That Fucking Bird That I Hate

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About

That Fucking Bird That I Hate is a viral video and audio clip of YouTuber DashieGames saying "That fucking bird that I hate" after pressing the "I" on the Super Mario Maker title screen logo, causing a bird to appear and the game to repeat Dashie saying the phrase. The video was uploaded in February 2016 and started to become the subject of memes in 2023.

Origin

On February 8th, 2016, YouTuber^[1] DashieGames posted a video playing Super Mario Maker. During the game's title screen, Dashie taps each letter of the game's title, causing them to do different things. When he clicks the "I" a bird appears and he says "That fucking bird that I hate." The game then repeats him saying the line multiple times, shocking Dashie. The video gained over 2.7 million views in eight years (shown below).

On January 23rd, 2023, YouTuber^[2] SpongeBobFan37 posted an isolated version of the clip, garnering over 969,000 views in a year.

Spread

The video and audio clip of Dashie reacting became the subject of memes throughout 2023. On February 14th, 2023, YouTuber^[3] Setho posted an animation titled "that spamton that I hate" using the clip, garnering over 400,000 views in a year (shown below). In march, several X^[4]^[5]^[6] users posted memes using the phrase over images of various birds. On April 4th, YouTuber^[7] Blopp posted an animation that gained over 189,000 views in 10 months (shown below, right).

On September 8th, X^[8] user @DeadLineSMB posted a meme using the phrase "nintendo: that fuckin bird that i hate" over an image of the WarioWare character Pyoro, referencing the leaker Pyoro, garnering over 14,000 likes in five months (shown below).