Arin Hanson's Chin

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About

Arin Hanson's Chin refers to a series of jokes poking fun at the animator Arin Hanson, better known by his online alias Egoraptor, for having either multiple chins or no chin at all.

Origin

The exact origin of jokes pertaining to Hanson's chin is unknown, but said jokes have appeared throughout his fandom in most of his live action appearances. One of the earliest known examples of this appears in a video uploaded to Hanson's main channel on May 19th, 2012, entitled "Lightsaber Fightsaber – Episode IV", in which Hanson appears to lose his chin as he yells towards the end of the video (shown below). Many comments on the video pertain to the humor surrounding Hanson's chin.

Spread

On December 14th, 2012, YouTuber and animator EpicFaceFist uploaded a Game Grumps animation entitled "Game Grumps – EgoRIPtor" which depicts Hanson as having multiple chins (shown below, left). On March 23rd, 2013 YouTuber HeyItsSteffyCush uploaded an edit of an existing Game Grumps video into a YTP style video entitled "Egoraptor's chins turn Maverick and raid a Warehouse full of Shirts" (shown below, right).

Diamond Tiara's Arin Face

Diamond Tiara's Arin Face is an exploitable image of the Friendship is Magic character Diamond Tiara scrunching her face in such a way that it appears that she has multiple chins. Its name alludes to animator and Game Grumps member Arin Hanson, who is known for having multiple chins. The first image of it was uploaded to Derpibooru on October 12, 2015, receiving 92 upvotes. Since then, over fifty images with the tag "Arin Hanson Face" have been uploaded.

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