Why Is This Bootleg Metal Sonic Plush Doll Saying "Hue Hue Hue Hue"?

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The Sonic fandom has been spreading this meme featuring a bootleg Metal Sonic plush doll paired with audio that some believe sounds like "hue hue hue"  For more information, visit: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bootleg-metal-sonic-plush-hue-hue-hue  Check out our new MEME STORE: https://thememestore.com/  Subscribe to our channel to learn more about trending memes, hear interviews from meme personalities and more! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbrPqq29C9Q_TQP7OFFRzcw?sub_confirmation=1

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00:00The Sonic fandom is big, so big their niche fandom memes can bleed into the mainstream,

00:08which is why today I'm talking about this ugly bootleg Metal Sonic plushie doll.

00:12This cursed doll has been around the internet for years.

00:14References to the poor interpretation of the character purportedly associated with the

00:18game Sonic the Fighters goes back to as early as 2021, but the meme really sparked in late

00:23December of 2024 after YouTuber T4thDo posted a short consisting of an image of a Metal

00:28Sonic doll set to a stripped-back version of the Sonic the Hedgehog song Stardust Speedway

00:33from Sonic CD with one part isolated that sounds like this.

00:40The same creator would continue to post content using the same audio and image, often to fairly

00:45widespread results.

00:46On January 21st, 2025, TikToker Rebe4 posted a version of the meme using a misheard song

00:52lyric format, garnering over 1.2 million views in three weeks, writing in hue hue hue, spelled

00:57H-U-E, calling back a much older meme about how netizens type out laughter in Portuguese.

01:02The text interpretation of the audio stuck as a part of the meme, as going forward, many

01:06content creators would pair all three elements together in various sorts of meme content

01:10and absurd edits.

01:11More and more memers would start to reference the odd-looking Sonic plushie in all sorts

01:15of ways, including fan art, going as far as drawing him as though he were an actual Sonic

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