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The Fact This Was Found In the Mario 64 Source Code Is Unsettling is a copypasta popularized on Twitter in August 2023 where users show an image of something scary, funny or shocking and write, "The fact this was actually found in the Mario 64 Source code Is fucking unsettling." The meme is based on a viral tweet posted that month where a user shared an image of a man in a Mario costume posing with Miyamoto, whose head transforms into a monster, falsely claiming it was found in the source code for Super Mario 64.

Origin

On August 2nd, 2023, Twitter^[1] user @Valonzo_here posted a GIF by Twitter^[2] user @AnxiousSprout, who originally created it and posted it in a Nintendo source code gigaleak thread on 4chan, that shows a man dressed as Mario standing with Miyamoto, whose head transforms into a demon, writing, "The fact this was actually found in the Mario 64 Source code Is fucking unsettling," garnering over 42,800 likes in two days (shown below).

The fact this was actually found in the Mario 64 Source code Is fucking unsettling.

That day, Twitter user @AnxiousSprout retweeted the post, writing, "I HATE to spoil the fun because I love the idea of something unexplainable and freaky hiding within the files of Mario 64 but this is actually a gif I made," garnering over 30,000 likes in two days (shown below). A Twitter community note was added to the original post linking to this tweet.

Spread

The text of the viral post by @Valonzo_here spread on Twitter over the following days as users attached new images to it. For example, on August 3rd, 2023, Twitter^[3] user @queersar9 posted an image of the Joker using the copypasta, garnering over 54,000 likes in a day (shown below).

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