Flappy Bird

2026-04-09T11:30:23Z

ToenailEater4200: added a censored version

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{{Infobox Shock Site
|name = Flappy Bird
|image = flappybird.png
|imagecaption = The title screen before the Scratch project was modified.
|maker = '''Original version''' kingliam3 
'''Hacked version''' Armus
|type = [[Scratch]] [[game]]
|date = '''Original version''' January 31, 2014 
'''Hacked version''' November 18, 2021
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'''Flappy Bird''' was an innocuous [[Scratch]] project created by user "kingliam3" on January 31st, 2014, based on the mobile [[game]] with the [[wikipedia:Flappy Bird|same name]]. On November 18th, 2021, however, a user on [[4chan]], known as "Armus", password guessed kingliam's account and the game to [[Shock site|display]] [[wikipedia:Suicide of Ronnie McNutt|Ronnie McNutt's suicide livestream]] when the player dies. A Scratch reupload of it was played by SleepyWaterCow, further boosting the popularity of the game.<ref><s>youtube.com/watch?v=KwgUV-c-kZk</s></ref>

== Description ==
This Scratch project is a port of the original iOS and Android versions of the now-removed video game ''Flappy Bird''. However, there are now two game modes: "Normal" and "Impossible". "Impossible" alters the color pattern, and increases the game's speed. Losing the game, regardless of the game mode, shows a looping GIF of Ronnie McNutt blowing his face, and plays a clip of the song "Ruler of Everything" by [[wikipedia:Tally Hall|Tally Hall]], beginning with the lyrics "So he shot at the sun with a gun".

=== Showcase video ===
[[File:Flappy Bird Scratch (censored).mp4|350px]]

== Hacking incident ==
[[File:4chanflappybird.png|thumb|OP's post (with the image censored) and an anonymous user calling OP a legend.]]

On November 18, 2021, on 4chan's /b/ board, Armus announced that they, alongside "[their] friends", hacked into a large Scratch account that hosted a popular version of Flappy Bird.<ref>thebarchive.com/b/thread/866946078 contains shocking content!</ref> The user specifically attempted to gather reaction from the press by encouraging readers to contact a multitude of news stations with the claim that the game always had shocking content in it. OP called this "Operation McNutt".

[[File:opbloomberg.png|thumb|An email OP sent to [[Wikipedia:Bloomberg News|Bloomberg News]].]]

A [[Wikipedia:Discord|Discord]] tag was also added the bottom of the page, ''Armus#1111'', possibly to also receive players' reactions.

The night following the incident, the project was eventually removed by Scratch's administrators.

=== Creator response ===
See the first comment below.

==References==
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==Link==
NOTE: The following [[shock site|shock game]] contains extremely [[graphic content]]!
* <s>scratch.mit.edu/projects/17341536/</s>
** '''Permalink''': web.archive.org/web/20211118223358/litter.catbox.moe/5k4ix5.sb3
* '''Original SB3 File (Safe Version)''': tinyurl.com/5y7s87xb
* '''Armus and friends hacking kingliam's account and trolling someone with the game''': files.screamer.wiki/ArmusFlappyBird.mp4
* '''Censored Version on scratch https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1305068571/'''

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