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Spinning Hideo Kojima refers to a clip of Japanese video game designer Hideo Kojima rotating and standing still while his body is being scanned for a 3D model. Posted by Kojima on X / Twitter in mid-December 2024, the clip inspired edits and caption memes in the following days.

Origin

On December 13th, 2024, Japanese game designer Hideo Kojima posted a video of himself spinning in place on a rotating platform as his 3D scan was being taken for the upcoming video game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet by Naughty Dog. The video (shown below) received over 11.8 million views, 7,900 reposts and 75,000 likes on X^[1] in two days.

#Intergalactic pic.twitter.com/jyPjUsnPYK

— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) December 13, 2024

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Following the post, users captioned the video with various jokes, many of them likening Hideo Kojima spinning to food being heated inside a microwave. For example, on December 13th, 2024, X^[2] user @Amanseeks captioned the clip, "Microwaving Hideo Kojima," with the post (shown below) gaining over 12,000 reposts and 200,000 likes in two days.

Microwaving Hideo Kojima https://t.co/gTyy8QUwN5

— the (@Amanseeks) December 14, 2024

In the following days, users posted edits of the video which referenced various film and video game scenes. For example, a Mortal Kombat edit posted by X^[3] user @Murdoink on December 13th, 2024, gained over 6,400 reposts and 43,000 likes in one day (shown below).

Hideo Kojima's bio in MK4 #freemk4 https://t.co/TprEHzVeMD pic.twitter.com/RHKZWniSFm

— Murdoink (@Murdoink) December 13, 2024

More edits and caption memes based on the video were shared on X / Twitter and YouTube in mid-December 2024.

Various Examples

I couldn't resist, I had to do my version. https://t.co/An7Q8D7pTd pic.twitter.com/Dg4T7XyN10

— Wallace Pires (@h_wallacepires) December 14, 2024

intergalactic.mp4 https://t.co/fXhyL7NiQE pic.twitter.com/Ko51WiJUzo

— Pelvic Wendale (@weedhitter) December 14, 2024

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