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An Onion Among Onions
And here's another thing. Given that some new cartoon shows are created by people who made "shitpost" animations on the internet and were involved in meme culture, it wouldn't be too hard to believe it wasn't a weird coincidence. This is like Eiichiro Oda, creator of One Piece, adding an Alex Jones character in his manga series; people would make millions of videos about it. Remember when My Hero Academia added a villain who was basically Logan Paul?Smiling Friends does make clear references of the Internet at times (like the 'I Feel Fantastic' robot, Flat Earth, Chills who makes videos about ghosts and the paranormal, the Nostalgia Critic aka Doug Walker) but I'm not sure if this is really a reference to that now infamous video where Bob Chandler (God rest his soul) told off his son Chris Chan by telling him to stop posting videos of their house on the Internet where their house could be condemned by the local health department or if this was pure coincidence and the writers wanted to write an absurd line for this scene like everything else in the show. Unless I see someone on Smiling Friends wearing 'The Classic' shirt and a medallion of a video game character, I'm going to think this was just a coincidence.
Smiling Friends is the living embodiment of Poe's Law because most of the time you're not sure if the writers are joking or being 100% serious. Maybe this is a reference to that now infamous Chris Chan clip or this could be 100% coincidental. For all I know, the forest demon from the Halloween episode could be a reference to some really obscure meme that most people aren't aware about (like say probably inspired from a now long forgotten YTMND video or whatever) and the character was never an original idea to begin with. It's for this reason why I question if this is really a reference to that now infamous CWC video clip or if this is just the writers wanting to fuck around with the show's absurdist humor and this was just purely coincidental.
At least Sonic Boom made a clear and explicit CWC reference and that was a kids show on Cartoon Network back in the day.


The timing of the Gentle Criminal arc is particularly notable, as it appeared shortly after the controversy surrounding Logan Paulās infamous āsuicide forestā video was widely publicized. This arc immediately preceded the U.A. School Festival and followed the intense Shie Hassaikai Arc, where Deku fought to save Eri from her Yakuza stepfather, (Overhaul) who wanted to eradicate all Quirks. Given this context, the idea that Gentle Criminal's characterāa famous online personality who performs dangerous stunts for viewsāis purely coincidental is hard to believe. While the creator of My Hero Academia has not confirmed the inspiration, the character's specific traits are very unusual for a typical villain in the series.























