Angry Luigi Greentexts

About

Angry Luigi Greentexts refers to a quote tweet train of jokes and memes written in the style of Greentext Stories in which a person points out an obvious contradiction between the title and content of a piece of media, usually related to video games. The posts often feature a low-resolution JPEG of Luigi with an angry expression.

Origin

On March 16th, 2024, Twitter / X user @glitchxperidot^[1] quote-tweeted a deleted account called @drowsy_exeac with a joke about a song called "Too Slow" that speeds up, complete with a low-resolution JPG of Luigi. The tweet gained over 480 retweets and 4,400 likes in four days, as well as 143 quote tweets (shown below).

It's possible the first version of the meme was posted by @droswy_exeac on or before March 16th, 2024, but the original tweet has not been archived.

Spread

The tweet inspired several quote tweet chains jumping off it. Prominent examples include a March 17th, 2024, tweet by user @Settacutie^[2] joking about Pizza Tower that gained over 2,300 retweets, 17,000 likes and 660 quote-tweets in three days (shown below, left), and a March 17th tweet by @No_Context_BC^[3] about the game Battle Cats, gaining over 270 retweets, 3,600 likes and 50 quote-tweets in three days (shown below, right).

Other high engagement examples include a March 18th tweet by Twitter user @AliceZakat^[4] about Hollow Knight that gained over 1,300 retweets and 16,000 likes in three days (shown below, left), and a March 17th tweet by @_Ochacon24^[5] about Five Nights at Freddy's that gained over 1,500 retweets and 18,000 likes in three days (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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