“Ugandan Knuckles” has its origins in a nearly year-old joke, but thanks to an easily downloadable character model and the explosive world of VRChat, the problematic meme has been quickly spreading.
Ugandan Knuckles didn’t start out as the Ugandan Knuckles meme; the character is inspired by a goofy caricature of the echidna, who first made his appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The weird version of Knuckles made his debut in a Sonic Lost World video review from Gregzilla, a popular YouTuber with more than 120,000 subscribers. Other YouTubers latched on to the character and started to create “Knuckles Sings” videos, a series of memes in which the deformed Knuckles sang a variety of songs, like Smash Mouth’s “All Star.”
It wasn’t until September 2017 that a 3D model of the deformed echidna entered the world, giving birth to memesters everywhere. Still, it would be another three months before players of VRChat — a Second Life-esque world that lets Oculus Rift and HTC Vive owners inhabit 3D models and interact with others in a variety of settings — latched on to the model, downloading it in hordes and inserting hundreds of strange Knuckles into the game. Using inspiration from the movie Who Killed Captain Alex, the meme was born. Some phrases a lot of people use include: 'YOU DO NOT KNOW THE WAY!' , 'WHY R U RUNNING?!' , 'THE QUEEN, WHERE HAS SHE GONE!!' , '*clicking noises*' ,
Ugandan Knuckles didn’t start out as the Ugandan Knuckles meme; the character is inspired by a goofy caricature of the echidna, who first made his appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. The weird version of Knuckles made his debut in a Sonic Lost World video review from Gregzilla, a popular YouTuber with more than 120,000 subscribers. Other YouTubers latched on to the character and started to create “Knuckles Sings” videos, a series of memes in which the deformed Knuckles sang a variety of songs, like Smash Mouth’s “All Star.”
It wasn’t until September 2017 that a 3D model of the deformed echidna entered the world, giving birth to memesters everywhere. Still, it would be another three months before players of VRChat — a Second Life-esque world that lets Oculus Rift and HTC Vive owners inhabit 3D models and interact with others in a variety of settings — latched on to the model, downloading it in hordes and inserting hundreds of strange Knuckles into the game. Using inspiration from the movie Who Killed Captain Alex, the meme was born. Some phrases a lot of people use include: 'YOU DO NOT KNOW THE WAY!' , 'WHY R U RUNNING?!' , 'THE QUEEN, WHERE HAS SHE GONE!!' , '*clicking noises*' ,
by TrueFactsBro January 9, 2018
by Datboi 1 2 3 January 8, 2018
Yo have you seen those little red dudes in VR-Chat?
Yeah, they are called Ugandan Knuckles, and they are relentless in protecting their Queen and spreading their ways!
Yeah, they are called Ugandan Knuckles, and they are relentless in protecting their Queen and spreading their ways!
by ChefDeen January 14, 2018
Little deformed versions of Knuckles from sonic the hedgehog. They ask if you know de whey, where is the queen (typically some random anime girl) and klick violently as it is the national anthem
Ugandan Knuckles 1: Do you know de whey, brother?
Ugandan Knuckles 2: No I do not know de whey, look there is the queen!
*Violent klicking of excitement*
Ugandan Knuckles 2: No I do not know de whey, look there is the queen!
*Violent klicking of excitement*
by The_Dogeiverse January 10, 2018
A group of brave, Ugandan Knuckles that go around on VR Chat and ask "Do you know da wae?" and "Where is the queen?" in a very dumb, but a good-sounding voice. If they find a queen, they make clicking noises. If it's a fake queen, they "spit" on the fake queen. So far one of the best memes for January 2018.
Ugandan Knuckles 1: Do you know da wae
Girl in VR Chat: what is the way?
Ugandan Knuckles 2: SHE IS A FAKE QUEEN SPIT ON HER
Ugandan Knuckles 3: (makes spitting noise)
Girl in VR Chat: what is the way?
Ugandan Knuckles 2: SHE IS A FAKE QUEEN SPIT ON HER
Ugandan Knuckles 3: (makes spitting noise)
by TheMysteryIsHere January 17, 2018
by YMM AnalFlute January 16, 2018
Having been originated from the game, 'VRChat', the Ugandan Knuckles, or just Ugandan Knuckles, is a meme in which involves a poorly animated, drawn or otherwise inaccurately portrayed version of the classic video game character Knuckles from various Sonic titles, typically saying something along the lines of 'you do not know the way,' or as it is typed in typical nonsensical or phonetic fashion. Ex: "Yu du not no de wey,' etc.
Other qualities of the Ugandan Knuckles include saying, 'Protect the Queen,' screeching like an injured dog, being mentally and physically disabled, clicking one's tongue, calling others 'brothers', or phonetically spelled, 'my bruddahs', ect.
Other qualities of the Ugandan Knuckles include saying, 'Protect the Queen,' screeching like an injured dog, being mentally and physically disabled, clicking one's tongue, calling others 'brothers', or phonetically spelled, 'my bruddahs', ect.
Jeremy the mentally disabled freshman: "HELLO MY BRUDDAHS, DO U KNO DE WEY?"
Literally everyone else: "lol piss off normie"
Jeremy: *clicks tongue obsessively* "PROTECT DE QUEEN!" *jumps off cliff*
Everyone else: "Ugandan Knuckles is so last week," they say, as they laugh at this set of features including Pepe the Frog.
Literally everyone else: "lol piss off normie"
Jeremy: *clicks tongue obsessively* "PROTECT DE QUEEN!" *jumps off cliff*
Everyone else: "Ugandan Knuckles is so last week," they say, as they laugh at this set of features including Pepe the Frog.
by MoronicDonut January 31, 2018