AMONG US CREWMATE FREE
On February 18th, Redditors /u/waffles_yesyes made a post titled, "I can't take it anymore I want to be free of this pain" along with an image of a Minecraft map generating in the shape of a crewmate to /r/AmongUs, garnering over 8,400 upvotes in four days (shown below, left). On February 15th, Redditor /u/hudsolo2 posted an image macro to /r/AmongUs showing /u/Pitvabackla's red crewmate fire alarm photo along with text claiming insanity, garnering over 4,600 upvotes in four days (shown below). On February 15th, Reddit user /u/Jackeg74 posted an image macro parodying They Did Surgery On A Grape by making the grape resemble the crewmate to /r/AmongUs, garnering over 14,500 upvotes in a week (shown below, right).Ī number of posts following the format became popular on the Among Us subreddit over the next week, spreading to other social media platforms through reposts.
The post gained over 75,900 likes and 7,300 retweets in 10 days and is one of the earliest posts to link objects that look like crewmates with cries for help and implied insanity. On February 13th, Twitter user tweeted, "im gonna go insane" along with an image of the Champion logo, and another of the Champion logo rotated clockwise 90 degrees, making it somewhat resemble an Among Us crewmate (shown below, left). You have been afflicted by the Great Curse of Knowledge from r/AmongUs On February 9th, 2021, /u/Aullidoo_S_Phapp posted a video to /r/AmongUs in which the top halves of the Teletubbies vanish, revealing their bottom halves to look like Among Us crewmates, garnering over 14,800 upvotes in two weeks (shown below).
Things That Look Like_ Among Us_ is an extension of these absurd memes, playing off the fact that Among Us has been popular for so long. Among Us has spawned numerous meme formats, which have come to rely on increasingly absurd humor as time goes on (see Amogus, Sus Jerma, Among Drip). Occasional posts on /r/AmongUs continued to liken objects to crewmates over the next year, some garnering considerable attention. On October 20th, /u/The-Uncrustable uploaded an image of a McDonald's chicken nugget that resembles a crewmate to /r/AmongUs, garnering over 490 upvotes in four months (shown below, right). For example, later that day, a now-deleted user posted an image macro of a trash can that looks like the red crewmate to /r/AmongUs, implying that the subreddit's users would get it when they see it in the text, garnering over 26,000 upvotes in the same span of time (shown below, left). This post inspired others to share images of objects that resembled crewmates to the subreddit. Notable posts likening an everyday object to a crewmate. The post gained over 21,000 upvotes in four months and is one of the earliest
On October 9th, 2020, Redditor /u/Pitvabackla posted an image macro of a fire alarm that looks like the red imposter to /r/AmongUs without directly saying that was their reason, assuming viewers would understand (shown below). Among Us has received widespread social and traditional media attention, helping it become one of the most well-known videogames across the world. Around August 2020, the videogame Among Us started to trend and grow in popularity, becoming one of the most played and streamed games on Steam and Twitch that year.
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