# Scripulous Fingore Scripulous Fingore refers to an April 2021 Twitter hoax claiming that a fully coded but unused ghost enemy by that name sits in the files of New Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo DS, allegedly with Shigeru Miyamoto refusing to discuss it in an interview. Modeled on January 2021's Gumbly hoax, the joke inspired Photoshopped screenshots, fan art and a Friday Night Funkin' mod across Twitter within a week. ## Origin On April 23, 2021, the parody Twitter account @CutVideoGame, which poses as a cut-content archive for video games, posted a fake report: 'In the files for New Super Mario Bros. (DS), there's a fully coded, unused ghost enemy referred to as "scripulous_fingore". When asked about the enemy in an interview, Miyamoto disregarded the question, seeming unusually upset'[1]. The tweet paired an in-game screenshot with a 3D model render and drew over 20,000 likes and 3,800 retweets in four days[7]. Same-day replies tied Fingore to a recent precedent. Twitter user @madjackrabbit answered the thread with a Photoshopped image of The Simpsons family seated next to Gumbly and the caption 'wait a fucking minute,' pointing to the visual overlap between Fingore and January 2021's Gumbly hoax[2]. Nintendo developed New Super Mario Bros.; no Nintendo employee made the Fingore meme, which is a fan-run prank originating with @CutVideoGame. - **Platform:** Twitter (parody account) - **Creator:** @CutVideoGame - **Date:** 2021 ## Overview Scripulous Fingore art follows a consistent visual template from the two original screenshots: a round white blob with two attached dot eyes and a wide curved mouth, cartoonish in a style close to the earlier Gumbly design[2]. The first image showed him floating in a New Super Mario Bros. stage about to poke Mario with an outstretched finger, while the second rendered his 3D model against a blank background, lending credibility to the fake datamine claim[1]. Participants in the joke either make their own Fingore art or extend the hoax to other Nintendo titles. Examples include a Yoshi's Island-style sprite by @Hilltop_Heights[4], a digital drawing by @DoodleDox[5], and later Photoshops presenting Fingore as a recurring unused asset across the Mario series[7]. The tone stays deadpan: posters write as if they genuinely discovered the character in a ROM, mimicking the serious register of actual datamine accounts. ## How to Use Posts in the Fingore format typically Photoshop his round, finger-raising body into a screenshot from a classic Nintendo title and caption the image with a fake datamine claim, such as unused boss sprites or restored code. A common convention is to write in the clipped register of real ROM-hacking accounts and attribute Nintendo's silence about the character to Shigeru Miyamoto[8]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Scripulous Fingore? Scripulous Fingore is a fictional ghost enemy invented in an April 2021 Twitter hoax that claimed he was unused content in New Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo DS[1]. ### Where did Scripulous Fingore come from? The parody account @CutVideoGame posted the original hoax on April 23, 2021, pairing a fake datamine claim with a Photoshopped in-game screenshot and 3D model render[1]. ### What does Scripulous Fingore mean? The name has no documented meaning and was invented as part of the prank; his visual design borrows directly from January 2021's Gumbly hoax[2]. ### How do you use Scripulous Fingore? People typically Photoshop Fingore into screenshots of older Mario games as if they found him unused in the ROM, or make original fan art in the style of other Nintendo titles[4]. ### Is Scripulous Fingore still popular? Fingore faded after the April 2021 run, with a notable 2022 revival when YouTuber DAK0TA! posted a 'nuh uh' finger-wag edit that drew over 468,000 views in six months[12]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/CutVideoGame/status/1385717809011994624]() 2. [https://twitter.com/madjackrabbit/status/1385730499109343238]() 3. [https://twitter.com/IsannKeket/status/1385748788673859587]() 4. [https://twitter.com/Hilltop_Heights/status/1385773248210771971]() 5. [https://twitter.com/DoodleDox/status/1385804855558746112]() 6. [https://twitter.com/BowserJrPlush/status/1385933613171105793]() 7. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/scripulous-fingore]() 8. [https://twitter.com/pynnion/status/1386056441203597313]() 9. [https://twitter.com/AKoolKoopa/status/1386411764665831428]() 10. [https://twitter.com/JokerTony612/status/1386861976324919297]() 11. [https://twitter.com/bros_ellis/status/1386738063603347461]() 12. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJFSYY82NtI]() 13. [https://twitter.com/saltydkdan/status/1163415774528229376]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/scripulous-fingore Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library