# Gremlin Dva Gremlin D.Va is a fan-made chibi caricature of the Overwatch character Hana Song, drawn as a grubby gamer stereotype fueled by Doritos, Mountain Dew, and 3 AM McDonald's runs. The bit spread across Tumblr in early June 2016 and later got a nod from Blizzard itself. ## Origin Overwatch launched on May 24, 2016, and within days Tumblr artists started sketching D.Va in a smaller chibi style. On May 27, 2016, Tumblr user radtone posted a chibi D.Va drawing paired with an old IRC copypasta about gaming gloves, which pulled more than 1,300 notes in its first week[3]. A follow-up piece pairing chibi D.Va with the Overwatch character Soldier: 76 hit over 7,400 notes and locked in the visual template that later artists built on[3]. - **Platform:** Tumblr (viral spread) / Twitter - **Creator:** radtone (early chibi art), dakkpasserida (gremlin framing) - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview Gremlin D.Va is a fan-made chibi version of Hana Song, the Korean mech-piloting pro gamer from Blizzard's team shooter Overwatch. Artists redraw her shorter, rounder, and grubbier than her canon portrait, usually mid-snack and surrounded by Doritos bags, Mountain Dew bottles, and fast-food trash[1]. The joke leans on the old gamer stereotype and stretches it to a cartoonish extreme. Instead of the sleek esports star pilot, this D.Va is a feral little goblin who screams "haha get rekt nerds," bullies her Overwatch teammates into midnight McDonald's runs, and refuses to leave her mech long enough to eat real food[3]. ## How It Spread The gremlin framing crystallized on June 3, 2016, when Tumblr user dakkpasserida posted a jumping D.Va illustration captioned "haha get rekt nerds," while Twitter user @OhHeyDJ posted a companion piece of D.Va scratching herself while chewing a bag of Doritos[3]. The day before, Tumblr user fumeknight had posted a comic of D.Va waking up Mercy and Pharah for a McDonald's run, which pulled roughly 17,000 notes before it was deleted[3]. Kotaku picked up the trend on June 6, 2016, in a piece titled "Overwatch Fans Have Turned DVA Into a Dorito-Eating Gremlin," which cemented the "Gremlin D.Va" name across the wider fandom[1]. The same day, Tumblr user automaton-dreams posted an aesthetic-style version of the character, and blackbookalpha followed up on June 7 with a short webcomic of Pharah blasting Mountain Dew bottles at D.Va[1]. Blizzard themselves nodded to the bit on August 17, 2016, when an Overwatch PTR patch added a new D.Va emote showing her mech playing a handheld video game while she snacked on chips and soda[2]. ## How to Use Artists typically draw D.Va shorter, chubbier, and messier than her canon design, surrounded by junk food packaging and gaming gear. Common conventions include her shouting gamer trash talk mid-jump, getting scolded by "mom" characters like Mercy, or dragging Soldier: 76 into her snack habits as part of the fan-invented Overwatch family bit[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Gremlin Dva? Gremlin D.Va is a fan-made chibi caricature of the Overwatch character Hana Song, drawn as a grubby gamer stereotype who lives on Doritos and Mountain Dew[1]. ### Where did Gremlin Dva come from? The look traces to a May 27, 2016 chibi D.Va drawing by Tumblr user radtone, then got its gremlin framing from Tumblr user dakkpasserida's June 3, 2016 illustration captioned "haha get rekt nerds"[3]. ### What does Gremlin Dva mean? It's a joke playing on the old gamer-nerd stereotype, casting Overwatch's pro-gamer character D.Va as a feral snack goblin instead of a polished esports star[1]. ### How do you use Gremlin Dva? Fans typically draw D.Va shorter, chubbier, and dirtier than her canon design, buried in Doritos bags and Mountain Dew bottles while yelling gamer trash talk at her teammates[1]. ### Is Gremlin Dva still popular? It's a classic Overwatch fandom bit from mid-2016, best known for that summer's Tumblr wave and Blizzard's answering Doritos-and-Mountain-Dew emote added on August 17, 2016[2]. ## References 1. [https://kotaku.com/overwatch-fans-have-turned-dva-into-a-dorito-eating-gre-1780675814]() 2. [https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20243886]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gremlin-dva]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/gremlin-dva Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library