Spartan Soldier Alarm Clock
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About
Spartan Soldier Alarm Clock is an image macro and object labeling of a Spartan soldier waking up a child in a modern bedroom with a horn.
Origin
On September 18th, 2018, Ubisoft North America uploaded an advertisement for the video game Assassin's Creed Odyssey to "YouTube." The ad, which features a Spartan Soldier performing the functions of Amazon's Alexa digital assistant, features a moment where the soldier acts as the alarm clock for a child, blowing a large horn in the direction of the child. The video received more than 1.3 million views in three days (shown below).
Spread
That day, a screen capture of the moment was posted in the /r/hmmm subreddit by Redditor [1] RoboYoshi89. The post received more than 3,700 points (98% upvoted) and 50 comments in three days (shown below, left).
That day, the image was uploaded to 9GAG, where it received more than 7,800 points in three days.[2]
On September 20th, Redditor FrancisOcean posted an object-labeled variation of the image in the /r/FrankOcean subreddit.[3]
The following day, on September 21st, Redditor lakota1360 posted an anti-meme labeling the Spartan "very loud horn" and the child "child." The post received more than 8,800 points (95% upvoted) and 100 comments (shown below, right).[4]
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[2] 9GAG β A Roman soldier wakes the camp to signal a Gaulic raid
[3] Reddit β I'd rather live outside
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