

She has no sense of direction, often misspells and mispronounces words, has trouble remembering her own age, and consistently fails to solve basic math problems, leading viewers to affectionately call her a "dum shark". Gura is friendly and readily likeable, and often amuses her viewers with foolish antics. In her spare time, she enjoys talking to marine life. On March 15th, 2019, YouTube user SoundDrout posted a video about the GIF.Gura is a descendant of the Lost City of Atlantis, who swam to Earth while saying "It's so boring down there LOLOLOL!" She bought her clothes (and her shark hat) in the human world and she really loves them.

Starting in mid-December 2019, a version of the GIF was spread online as a method of crashing or freezing the Discord mobile app for mobile iOS users, particularly for those using older devices (shown below, left). In the following weeks, multiple Instagram creators posted notable edits, including posts by largetrap, ieatnailpaint and pampam.mp4. The format saw a surge in popularity in late December 2019 after on December 29th Instagram user idieasvirgin posted a green screen of the clip. On December 8th, Twitter user posted a Super Mario Sunshine edit that received over 179,000 views, 6,300 retweets and 23,200 likes. A December 1st, 2019, edit by pba.mp4 gained over 22,700 views in the same period (shown below, right).

For example, a November 26th, 2019, Big Chungus meme by Instagram user notkinghill received over 119,300 views and 34,600 likes in four months (shown below, left). Starting in late November 2019, the GIF saw further spread in GIFs on Instagram and Twitter.

A November 28th GIF Caption by iFunny user notjojo received over 695 smiles (shown below, right). On October 26th, 2019, Redditor DanielIsNotFunny posted a Minecraft meme that received over 6,500 upvotes in five months (shown below, left). In the following weeks, the format saw further spread in /r/okbuddyretard and in GIF Captions on iFunny. The edit was circulated online in the following weeks, with a November 12th repost by iFunny user pete_the_pickle gaining over 24,900 smiles. On October 22nd, 2019, Instagram user memetendo posted an edit in which the GIF Caption was accompanied by sound, gaining over 300 likes and 1,300 views (shown below). The reaction did not see use in memes until on October 21st, 2019, Redditor ThoughtfulCookie posted an ironic Big Chungus GIF caption that received over 4,800 upvotes in /r/okbuddyretard in five months (shown below). The video received over 15,000 likes in one year. On November 22nd, 2018, TikTok user recorded a reaction video in which he pretended to experience a seizure. Additionally, the GIF was used by Discord users to freezes and/or crash the app for iOS users. Initially circulated in GIF captions on Reddit and iFunny, the video gained significant popularity in edits on Instagram in late December 2019. Gemini31292's Seizure Reaction refers to a reaction video recorded by TikTok user in which he pretends to have a seizure. Gemini31292, seizure, eye pop, shaking, black guy, hat, spazzing, shocked, gif captions, discord crash, thoughtfulcookie, memetendo, pete_the_pickle, danielisnotfunny, notjojo, notkinghill, pba.mp4, idieasvirgin, largetrap, sounddrout About
