# Malleo Malleo is a vectorized image built from an oddly proportioned Mario sprite pulled from the 1992 DOS release of Mario Is Missing!, later reworked into unsettling artwork that spread through 4chan and YouTube around 2005. The character became a fixture of YouTube Poop as the supposed brother of Weegee. ## Origin The source art comes from Mario Is Missing!, a 1992 DOS edutainment title from The Software Toolworks, where the intro and ending cutscenes render Mario and Luigi as strange, low-detail sprites that do not match their console-era designs[1]. Those sprites, especially the Luigi frame that became Weegee, sat unnoticed for over a decade before internet users pulled them out for reuse. The exact first upload of the 'Malleo' vector and the coining of the name are not documented, but the redraw entered wider circulation around 2005 alongside the already-spreading Weegee image[2]. - **Platform:** Mario Is Missing! (source sprite) / 4chan and YouTube (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2005 ## Overview Malleo is a vectorized redraw of a stiff, off-model Mario sprite that appears in the DOS cutscenes of the 1992 educational game Mario Is Missing![1]. The face is the whole joke: bulging eyes, a warped nose, and a frozen smile that reads as menacing rather than friendly, which is why it circulated as a discomfort image on early imageboards[2]. Inside YouTube Poop, Malleo is treated as the brother of Weegee, the equally warped Luigi vector cut from the same game[2]. Fan lore gave him a signature line, with Urban Dictionary describing a version who can only say 'fireflower' and turns bystanders into fire flowers on contact[3]. The character usually shows up in short looped clips, layered image edits, and shitpost threads rather than a fixed caption template. ## How It Spread By around 2005, the vectorized Malleo image was being reposted across 4chan, deviantART galleries, and YouTube video edits, following the same route Weegee had taken slightly earlier[2]. On imageboards it was used the way Weegee was used, dropped into threads to unsettle other posters with the warped face rather than to deliver a punchline. YouTube Poop creators folded Malleo into sentence-mixed Mario videos, often pairing him with Weegee as a sibling duo and cycling through the 'fireflower' gag noted in fan definitions[3]. Original uploads featuring the character are still archived on YouTube, including early Malleo compilations that helped codify the look and voice[4][5]. The image never crossed over into mainstream Mario fandom the way official characters did, and it stayed inside the YouTube Poop and old-4chan orbit where it started[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Malleo? Malleo is a vectorized image of an off-model Mario sprite from the 1992 DOS game Mario Is Missing!, used as a discomfort image and as a YouTube Poop character[1][2]. ### Where did Malleo come from? The source sprite is from the intro and ending cutscenes of Mario Is Missing! on DOS, and the vector redraw started spreading online around 2005[1][2]. ### What does Malleo mean? Malleo is a deliberate misspelling of Mario used by fans, matching the 'Weegee' misspelling of Luigi, and in YouTube Poop lore he is framed as Weegee's brother whose catchphrase is 'fireflower'[2][3]. ### How do you use Malleo? The image is typically dropped into threads or YouTube Poop edits to unsettle viewers, often paired with Weegee or looped over the 'fireflower' gag[3][4]. ### Is Malleo still popular? Malleo is a classic YouTube Poop and 4chan-era image that stayed inside that niche rather than breaking into mainstream Mario fandom[2][5]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRrKuUKJzps]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/malleo]() 3. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Malleo]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnLLf6XWDp4]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w5ZygkEBV4]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvOCRU07t9o]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/malleo Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library