About

Wallace Finger Guns refers to a fan-created modification for the video game Super Smash Brothers that features the animated character Wallace from the claymation series Wallace & Gromit.

Origin

On November 2nd, 2012, kc-mm.com^[1] forum user StupidMarioFan1 posted a Super Smash Brothers. modification that allows players to play as Wallace (shown below).

Spread

On September 20th, 2014, Facebook ^[2] user Basic autism posted the image from KC-MM with the caption "Dank shit nigga. The post received more than 100 reactions (shown below, left).

On February 7th, 2017, Instagram ^[3] user @spacegay.s posted the image with the caption "When someone refers to themselves as 'alt-right' in an Internet debate / Me: You're a Nazi." The post recevied more than 2,000 likes in less than three years (shown below, center).

On June 15th, 2018, Tumblr ^[4] user enecoo responded to another Tumblr user's post "Add Wallace and Gromit to Smash." The post received more than 13,000 notes in one year (shown below, right).

On June 6th, Redditor^[6] BanterKangaroo posted the image with the caption "When the wait says 'enjoy your food" and added the caption "right back at ya buckaroo. The post received more than 6,300 points (99% upvoted) and 40 comments in less than two weeks.

The following day, Redditor ^[5] sgt_prize posted the image with the caption "When your mom calls you a son of a bitch" and the subtitle "right back at ya backaroo." The post received more than 14,000 points (98% upvoted) and 65 comments in three days (shown below).

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