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Spider-Man With a Wrench
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Spider-Man With a Wrench, also known as Spider-Man Hammering, refers to a memorable scene from 1970s Japanese TV series Spider-Man in which Spider-Man hammers the ground with a wrench. Online, a still image and a GIF based on the scene have been used as reactions and exploitables.
Origin
Between May 17th, 1978 and March 14th, 1979, an unknown episode of Japanese tokusatsu TV series Spider-Man, loosely based on the comics of the same name, featured a scene in which Spider-Man crawls around and hammers the ground with a wrench (GIF version of the scene shown below).[1]
![Spider-Man With a Wrench GIF](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/926/b1d.gif)
Spread
Starting in April 2007 the scene, along with other memorable scenes from the series, gained popularity in MAD videos on the Japanese video-sharing site Nico Nico Douga. [2]
On July 2nd, 2014, Tumblr user tvcm posted a GIF based on the scene to the website, with the post gaining over 31,600 notes in five years.[3] On August 3rd, 2015, Tumblr user ostentatious-gentleman posted the GIF to the website with a caption "Spiderman Vs. Antman",[4] with user perlockholmes commenting "The final battle for the right to be in the next Avengers movie." (exchange shown below).[5] The post gained over 131,200 notes in three years.
![Spider-Man vs. Ant-man perlockholmes ostentatious-gentleman: Spiderman Vs. Antman The final battle for the right to be in the next Avengers movie.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/003/116/4bd.gif)
Between 2015 and 2019, the "Spiderman vs. Antman" joke has been reposted multiple times on Reddit and other sites, with notable posts appearing in /r/funny,[6] /r/dankmemes[7] and /r/marvelmemes.[8] On May 9th, 2016, an anonymous 4chan user posted the edited GIF as a reference to Dark Souls 3. [9]
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On May 19th, 2019, Reddit user Divaura used a still image from the scene in a post to /r/dankmemes subreddit which gained over 49,100 upvotes in three days (shown below).[10]
![Ah s---, here we go again Everyone while reddit was down:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/946/058.jpg)
In the following days, the image gained significant popularity on Reddit, primarily in /r/dankmemes community.
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![Spider-Man With a Wrench Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/494/958/e45.jpg)
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External References
[1] Wikipedia – Spider-Man
[2] GotFunnyPictures – Toei Spider-Man / Spy Darma
[3] Tumblr – tvcm's Post
[4] Tumblr – ostentatious-gentleman's Post
[5] Tumblr – perlockholmes's Comment
[6] Reddit – Leaked footage of the fight scene between spiderman and antman
[8] Reddit – Leaked footage
[9] 4chan – /v/Thread #336976957
[10] Reddit – Ah shit, here we go again
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