Xanification

About

Xanification refers to a series of Gang Weed memes in which characters from various franchises, such as SpongeBob SquarePants, are edited as drug edits with their names altered to a drug pun. Started by an iFunny user in October 2021, the trend saw spread on other social media through viral reposts.

Origin

On October 15th, 2021, iFunny^[1] user SnakeBaked posted a four-panel meme in which SpongeBob SquarePants characters SpongeBob, Squidward, Patrick and Mr. Krabs were all edited to look like drug users, with each character's name altered into a drug pun. The post received over 620 smiles in six months (shown below).

Spread

In the following months, the image received viral spread online through reposts. For example, on November 27th, 2021, Instagram^[2] page grapejuiceboys reposted the image, with the post gaining over 119,000 likes in five months. On November 29th, iFunny^[3] user MostRandomVines posted a cropped version of the image, with it being featured and receiving over 17,300 smiles.

Following the viral spread of the original meme, iFunny user SnakeBaked created more memes in which characters from various media franchises were edited to be drug users. For example, on January 1st, 2022, the user posted^[4] a Batman version of the meme (shown below, left), which gained over 2,300 smiles in three months. On January 2nd. iFunny^[5] user Gang_scrap reposted the image, with the post getting featured and gaining over 23,300 smiles. On January 7th, 2022, SnakeBaked posted^[6] a Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the meme that was featured and received over 33,000 smiles in four months (shown below, right).

The Marvel version of the meme was widely reposted across multiple websites in the following months.^[7] In 2022, more memes based on the format were posted by iFunny users.

The meme later evolved into "X Smokes Weed" series of dubbed memes by iFunnier and YouTuber Colaws.

Ghetto Smosh

Ghetto Smosh is a sketch comedy YouTube channel that is a parody of Smosh, rehashing and dubbing over their videos. The videos, inspired by the Xanification iFunny trend, reimagine Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox of Smosh as two drug addicts living in a ghetto, with other characters also making appearances.

Various Examples

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