Mike Wazowski-Sulley Face Swap

About

Mike Wazowski-Sulley Face Swap refers to an image of Monsters Inc. character Mike Wazowski with the face of character Sulley photoshopped over his own. Online, the image gained popularity as a reaction and has also been used in ironic memes.

Origin

On July 14th, 2019, Facebook page Sulley – Core uploaded a still image from 2002 film Monsters Inc. in which characters James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are faceswapped. ^[1] The post gained over 1,100 likes and over 6,800 shares in two months (original and edited images shown below).

Spread

Starting on July 29, the image gained popularity among Spanish-speaking users as a reaction. On July 29th, 2019, Twitter user @Spotymeme made the earliest known post based on the image, gaining 33 retweets and 170 likes (shown below).^[2]

In the following days, a cropped version of the image showing only Mike Wazowski with Sulley's face gained popularity. On August 3rd, 2019, Twitter user @HiroLightx posted a meme which gained over 570 retweets and 1,800 likes in one month (shown below, left).^[3] Starting on August 5th, 2019, Sulley – Core posted several memes based on the image (shown below, right).^[4]

On August 26th, 2019, Redditor Cyber_slime posted an ironic meme based on the image to /r/okbuddyretard subreddit (shown below),^[5] where it gained over 3,800 upvotes, prompting further use of the image in ironic memes in the following days.

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