Character Stabbing Chart

About

Character Stabbing Chart is a mock alignment chart that depicts various cultural figures, both fictional and real, and how likely they are to stab someone with a knife and in what manner. Characters appear on the right column of the chart, while on the left column of the chart, the types of stabbings include: "would never stab anyone;" "would stab someone in retaliation;" yell 'I won't hesitate, bitch;" "would stab without warning" and "would stab as a warning."

Origin

The earliest known usage of the chart was posted on August 12th, 2018 by Twitter ^[1] user @eleanoot. The chart featuring various cartoon characters. The post received more than 10 likes in two months (shown below).

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That day, Redditor ^[2] Vecus posted a version of the meme format using characters from the animated television series Steven Universe. The post received more than 3,000 points (94% upvoted) and 150 comments in two months (shown below, left).

On August 13th, Tumblr ^[3] user superpokemondork posted a version featuring characters from the video game and anime series Pokémon. The post received more than 6,700 notes in two months (shown below, center).

The following week, on August 22nd, Tumblr^[4] user ghostgrimey uploaded a version using characters from the Super Mario video game series. The post received more than 6,000 points in less than two months (shown below, right).

Two month later, on October 8th, the Mario chart was shared on the /r/gaming subreddit by Redditor^[5] dickfromaccounting. The repost received more than 41,000 points (89% upvoted) and 500 comments in 24 hours.

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