Sonic 2 Movie

On December 8th, 2021, the Twitter account @SonicMovie posted an announcement tweet of Sonic 2(Movie) with a poster^[1], the premiere of the new movie's trailer was to be released in December 9th. The tweet gained 138K likes in 3 weeks(shown below.)^[2]

Resurgence

Ugandan Knuckles is a name given to a depiction of the character Knuckles from the Sonic franchise created by YouTuber Gregzilla, which is used as an avatar by players in the multiplayer game VRChat who repeat phrases like "DO YOU KNO DA WAE" and it was very popular in 2018. In 2021, hype on the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 inspired a resurgence in Ugandan Knuckles memes on Reddit.
the first meme of Sonic 2 Movie with the Ugandan Knuckles was posted by MikeTony713 in December 12th, the meme gained 41 upvotes in 18 days(shown below.)^[3]

The first meme with "Ugandan Knuckles" Combinated with "Do I Look Like I Need Your Power?" is posted by ProAssasin666 1 day after the Mike Post, gained 34.1K Upvotes in 17 days(shown below.)^[4]

after this post the "Ugandan Knuckles" Resurge in Reddit

the meme also turns viral on YouTube, The Most Popular gained 782K Views in 2 weeks(shown below.)^[5]

Search Interest

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