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They Don't Know I Literally Made Mario (Mario Movie Premiere)

This is a three-panel meme taken from footage of the 2023 Super Mario Bros. Movie premiere. The first panel shows actor Jack Black (who voiced Bowser in the movie) being interviewed by Access Hollywood on the red carpet. The second panel shifts focus down to show Shigeru Miyamoto, the original creator of the Mario franchise, standing quietly unnoticed in the background of the shot. The third panel edits Miyamoto's face into the popular 'they don't know' party meme format, with the text 'They don't know / I literally made Mario', making an ironic joke that the actual creator of Mario is present but overshadowed by the movie's stars at the premiere event.
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They don't know I literally made Mario

Overview

This is a three-panel meme taken from footage of the 2023 Super Mario Bros. Movie premiere. The first panel shows actor Jack Black (who voiced Bowser in the movie) being interviewed by Access Hollywood on the red carpet. The second panel shifts focus down to show Shigeru Miyamoto, the original creator of the Mario franchise, standing quietly unnoticed in the background of the shot. The third panel edits Miyamoto's face into the popular 'they don't know' party meme format, with the text 'They don't know / I literally made Mario', making an ironic joke that the actual creator of Mario is present but overshadowed by the movie's stars at the premiere event.

Origin notes

The meme originates from 9Gag as noted, and is built from original red carpet premiere footage of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. It remixes the popular 'they don't know' meme template (where a person at a party has a hidden secret/identity other people do not know) to highlight the funny situation of Miyamoto being in the background at the Mario movie premiere while everyone focuses on the film's actors.

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