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Nemesis6051 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Infobox |title = Crazy Ghost |image = ScreamerWarning.png |creator = Unknown |type = Screamer image |date = 2002 }} '''Crazy Ghost''' (Japanese: クレイジーゴースト, ''kurejī gōsuto'') also known as '''Red-Eyed Woman''' (Japanese: 赤目女, ''akame onna'') is an image of a pale-faced, red-eyed woman that is used in many screamers. In China, the image is known as 一只可愛的女鬼寵物 (Pinyin: ''Yī zhī kě'ài de nǚ guǐ chǒngwù'', “cute fem...") |
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'''Crazy Ghost''' (Japanese: クレイジーゴースト, ''kurejī gōsuto'') also known as '''Red-Eyed Woman''' (Japanese: 赤目女, ''akame onna'') is an image of a pale-faced, red-eyed woman that is used in many screamers. In China, the image is known as 一只可愛的女鬼寵物 (Pinyin: ''Yī zhī kě'ài de nǚ guǐ chǒngwù'', “cute female ghost pet”). | '''Crazy Ghost''' (Japanese: クレイジーゴースト, ''kurejī gōsuto''), also known as '''Red-Eyed Woman''' (Japanese: 赤目女, ''akame onna'') is an image of a pale-faced, red-eyed woman that is used in many screamers. In China, the image is known as 一只可愛的女鬼寵物 (Pinyin: ''Yī zhī kě'ài de nǚ guǐ chǒngwù'', “cute female ghost pet”). | ||
== Origin and | == Origin and spread == | ||
Crazy Ghost originated on a Korean site, myhome.hananet.net/~crazyghost/goto.htm, as early as January 2002. Upon opening the page, the website would open a pop-up containing the image accompanied by a scream. | Crazy Ghost originated on a Korean site, myhome.hananet.net/~crazyghost/goto.htm, as early as January 2002. Upon opening the page, the website would open a pop-up containing the image accompanied by a scream. | ||
In October 2002, the image was published to two subpages of a private website belonging to a Chinese university student, vip.6to23.com/jpgman/gui/mm.htm and vip.6to23.com/jpgman/gui/gui.htm. Upon accessing the mm.htm page, | In October 2002, the image was published to two subpages of a private website belonging to a Chinese university student, vip.6to23.com/jpgman/gui/mm.htm and vip.6to23.com/jpgman/gui/gui.htm. Upon accessing the mm.htm page, a dialog box that read 音量调到最大了吗?? ("Is the volume turned all the way up?") appeared. After clicking the OK button, the page displayed the Crazy Ghost image, and played g.wav, an audio file consisting of a female scream. The page opened another dialog box when the user attempted to leave the page, which read 哟,怎么你的胆量还可以啊 ("Well, you've got a lot of nerve"). Unlike mm.htm, gui.htm had no image or sound file in its source code, and was likely designed to to redirect the user to mm.htm.<ref>thetuburo.com/2021/12/28/crazy-ghost-gazou</ref> | ||
In 2009, the image was reprinted on a Japanese website called 魔を祓う部屋 (''ma o harau heya'', "Room for Exorcising Demons") under the name クレイジーゴースト.<ref>w.atwiki.jp/mustnotsearch/pages/128.html</ref> A [[wikipedia:Moe_(slang)|moeified]] version of Crazy Ghost, called キャー子さん (Kyāko-san),<ref>Likely a combination of キャー (''kyā''), an exclamation of surprise, and 子 (''ko'') a common female name ending. </ref> was posted on [[wikipedia:Futaba_Channel|Futaba Channel]].<ref>dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E5%AD%90%E3%81%95%E3%82%93</ref><ref>According to w.atwiki.jp/2jiwiki/pages/592.html, the earliest record of キャー子さん dates back to January 8th, 2008.</ref> | In 2009, the image was reprinted on a Japanese website called 魔を祓う部屋 (''ma o harau heya'', "Room for Exorcising Demons") under the name クレイジーゴースト.<ref>w.atwiki.jp/mustnotsearch/pages/128.html</ref> A [[wikipedia:Moe_(slang)|moeified]] version of Crazy Ghost, called キャー子さん (Kyāko-san),<ref>Likely a combination of キャー (''kyā''), an exclamation of surprise, and 子 (''ko'') a common female name ending. </ref> was posted on [[wikipedia:Futaba_Channel|Futaba Channel]].<ref>dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E5%AD%90%E3%81%95%E3%82%93</ref><ref>According to w.atwiki.jp/2jiwiki/pages/592.html, the earliest record of キャー子さん dates back to January 8th, 2008.</ref> |