Ugandan Knuckles emerged in VRChat in late 2017 and exploded in January 2018, built around a distorted, small red version of Knuckles from Sonic the Hedgehog. Players adopted a faux Ugandan accent inspired by the low budget action film Who Killed Captain Alex, repeating do you know da wae, clicking their tongues and spitting at outsiders. Clips spread across YouTube, Twitch and Reddit, turning the character into one of the defining VRChat memes before backlash and overuse pushed it into nostalgic meme compilations.