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'''<span class="plainlinks">[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yoshi-committed-tax-fraud Yoshi committing tax fraud]</span>''' is a meme that began in 2016, when Tumblr user Druddigon responded to a list of 64 things wrong with [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'']] games (each of them being "nothing") with a claim that [[Yoshi]] has committed tax fraud. Upon being demanded to show proof, Druddigon responded with an edited image of | [[File:Yoshi FS.png|thumb|65px|Yoshi's ''[[Fortune Street]]'' artwork]] | ||
'''<span class="plainlinks">[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yoshi-committed-tax-fraud Yoshi committing tax fraud]</span>''' is a meme that began in 2016, when Tumblr user Druddigon responded to a list of 64 things wrong with [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'']] games (each of them being "nothing") with a claim that [[Yoshi]] has committed tax fraud. Upon being demanded to show proof, Druddigon responded with an edited image of Yoshi's ''Fortune Street'' artwork with a text bubble saying "i committed tax fraud," with no capitalization or punctuation. The meme gained traction in 2018, following YouTuber [[#SiIvaGunner/GiIvaSunner|SiIvaGunner]] using the meme in some of his "high-quality rip" remixes. | |||
Coincidentally, Yoshi is the only playable character in ''[[Fortune Street]]'' to [[List of Fortune Street quotes by Super Mario characters#General 13|request tax exemption]] should the player build a new tax office on the playing board, predating the meme by roughly five years.<ref>MarioBrothBlog (January 16, 2019). [https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1085320705095413762 There exists one piece of in-game evidence in favor of the widespread Internet joke that Yoshi does not pay his taxes: in Fortune Street, Yoshi is the only one out of 26 characters that requests to be exempt from paying taxes when the player builds a new tax office.]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved January 17, 2019.</ref> | Coincidentally, Yoshi is the only playable character in ''[[Fortune Street]]'' to [[List of Fortune Street quotes by Super Mario characters#General 13|request tax exemption]] should the player build a new tax office on the playing board, predating the meme by roughly five years.<ref>MarioBrothBlog (January 16, 2019). [https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1085320705095413762 There exists one piece of in-game evidence in favor of the widespread Internet joke that Yoshi does not pay his taxes: in Fortune Street, Yoshi is the only one out of 26 characters that requests to be exempt from paying taxes when the player builds a new tax office.]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved January 17, 2019.</ref> | ||