About

Morshu is a minor character in the 1993 video game Link: The Faces of Evil who owns a general store in Goronu area. In the late 2000s, Morshu's cutscenes gained significant popularity in YouTube Poops along with other scenes from the Zelda CD-i games, particularly due to his dialogue line "Sorry, Link, I can't give credit! Come back when you're a little – mmmm – richer." In early 2020, GIFs of the character regained popularity in ironic memes.

Origin

On October 10th, 1993, video game "Link: The Faces of Evil" for Philips CD-i, developed by Animation Magic, was released. In the Gonoru area of the game, the player encounters shopkeeper Morshu, from whom they can buy bombs, rope and lamp oil with rupees (cutscenes shown below).





Lamp oil, rope, bombs – you want it? It's yours, my friend, as long as you have enough rupees.

Sorry, Link, I can't give credit! Come back whey you're a little – mmmm – richer.

Starting in mid-2008, the cutscenes of Morshu gained popularity in YouTube Poops based on "Zelda CD-i" games. On July 21st, 2008, YouTuber Xaragon64DS posted one of the earliest known YouTube poops based on the Morshu's cutscenes, gaining over 71,800 views in twelve years (shown below).





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In the following years, Morshu's cutscenes maintained a significant presence in YouTube Poops, with the "mmmm" soundbite gaining particular popularity. For example, an August 18th, 2008, YouTube Poop by YouTuber WLB91 received over 228,400 views in twelve years (shown below, left). A September 14th, 2008, poop by YouTuber CPT received over 431,600 views in the same period (shown below, right).





In many edits, Morshu's "mmmm" soundbite was used to recreate various popular musical compositions (examples shown below).





Following the decline in popularity of the YouTube Poop genre, the character maintained a limited presence online, particularly on YouTube. For example, a May 4th, 2017, Source Filmmaker video by YouTuber KronkyDonk received over 76,500 views in three years (shown below).





Starting in early 2015, a GIF based on one of Morshu's cutscenes gained popularity has been used in GIF captions on iFunny.

2020 Resurgence

On October 31st, 2019, Twitter user @5dollarlongfoot posted used the GIF of Morshu in a joke about Hazbin Hotel which received over 1,300 retweets and 4,900 likes in four months (shown below).

This is how hazbin Hotel characters move pic.twitter.com/CqWVZOnS5w — 👻 (@5dollarlongfoot) October 31, 2019

On January 7th, 2020, YouTube user AnonyMorshu posted a Kek or Cringe meme based on Morshu's cutscenes and several other cutscenes from the game (shown below). The video accumulated over 1,800 views in two months. On January 8th, 2020, iFunny user Morshu reposted the edit, with the video receiving over 4,800 smiles on the platform in two months.





On February 15th, Twitter user @CherryGuts posted an Ugly Bastard meme based on the GIF which received over 1,200 retweets and 5,100 likes (shown below).

the ugly bastard trying to convince the female lead to fuck him pic.twitter.com/Dm4kdQWqiq — ワニノコ🌸 ♡ 💫 (@CherryGuts) February 15, 2020

On February 24th, 2020, iFunny user Drift posted a Thanos Beatbox meme based on Morshu's GIF which received over 1,900 smiles in two days (shown below). A similar edit was posted by iFunny user Necrophilia on February 25th.





Following the iFunny posts, starting on February 25th, 2020, GIFs of Morshu saw a surge in popularity in the /r/okbuddyretard subreddit. For example, on February 25th. 2020, Redditor wizardstone66 posted a GIF Caption meme which received over 22,600 in /r/okbuddyretard prior to being removed.

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