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Epic fail guy
From Encyclopedia Dramatica
The Epic Fail Guy is a meme in which Anonymous will draw images of a stick figure and imageboard roleplay this character going about various methods of failing completely. This minor forced meme grew into a true meme of epic proportions when in one adventure he pulled a Guy Fawkes mask out of a bin. This image of a stickfigure wearing a mask much like in V for Vendetta became a meme and from then on most depictions of EFG will involve this mask.
Guy Fawkes was an English Catholic terrorist who tried to destroy the Anglican establishment by blowing up the English parliament in London the only person to ever enter Parliament with honest intentions.
Guy, the epic failure, was pwned before he could enact the Gunpowder Plot because King James utilized an early form of the secret service to stop the plan. Thus Guy became an Epic Fail that would be remembered for at least 1000 years.
In threads that the OP or a majority of posters are undergoing complete and total failure, posting a picture of EFG is considered enough to tell Anonymous that he is failing the interbutts.
As Epic Fail Guy is a simple stick figure, many others have posted their own tales of fail using this character. Threads involving these stories usually turn into a complete mess as people post random EFG images in there and argue about whether the OP is the original EFG artist. These threads are best described as an epic failure.
Epic Fail Guy also has a son since a couple of months, Epic fail kid, already showing potential in becoming a mass failure just like his dad.
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[edit] Philosophy
In philosophical terms, Epic Fail Guy (EFG, hereafter) represents the stage beyond the synthetic Existentialist/Tiplerian Omega; that is, he transcends and defines a new, Reimann-like space such that, for every instance of failure f, f(inf) --> efg!WIN. This can be presented in a number of ways using both symbolic logic and/or traditional didactic philosophy. An example of the latter in Hegelian dialectical terms would be 1. Thesis --> 2. Antithesis --> 3. Synthesis < EFG. Or, as one young cosplayer/philosopher at an anime con put it, "Epic Fail Guy is that guy who fails so hard he wins." Ex ore infantium et lactantium! (Ps. 8:2)
In philosophical terms, EFG is enormously impactful, on par with the development of transfinite number theory in mathematics. This is more than mere pomo textual tweaking: by taking Failure qua Faliure beyond a fascinating philosophical Ultimate, Epic Fail Guy allows the qualiate to transcend failure itself, thus defining/creating a new existential level in which qualium FAIL and qualium WIN are co-existent and congruent. Broadly speaking, EFG allows/creates a philosophic pathway between the "yucky" two-valued dialectic and a post-dialectical, ontological state where Win and Fail become, in a sense, a "delicious cake" — in other words, functions of one another rather than opposites. QED
TL;DR: Massive Lulz Ensue
[edit] Gallery
 EFG in 3D OMG |
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 By failing at failure, EFG wins, thus defining a new ontological space |
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 Failing at synchronization. |
 Epic Fail Girl. |
 The other Epic Fail Girl. |
 In memory of EFG, yet another casualty of Co$. See thread below. |
[edit] EFG Thread Archive
What's this we have here? O lawd, is 'dis sum EFG thread archives?
 EFG the Elite Beat Agent |
A man is in trouble, and it's EFG to the rescue!
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 Taco Eating Contest |
This thread is where EFG rediscovered his mask. EFG actually always had a mask since his first thread, but this is the only one wherein he regains it.
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 Guy Fawkes |
Guy Fawkes goes back in time and explains how the mask got into the trash can. Be warned: you have just lost the game, and will do so again by reading this epic archive.
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 EFGs Combo Thread |
EFG manages to make multiple combos without a single C-C-COMBO BREAKER.
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 EFG Kills Brock |
Brock is slain by Epic Fail Guy, all for a boulder badge.
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 EFG does a solo |
EFG hijacks a thread and starts singing
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 Epic Win Guy |
Thanks to the wordfilters, Epic Fail Guy returns as Epic Win Guy!
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 Epic Fain Guy |
EFG fuses with his counterpart, EWG.
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 Pick a Card |
EFG travels half way around the world to pull off the best card trick of the century.
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 Prince of Belle Air |
EFG recites everyone's favorite song.
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 Safe Sex |
EFG shows everyone how to (mis)practice safe sex in the bedroom.
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 Sam & Max |
EFG steals script straight from Sam & Max.
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 The Button |
EFG tries to end /b/, and fails horribly.
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Lots of things happen, and guests appear!
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 Suicide right? |
EFG is his own combobreaker.
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 Multipost |
EFG fails again at a combo
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 Proof |
EFG is proved to be into bestiality
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 EFG in 3D |
EFG goes on a 3D adventure
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 OBJECTION! |
EFG goes to court - as a lawyer!
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 EFG invents the Triangle Combo |
EFG invents the Triangle Combo
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 Another Failed Combo |
EFG fails incredibly hard in an impossibly short amount of time
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 Epic Fake Guy |
EFG gives us a PSA about his fake
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 40404040 |
EFG gets both combo and 40404040 get, creating a paradox that kills /b/.
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EFG's largest and probably most failing thread; theory for EFG clones. Download at http://www.mediafire.com/?9zhna1nx03j.
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 EFG digs for treasure. |
EFG crosses over 3 threads. Truly epic, but spammed to no end by newfags.
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 Failing at shit memes. |
Still doesn't make it funny.
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 EFG abducted! |
Xenu kidnaps EFG from /b/!
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[edit] See Also
- Sagefag
- FAILCHAN
- Reverend Jacob K. Reist
- Pigslop
- theredskull
- HellionExciter
- TheQuestionMarkMan
- Failcube
- NZFG
[edit] External links
- EFG wordpress site - because EFG decided to invade Wordpress for lulz
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