Let's See Who This Really Is
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About
Let's See Who This Really Is, also known as Scooby Doo Reveal, is an exploitable image macro series featuring a scene from the Scooby Doo animated television series in which a man dressed as a ghost is unmasked. Online, photoshopped screenshots of the scene are often used in jokes mocking similarities between various characters and internet memes.
Origin
On September 27th, 1969, the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "Hassle in the Castle" was broadcast, in which the Mystery Inc. gang apprehends a man dressed as a ghost and takes off his mask, discovering that it is the ex-magician Bluestone the Great (shown below).
Spread
On July 16th 2017, Twitter user @SmashBros_Nin[1] tweeted a multi-panel image macro based on the scene featuring the character Crash Bandicoot unmasked to reveal a Dark Souls character, referencing the It's Just Like Dark Souls meme (shown below, left). On October 11th, Redditor alex2800 submitted a photoshop of the image featuring a Pingu Noot Noot that is revealed to be Skull Trumpet (shown below, right). Prior to being archived, the post gained over 4,300 points (98% upvoted) and 30 comments on /r/dankmemes.[2]
On April 18th, 2018, Redditor Patterninterrupt submitted a variation of the image in which Who Killed Hannibal? is revealed to be Baton Roue in disguise (shown below). Within 24 hours, the post gained over 8,800 points (83% upvoted) and 100 comments on /r/MemeEconomy.[3]