Mario galaxy ur mr gay
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U R MR GAY
- Meme
- Status
- Confirmed
- Year
- 2007
- Origin
- NeoGAF
- Region
- Japan
- Tags
- mario, queer , video games, super mario galaxy, expand dong
- Additional References
- Urban Dictionary
About
U R MR GAY refers to a coincidental quirk in the lettering that appears in the title of Super Mario Galaxy. Certain letters in the title are adorned with sparkles. In order, these letters are U, R, M, R, G, A, and Y. Considering "U" and "R" to be abbreviations for "you" and "are," and splitting the letters into words appropriately, there appears to be a hidden message of telling the viewer, "You are Mr. Gay". The observation has change into a widely referenced internet joke for decades since it was first discovered in 2007.
Origin
NeoGAF users first learned about the U R MR GAY message in a thread discussing video game "box art of the year". Discussion of this particular game's title continued in its hold dedicated thread, titled "Super Mario Galaxy boxart says you're gay", on September 18, 2007.
Spread
Less than a day since NeoGAF users discussed the lettering, Destructoid posted an article about it. Joystiq and Kotaku covered the discussion a few days later. Peop
Super Mario Galaxy says: U R MR GAY
Sept 17, 2007
Eagle-eyed forum dwellers across the internet own discovered a hidden message/humorous design accident on the Super Mario Galaxy emblem that spells out 'U R MR GAY'.
Own a gander at the left-hand picture below of Super Mario Galaxy's box art and look at the placement of the seven bright stars dotted on various letters of the game's logo. If you scribble out all the letters leaving only those decorated with a star - as we've done in the right-hand image - it leaves you with the letters 'URMRGAY'. Throw in some spaces and you've got U R MR GAY.
This is the thoughtful of brilliantly unbelievable stuff that urban myths are made of and we are absolutely definitely using it in our next'101 things you didn't recognize about videogames'feature. It's enjoy playing records backwards and hearing the words 'I'm Barney the purple dinosaur'.
This could, of course, merely be an guiltless by-product of perfect imaginative composition, but we'd select to think that it's an example of deliberate design in-joke japery never meant to be discovered that has been skillfully and truly rumbled.
Above: On the left is the Super Mario Galaxy stamp as it should lo
Isn't it wonderful? I'm especially giddy about the inclusion of the ambiguously gay Yoshi.
Speaking of things that (probably) are gay, a few astute NeoGAFfers (and Eric Caoili over at tinycartridge.com) have pointed out that the sparkles in the Super Mario Galaxy 2logo no longer spell out "U R MR GAY." Instead, they spell out "U R MI ALY."
Hmm, maybe this is Nintendo's way of saying Mario is OK with the fact that Yoshi is gay--and, as such, the general gaming common should be OK with it, too? Yes, I ponder that's exactly what it is...
Watch:Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer