Dark Soul's Crazy Hollow

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About

Dark Soul's Crazy Hollow, also known as Angry Hollow or Mad Hollow, refers to a reaction GIF and video of a red skeleton or zombie-like character (known as a hollow) sitting on the ground with a sword in his hand while crying very hard and banging the floor, which originally comes from the Dark Souls video game franchise. Online, the clip is typically used in video and GIF caption memes to express a feeling of extreme embarrassment or sadness toward something that happened in the past, as well as to evoke feelings of anguish or suffering.

Origin

The earliest found post of the Crazy Hollow meme was uploaded on Tenor^[1] by user pheerie on May 1st, 2020. The GIF (shown below) shows a "hollow," a common enemy from the Dark Souls video games, agonizing in pain with a sword in his hand while crying and hitting the ground — appearing to have lost his mind.

Spread

On February 22nd, 2022, Twitter^[2] user PennyMeowy used the video to comment on her sleeping routine that would be abruptly changed when Elden Ring was released. The post (shown below) garnered over 3,200 likes and 529 retweets in a year.

Only 2 sleeps left until Elden Ring pic.twitter.com/l2JQi3K2JG

— PennyMeowy (@PennyMeowy) February 22, 2022

On January 16th, 2021, Redditor^[3] u/TreeliasDave posted an HD 60 FPS looped version of the hollow GIF to the subreddit (shown below). The post garnered over 4,400 upvotes and 75 comments in two years.

I made an HD 60fps looped version of the hollow gif by u/TreeliasDave in Eldenring

On June 12th, 2023, Twitter^[4] user @melspurgatory used the clip to comment on his frustration over a musician not releasing new music videos. The post (shown below) garnered over 6,500 likes and 964 retweets in two months.

melanie martinez in the void music video pic.twitter.com/P4RMlR4Ssm

— matthew (@melspurgatory) June 13, 2023

Various Examples

me when a 16yo yells at me to go make them a sandwich a millisecond after I key up voice in-game pic.twitter.com/yll9MejXM6

— sleeper cell e-queen (@pupcraft) October 2, 2021

love island france having the best looking line up of contestants in the entire franchise so far but there are no english subtitles pic.twitter.com/0kWqhnDxHN

— Ӡ (@ihythreat) June 4, 2023