# Dankey Kang Dankey Kang is a photoshopped Jeopardy! screenshot from January 2014 that pairs a Sonic the Hedgehog clue with the misspelled answer 'Who is Dankey Kang?', a mangling of Nintendo's Donkey Kong. Cartoonist Mike Rosenthal made the fake image, which went viral on Twitter and was often mistaken for a real game show flub. ## Overview Dankey Kang is a photoshopped image that shows a Jeopardy! question about Sonic the Hedgehog paired with the answer 'Who is Dankey Kang?', a misspelling of Nintendo's Donkey Kong[5]. The picture looks like a real screencap from the game show but was fabricated by cartoonist Mike Rosenthal in January 2014[1]. Despite being a hoax, it spread widely on Twitter and got mislabeled by many accounts as a genuine FAIL clip[5]. The fake screencap inspired follow-up edits from Rosenthal in the same style[1] and drew fan art from DeviantArt user Kevin Bolk, who drew a blue gorilla version of 'Dankey Kang' combining traits of Donkey Kong and Sonic[6]. ## How It Spread Also on January 8th, Redditor lividd3ad posted Rosenthal's tweet to r/gamegrumps, where it collected more than 150 upvotes and 20 comments in the first week[3]. On January 9th, Rosenthal shared a screenshot showing '#DankeyKang' trending in the United States on Twitter[1]. On January 11th, the image hit r/funny with over 26,000 views and 900 comments[4]. That same day, DeviantArt user Kevin Bolk uploaded illustrations of the blue gorilla version of Dankey Kang, essentially a Donkey Kong and Sonic mashup[6]. Blogger Tyler Oakley reposted the joke on his Tumblr the same day[8]. On January 12th, NeoGAF user Vanillalite started a thread titled 'Who is Dankey Kang?' on the gaming forum[7]. By January 14th, an eBay listing appeared for a T-shirt printed with the phrase, showing how quickly the joke moved into merchandise[9]. ## How to Use The template is a Jeopardy! screencap edited so a real-looking clue is paired with an obviously wrong or deliberately misspelled written answer. People typically swap in nostalgia-tinged targets like classic video game characters and phrase the fake response in the show's 'Who is / What is' format for maximum deadpan effect. Rosenthal's own follow-up 'Who is Princess Zorldo?' is a common convention for the format[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Dankey Kang? Dankey Kang is a photoshopped Jeopardy! screenshot from January 2014 that shows a Sonic the Hedgehog clue answered with the misspelled name 'Who is Dankey Kang?', created by cartoonist Mike Rosenthal[1]. ### Where did Dankey Kang come from? Cartoonist Mike Rosenthal tweeted the doctored image on January 8th, 2014, using a base screencap from a real 2010 Final Jeopardy round originally uploaded to YouTube by user gemintech[5]. ### What does Dankey Kang mean? It's a deliberately misspelled version of Donkey Kong, Nintendo's gorilla character, given as the answer to a Sonic the Hedgehog clue, making the response wrong in both name and character[5]. ### How do you use Dankey Kang? The format is a Jeopardy! screencap edited so a contestant's written answer is obviously wrong or misspelled, a template Rosenthal himself extended the same week with 'Who is Princess Zorldo?'[1]. ### Is Dankey Kang still popular? The hashtag #DankeyKang trended on Twitter in January 2014 and the image bounced across Reddit, DeviantArt, Tumblr and NeoGAF within the same week, and is still referenced as a classic edited game show screenshot[3]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com]() 2. [https://j-archive.com/search.php?search=video+game+character&submit=Search]() 3. [https://www.reddit.com/r/gamegrumps/]() 4. [https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dankey-kang]() 6. [https://www.deviantart.com/]() 7. [https://www.neogaf.com/]() 8. [https://www.tumblr.com/]() 9. [https://web.archive.org/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/dankey-kang Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library