] On March 27th, TikToker @pigletpepperoni17 posted a video showing hers off, gaining over 2.3 million views in six months (shown below).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6944445716563643654
In April 2021, the @Robloxmanfacee account started posting photoshops adding the face to characters from other games and media properties (early examples shown below).
On August 30th, 2021, composer Hideki Naganuma, most known for composing the Jet Set Radio Future soundtrack, posted an image of the Man face to Twitter[3] along with a description of it taken from the Roblox wiki, gaining over 8,300 likes and 1,100 retweets in a week (shown below).
On the same day, Twitter[4] page @RobloxManFacee posted a photoshop of the face added over the JetBlue Burger King Racist, gaining over 10,000 likes in a week (shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Roblox Avatar Shop – Man Face
[2] Roblox Wiki – roblox man face
[4] Twitter – robloxmanfacee
[5] Etsy – man face mug