![]() The character Hagrid received a nickname that players dubbed him in a perversion of his real name based on his unique dialect. The character of Hagrid was not well defined and he was presented in an unflattering rendering that spawned a wave of nettling and memes. The game was first released in November of 2001 for PS1, Windows, Mac OS X, Game Boy Advance, and Game Boy Color. Hagrid became the groundkeeper of the Hogwarts Shcool of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the game, he is one of the characters that sends Harry Potter out on quests. It wasn’t until 2012 that the images of PS1 Hagrid began to receive a lot of attention. Memes began to circulate that included the unflattering image from the game with tragically misspelled headings that were phonetically accurate with his manner of speech. Soon the images and comments began to appear on forums by users who wanted to share their funny iterations of the meme. Soon Haggord memes became a popular joke to share on forums. Some even photoshopped the character from the PS1 game with creative additions and edits to the character. ![]() This is how one of the worst character portrayals came to be so famous. Players would use the reference to describe themselves when they felt like they were monstrous or out of sorts, comparing themselves to PS1 Hagrid. PS1 Hagrid has not faded into the memories of those who had such a good time at his expense. Social media is still abuzz with memories of PS1 Hagrid, with players still talking about how the character was awesome when the game was first released. Upon retrospect, many now see how creepy he really looks. While some still poke fun at the PS1 Hagrid, others are fast to defend the character because they see him as a great addition to the game that made it more awesome to play. One post suggests that if you’ve never seen PS1 Hagrid, you’ve not yet experienced life to the fullest. A much-maligned character is actually belovedĪlthough there have been thousands of memes made through the inspiration of the PS1 Hagrid, it’s not because people hated the character in the game, it’s more because human nature guided them to poke fun at the ridiculous appearance the developers cursed him with. This became a popular image on me_irl and Instagram in the coming months.There’s a big difference between merely looking at an image and interacting with it in a game. On December 4th, 2016, Twitter user tweeted the same image with the caption, "i feel like PS1 Hagrid all the time lately & i dont know how to fix it" (shown below). In Autumn of 2016, Tumblr user Spazerbeam (account since deleted) posted an image of PS1 Hagrid captioned "Reblog if you agree." The image has gained nearly 72,000 notes as of January 16th, 2017. On September 8th, 2016, WFS12 uploaded the "Arry Porrer" image to me_irl and received 3,265 points. PS1 Hagrid began to grow in popularity in late 2016 as a relatable character. On June 15th, 2015, French Youtuber and Let's Player Benzaie uploaded his playthrough of Harry Potter A L'Ecole De Sorciers, and in the playthroughs introduction, photoshopped the Hagrid character to appear as a Blobfish, leading to comparisons between the animal and Hagrid. The image and PS1 Hagrid continued to have minor popularity in the coming years, sometimes appearing alongside variations of You're a Wizard, Harry!. The earliest known instance of the image's use was posted on July 9th, 2012 on GamePlanet Forums by user TheMango in a comment compiling funny pictures from the internet. Images of PS1 Hagrid began circulating online as early as 2012, when a popular image macro paired a frame of Hagrid with an intentionally misspelled caption that reads "Haggord: You dun it nao Arry Porrer" (shown below). ![]() The character Hagrid serves as the groundskeeper of the game's setting, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and occasionally sends the player, Harry Potter, on errands and missions (seen at 13:11 in the video below). It was initially developed for the PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and Mac OS X. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was published by EA Games and released in the United States on November 15th, 2001. ![]()
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