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"Ok Mario" "$100" "No Mario" refers to a series of memes based on a webcomic by artist Sloshua that shows Mario encouraging a man to pull his finger to "enter my amazing world of fun and fantasy intrigue," the man saying, "Ok," then telling him it'll cost $100, resulting in the man changing his mind and saying, "No Mario." The comic, which criticizes the pricing of Nintendo Switch 2 games like Mario Kart World, was originally posted to X / Twitter on April 2nd, 2025, and quickly became the subject of edits as an exploitable meme format, inspiring further memes, including redraws, over the following months.

Many examples of the meme criticize the high prices of video games and other forms of entertainment. Some people believed the man opposite Mario in the comic was meant to be Twitch streamer and YouTuber Vinesauce Vinny, resulting in Vinny doing a voiceover of the meme.

Origin

On April 2nd, 2025, X^[1] user and artist @sloshua_ posted a webcomic in which Mario from the Super Mario Bros. series offers his finger to a man as if wanting him to pull it. Mario says, "Enter my amazing world of fun & fantasy intrigue." The man says, "Ok Mario." Mario then says, "$100," and the man changes his mind, saying, "No Mario." The post gained over 118,000 likes and 9,700 reposts in two months.

The comic became the subject of memes and edits that day on X. For example, on April 2nd, X^[2] user @CyberAlexMM posted a name soundalike meme as a comment under the post, garnering over 940 likes in two months.

Spread

On April 6th, 2025, Instagram^[3] user vinny.vinesauce, the official account of Vinny from Vinesauce, posted a video voicing over the comic, garnering over 80,000 likes in two months. At the end of the video, Vinny explains that a lot of people messaged him telling him he was in the comic, but claims that the man is not meant to represent him.

A version of the meme was also posted to the Vinesauce Twitch Clips YouTube^[4] channel, garnering over 174,000 views in the same span of time.

The original meme continued to garner viral spread over the following months, being reposted to sites like Facebook,^[5] inspiring further memes.

On April 20th, 2025, an edit of the meme was posted to the /r/stunfisk^[6] subreddit that gained over 1,200 upvotes in about two months.

On June 6th, X^[7] user @TheGroovster_ posted a redraw of the meme featuring Sonic the Hedgehog as a quote-repost of a screenshot of the pre-order price for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, garnering over 118,000 likes and 9,300 reposts in three days.

On June 7th, X^[8] user @kloogybaboogy posted a version of the meme referencing the video game Deltarune, garnering over 26,000 likes in two days.

On June 8th, 2025, X^[9] user @JKBowden_ posted another version of the meme that replaces Sonic with Shadow, who suggests that the person pirate the game, garnering over 34,000 likes in a day.

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