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Sinead Butler
Mar 30, 2022
Moment Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars
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From comedic parodies to being given the remix treatment, the internet has certainly been creative when it comes to covering Will Smith's now-infamous smack on Chris Rock at this year's Oscars - but now it has been reimagined as two of Smith's and Rock's most iconic characters.
In an animated crossover no one expected, YouTuber Lolathon (@VRLolathon) created an animated version of the scene, with Smith replaced as his character Oscar the comical fish from the 2004 film Shark's Tale, while Rock is his character from Madagascar (2005), the excitable zebra Marty.
Using the audio from the actual clip, Oscar can be seen walking up to Marty - who is laughing awkwardly - before the fish smack him in the face with his fin, before walking back off stage as Smith did.
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"Oh wow," Marty's face mimes Rock's dazed reaction.
Smith made headlines recently when he slapped Rock who was hosting the Academy Awards after he made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith's appearance.
Along with the spoof video, the YouTuber admitted he couldn't resist creating the scene and tweeted: "I had to do it..."
I had to do it...pic.twitter.com/OZfCqb6VLs— Lolathon (@Lolathon) 1648582558
Since tweeting the animation, the video has received over 700,000 likes, along with 140,000 retweets and counting, with people sharing how they couldn't quite believe what they were watching - but were entertained nevertheless.
how confused would you be seeing this a week agohttps://twitter.com/vrlolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026— Jamie (@Jamie) 1648645927
this wins best tweet of all time. I can\u2019t think of anything that comes closehttps://twitter.com/vrlolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026— s (@s) 1648651647
This is considered one of the most creative piece of art I've seen latelyhttps://twitter.com/VRLolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026— O M A R \u263e (@O M A R \u263e) 1648655715
Now THIS is entertaining https://twitter.com/vrlolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026— Your Auntie (@Your Auntie) 1648645179
Not a madagascar and shark tale crossoverhttps://twitter.com/vrlolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026— \ud83d\udc8c C Trujillo (@\ud83d\udc8c C Trujillo) 1648649662
The internet remains undefeated https://twitter.com/vrlolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026— Miss B \u264b (@Miss B \u264b) 1648651648
I know the discourse on this is oversaturated now but this tickled me regardlesshttps://twitter.com/vrlolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026— izzy\ud83d\udd77 (@izzy\ud83d\udd77) 1648643553
Life in the metaversehttps://twitter.com/vrlolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026— jeremiah amaan (@jeremiah amaan) 1648649022
not him getting slapped by THE SHARK SLAYERhttps://twitter.com/vrlolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026— Susie\ud83d\ude3d (@Susie\ud83d\ude3d) 1648656951
Oscar slaps Marty in the Oscars and wins an Oscarhttps://twitter.com/VRLolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026— Faroosi.Exe (@Faroosi.Exe) 1648657299
Some people couldn't help but think there was an additional character to the scene that was missing, Gloria the hippo in Madagascar - played by none other than Pinkett-Smith because everyone is connected in Hollywood.
no but we need Gloria reacting to ithttps://twitter.com/vrlolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026— \ud835\udd1f\ud835\udd26\ud835\udd29\ud835\udd29\ud835\udd36 \ud835\udd29\ud835\udd2c\ud835\udd2c\ud835\udd2a\ud835\udd26\ud835\udd30 \ud835\udd30\ud835\udd31\ud835\udd1e\ud835\udd2b \ud835\udd1e\ud835\udd20\ud835\udd20\ud835\udd2c\ud835\udd32\ud835\udd2b\ud835\udd31 (@\ud835\udd1f\ud835\udd26\ud835\udd29\ud835\udd29\ud835\udd36 \ud835\udd29\ud835\udd2c\ud835\udd2c\ud835\udd2a\ud835\udd26\ud835\udd30 \ud835\udd30\ud835\udd31\ud835\udd1e\ud835\udd2b \ud835\udd1e\ud835\udd20\ud835\udd20\ud835\udd2c\ud835\udd32\ud835\udd2b\ud835\udd31) 1648646626
missed the trick with adding gloria in the crowd too https://twitter.com/vrlolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/a5WRnGuWc8— \u0256\u0105\u0291 \u0f5e\u025b\u026c\u026c\u0131\u025b \ud83d\udfe9\u2b1c\ufe0f\ud83d\udfe8 (@\u0256\u0105\u0291 \u0f5e\u025b\u026c\u026c\u0131\u025b \ud83d\udfe9\u2b1c\ufe0f\ud83d\udfe8) 1648644721
Hahahahaha they should\u2019ve turned the camera to Jada as Gloria— Reh-Nayy (@Reh-Nayy) 1648659480
They do say life imitates art, and some artists decided to draw their own version of Smith's and Rock's characters from the famous moment.
pic.twitter.com/3FrYSySPKR— \ud83d\udd3bDomylama\ud83d\udd3a (@\ud83d\udd3bDomylama\ud83d\udd3a) 1648604841
pic.twitter.com/IlQa08Wpwf— OmegaGaming\ud83d\udc26 (@OmegaGaming\ud83d\udc26) 1648595769
pic.twitter.com/s0TOQdBrwH— Nova (@Nova) 1648611478
Perhaps this could be the makings of a potential new Shark Tale/Madagascar crossover movie?
DreamWorks getting ideas for a crossoverhttps://twitter.com/vrlolathon/status/1508890731754233856\u00a0\u2026— ianAVIAN (@ianAVIAN) 1648632793
Given that Smith has since publicly apologised to Rock for slapping him, fans can only hope.
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