Angry Dr. Mario / Dr. Mario's Origin Story AI Video

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Angry Dr. Mario or Dr. Mario's Origin Story AI Video refers to an image of Dr. Mario with an angry expression on his face taken from an AI-generated video offering the origin story of Dr. Mario. The video went viral on X / Twitter in mid-May 2024 and inspired memes over the following days, including redraws of the angry Dr. Mario face. Along with the angry Dr. Mario face, an image of Luigi laying in a hospital bed also became the subject of redraws, with another image of Dr. Mario holding a pill labeled "fentanyl" also garnering memetic use.

Origin

On May 13th, 2024, Instagram^[1] user pissed.mario posted an AI-generated video slideshow telling a fan origin story for the character Dr. Mario, garnering over 33,000 likes in four days (shown below). It was reposted by X^[6] user @shitpost_2077 posted an AI-generated video slideshow telling a fan origin story for the character Dr. Mario, garnering over 133,000 likes and 26,000 reposts in three days (shown below). It is unclear if this is the true first time the video was posted online.

At one point in the video, Dr. Mario is shown with an angry expression on his face that would go on to become the subject of memes, including redraws, over the following days (shown below).

Spread

The angry Dr. Mario face inspired numerous redraws over the following days. On May 15th, 2024, X^[2] user @iiRegulusii posted a redraw that gained over 4,700 likes in a day (shown below, left). On the same day, X^[3] user @kikkiku629 posted a redraw that gained over 1,600 likes in the same span of time (shown below, right).

That same day, X^[4] user @Honda_NSXR posted a recreation of the AI video made in Garry's Mod, garnering over 15,000 likes in a day (shown below).

On May 16th, X^[5] user @latzephr posted a redraw in the style of the NES Dr. Mario game, garnering over 12,000 likes in under a day (shown below).

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