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Gamers have embraced the Will Smith slapping meme from the Oscars

The Oscars slapped this year.

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars was one of—if not the most—memorable moment of the night. A poorly received joke about his wife led to Smith confronting Rock on stage, where camera operators captured a still shot of the incident.

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The heated exchange has quickly spread to several gaming circles and platforms. Reddit has taken the image and used it as meme fodder, with users like ZombieEmergency4391 posting it on the Harry Potter Game subreddit.

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While the image has become a hit on Reddit, Twitter has found a use for the legendary still shot, making a litany of other memes, like Dubnerd2's Pokémon post.

Uaekoala69 posted several other memes that surfaced on Twitter following the Oscar moment. These posts contain references to the Rock Smash move from the Pokémon franchise and Fruit Ninja.

The incident has even found a categorization on Know You Meme that explains what happened for those who missed what happened live.

For more on Reddit, visit some of our other articles here on Pro Game Guides, like Final Fantasy XIV player creates clever Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Glamour.


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Tai Hofmann
I’m Tai, a gaming guru from Ohio and Staff Writer for Pro Game Guides. Few things are as incredible to me as the interactive experiences video games provide, and I want to use my writing talent to help others enjoy games as well! If I’m not gaming, I’m probably watching Marvel movies or anime.