# Wawario and Wawaluigi Wawario and Wawaluigi are fan-made rival characters to Wario and Waluigi, drawn as grotesque, off-model doubles of Nintendo's mustachioed antagonists. Cobbled together from fan wikis, DeviantArt uploads and YouTube animations across the mid-2010s, the pair exploded on X and TikTok in late August and September 2026 as one of the year's breakout Mario fan-art edits. ## Origin The name Wawario first turned up on June 23rd, 2015, when YouTuber Theguywhoplaysgames uploaded a short animation in which Wario meets a shadowy rival called Wawario[1]. Wawaluigi's earliest known appearance came a little over a year later, on September 19th, 2016, when Fandom user JoeTheDerp created a page on The Amazing Waluigi wiki showing Wawaluigi as a lanky, grotesque Waluigi variant[2]. The modern look for Wawario was locked in on September 18th, 2021, when Fantendo wiki user Cutman1987 made a page for the character and posted the orange-and-green design that later versions copied[4]. Nintendo made Wario and Waluigi; the Wawario and Wawaluigi characters are entirely fan creations, and the artists behind the individual designs that went viral in 2026 are largely uncredited. - **Platform:** YouTube / DeviantArt (source creation), X and TikTok (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2015 ## Overview Wawario is a bulky, eyeless man with a missing tooth, an orange cap and shirt, and green overalls, styled as an even uglier mirror to Wario. Wawaluigi is his lanky, ratty counterpart with a blue shirt and black overalls, a stretched-out gremlin version of Waluigi[1]. The pair sit inside a wider Mario Bros. fan-character tree that shipping-obsessed corners of the internet like to draw as rows of increasingly cursed doubles[3]. On X and TikTok, the joke is usually the reveal itself: someone lists off the normal Mario cast, then keeps going, and Wawario and Wawaluigi appear as characters that look like they crawled out of a bootleg NES cartridge[5]. Fan artists lean into the ugliness, drawing the two in classic 8-bit Super Mario Bros. style or in polished, high-detail illustrations that make the deformed proportions even funnier[6][9]. ## How to Use The format is usually a lineup reveal or a fake character select screen. Creators list off the real Mario cast, then keep adding uglier and uglier doubles, with Wawario and Wawaluigi as the punchline pair[5]. Fan artists also redraw them in retro Super Mario Bros. sprite style or in glossy, over-rendered illustrations that lean into how off-model they look[6][9]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Wawario and Wawaluigi? They are fan-made rival characters to Wario and Waluigi, with Wawario drawn as a bulky, eyeless, orange-and-green version of Wario and Wawaluigi as a lanky, grotesque take on Waluigi[1]. ### Where did Wawario and Wawaluigi come from? Wawario first appeared in a June 23rd, 2015 YouTube animation by Theguywhoplaysgames[1], and Wawaluigi's design was documented on a Fandom wiki page in September 2016[2]. The now-standard Wawario look was posted to Fantendo in September 2021[4]. ### What does Wawario and Wawaluigi mean? The names extend the Mario naming pattern by adding another "Wa" prefix, positioning them as rivals to Wario and Waluigi the way those two are rivals to Mario and Luigi[3]. ### How do you use Wawario and Wawaluigi? Creators tend to drop them into Mario Bros. character lineup videos or fan art, either in retro 8-bit style or as detailed illustrations that lean into how off-model the pair look[5][9]. ### Is Wawario and Wawaluigi still popular? The characters had a fresh spike of virality across X and TikTok in late August and September 2026, with posts from creators like @muddyk1pp, @Redbassdumb and @V0IDEYEDPANDA pulling in tens to hundreds of thousands of views and likes[8][9][11]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be0YMdW5B4A]() 2. [https://theamazingwaluigi.fandom.com/wiki/Wawaluigi]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wawario-and-wawaluigi]() 4. [https://fantendo.fandom.com/wiki/Wawario]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJxR70sv9JQ]() 6. [https://www.deviantart.com/marioandpvz2021]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjU5SJu-MEs]() 8. [https://www.tiktok.com/@imabunsboy/video/7684778338602274061]() 9. [https://www.tiktok.com/@seanandrewtristnz_1505/video/7684223209188756756]() 10. [https://www.tiktok.com/@tabbyarrow13585/video/7684425492178488606]() 11. [https://www.tiktok.com/@winxptech/video/7685499740976434450]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/wawario-and-wawaluigi Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library