Weegee
- Weegee is my favorite meme on 4chan
- — moot, founder of 4chan, at ROFLCON in 2008
Weegee is a sprite from the classic Mario franchise. The particular Luigi sprite came from a DOS version of Mario is Missing, an educational game in 1992. Theories on the name "Weegee" may have came from the Engrish mispronunciation of Luigi.
The meme works in much the same way as that creepy kid from elementary school or that crazed hobo down the street. Weegee is placed next to a person via photoshoping or cut n paste displaying a shocked or scared emotion.
Occasionally the appearance of Weegee would invoke one or more subjects staring into the staring Weegee, then eventually the image of Weegee appears on the subject(s) staring at him. Many commentators state that it's a demonstration of how a meme works.
There is even a model of him in Garry's Mod, although it's just a one sided poster board model.
DYOS Appearance
CivGeneral introduced him after he was ambushed by SAX where he was standing behind Spongebob Squarepants and Thorvald of Lym suddenly notices him and points at him. Spongebob Squarepants then turns around and is immediately thrown into fear.
Due to his habit of just appearing to scare people or sneaking up on people. The G-man openly ridicules him by calling him an "amateur", reflecting on the G-man's display of omnipresence without alerting anyone in contrast to Weegee's omnipresence with alerting everyone in his presence. While The Spy from Team Fortress 2 simply sees him as an amateur and flicks his cigarette at him and states "Oh please!".
