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'''meduka meguca''' is a popular parody of the series, originating from [http://boards.4chan.org/a/ /a/]. It takes the form of a series of image posts, featuring cropped details of episode screencaps, with corresponding dialogue, retelling the original story in a humorous way, with intentionally misspelled character names and bad grammar. | '''meduka meguca''' is a popular parody of the series, originating from [http://boards.4chan.org/a/ /a/]. It takes the form of a series of image posts, featuring cropped details of episode screencaps, with corresponding dialogue, retelling the original story in a humorous way, with intentionally misspelled character names and bad grammar. Every episode ends with a phrase ''"being meguca is suffering"'' (or a variant thereof in the last episode) which gained memetic popularity across English-speaking fanbase. | ||
The parody builds on the fact that in the actual series, when characters are drawn from a distance, they often look [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OffModel off model] (in fact, this type of parody had been an established meme on /a/ even before Madoka was first broadcast). | The parody builds on the fact that in the actual series, when characters are drawn from a distance, they often look [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OffModel off model] (in fact, this type of parody had been an established meme on /a/ even before Madoka was first broadcast). |
Revision as of 15:03, 12 November 2011
meduka meguca is a popular parody of the series, originating from /a/. It takes the form of a series of image posts, featuring cropped details of episode screencaps, with corresponding dialogue, retelling the original story in a humorous way, with intentionally misspelled character names and bad grammar. Every episode ends with a phrase "being meguca is suffering" (or a variant thereof in the last episode) which gained memetic popularity across English-speaking fanbase.
The parody builds on the fact that in the actual series, when characters are drawn from a distance, they often look off model (in fact, this type of parody had been an established meme on /a/ even before Madoka was first broadcast).
Archive of original threads
- Meduka Meguca Episode 1
- Meduka Meguca Episode 2
- Meduka Meguca Episode 3
- Meduka Meguca Episode 4
- Meduka Meguca Episode 5
Gallery of cleaned versions
Cleaned versions have all the commentary posts removed, leaving only the actual parody.
Episodes 1 and 5 have been compressed as JPG for technical reasons. You can download a lossless PNG version of Episode 5 from MediaFire.
Combined image
- 3930px version, PNG on MegaUpload
- 3930px version, JPEG compressed to under 3MB on MediaFire
- 4008px version, JPEG compressed to under 1MB
- 4008px version, PNG on MediaFire
Other versions
The popularity of the parody has spawned several further parodies:
- Meduka Meguca Episode 1 Cosplay Edition
- Meduka Meguca Episode 1 Anime Version
- Meduka Meguca Episode 2 Anime Version
- Meduka Meguca Episode 3 Anime Version
- Meduka Meguca Episode 4 Anime Version
Trivia
- The word meguca is pronounced with a soft g.
- Try reading the combined version side to side instead of top to bottom.