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The first [[screamer]] reactions to ever become popular was that of a boy named Justice playing [[The Maze]] at a desk on February 8, 2007.<ref name="macra">NACIÓN GAMER. (2021, October 9). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211106082259/https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/esports/opinion/2021/10/09/61621054ca4741e4078b45ac.html "Leyendas del Gaming: Scary Maze, la broma más cruel del viejo Internet"]. MARCA. Archived from [https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/esports/opinion/2021/10/09/61621054ca4741e4078b45ac.html the original].</ref><ref>Witney S. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150927232805/http://www.craveonline.com/culture/879173-editorial-trailer-reaction-videos-stupid "Editorial: Why Your Trailer Reaction Videos Are Stupid"]. Crave. Archived from [https://www.craveonline.com/culture/879173-editorial-trailer-reaction-videos-stupid the original].</ref> Shortly after, [[Regan MacNeil]] appears on the screen. The boy screams, repeatedly hits the screen, and runs up and cries to his step-dad, Chad, who was recording him.<ref name="macra" /> The video was first uploaded to [[YouTube]] by OUTLAW713 on February 21, 2006,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070306004420/https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bvv7MBZk_f4 "Maze"]. February 21, 2006 – via [[YouTube]]. Archived from [https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bvv7MBZk_f4 the original]</ref> but most people have mistaken it for having been first uploaded by the user CantWeAllJusGetAlong in May 2006, which had around 32,000,000 views at its peak.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141115122718/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh87njiWTmw "Scary Maze prank - The Original"]. May 20, 2006 – via [[YouTube]]. Archived from [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh87njiWTmw the original]</ref> Either way, both videos were later removed by [[YouTube]]. Despite it being the first famous screamer reaction, the most ever viewed reaction was uploaded by nalts on June 28, 2008, which had 43,000,000 million views to date. then-Disney stars Miley Cyrus and Mandy Jiroux also recorded their reactions to the screamer,<ref>C, J. (2008, August 3). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080921080838/http://popdirt.com/miley-cyrus-coaches-mandy-jiroux-in-scary-maze-game/68268/ "Miley Cyrus Coaches Mandy Jiroux In Scary Maze Game"]. popdirt.com. Archived from [http://popdirt.com/miley-cyrus-coaches-mandy-jiroux-in-scary-maze-game/68268/ the original].</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211106060029/https://www.elhorizonte.mx/escena/scary-maze-game/2678543 "‘El Laberinto’; juego que aterrorizó a toda una generación en internet"]. (2019, October 26) Elhorizonte. Archived from [https://www.elhorizonte.mx/escena/scary-maze-game/2678543 the original].</ref> uploaded to their channel "mileymandy" and had received 7,777,000 views as of November 2021. | The first [[screamer]] reactions to ever become popular was that of a boy named Justice playing [[The Maze]] at a desk on February 8, 2007.<ref name="macra">NACIÓN GAMER. (2021, October 9). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211106082259/https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/esports/opinion/2021/10/09/61621054ca4741e4078b45ac.html "Leyendas del Gaming: Scary Maze, la broma más cruel del viejo Internet"]. MARCA. Archived from [https://www.marca.com/claro-mx/esports/opinion/2021/10/09/61621054ca4741e4078b45ac.html the original].</ref><ref>Witney S. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150927232805/http://www.craveonline.com/culture/879173-editorial-trailer-reaction-videos-stupid "Editorial: Why Your Trailer Reaction Videos Are Stupid"]. Crave. Archived from [https://www.craveonline.com/culture/879173-editorial-trailer-reaction-videos-stupid the original].</ref> Shortly after, [[Regan MacNeil]] appears on the screen. The boy screams, repeatedly hits the screen, and runs up and cries to his step-dad, Chad, who was recording him.<ref name="macra" /> The video was first uploaded to [[YouTube]] by OUTLAW713 on February 21, 2006,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070306004420/https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bvv7MBZk_f4 "Maze"]. February 21, 2006 – via [[YouTube]]. Archived from [https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bvv7MBZk_f4 the original]</ref> but most people have mistaken it for having been first uploaded by the user CantWeAllJusGetAlong in May 2006, which had around 32,000,000 views at its peak.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141115122718/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh87njiWTmw "Scary Maze prank - The Original"]. May 20, 2006 – via [[YouTube]]. Archived from [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh87njiWTmw the original]</ref> Either way, both videos were later removed by [[YouTube]]. Despite it being the first famous screamer reaction, the most ever viewed reaction was uploaded by nalts on June 28, 2008, which had 43,000,000 million views to date. then-Disney stars Miley Cyrus and Mandy Jiroux also recorded their reactions to the screamer,<ref>C, J. (2008, August 3). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080921080838/http://popdirt.com/miley-cyrus-coaches-mandy-jiroux-in-scary-maze-game/68268/ "Miley Cyrus Coaches Mandy Jiroux In Scary Maze Game"]. popdirt.com. Archived from [http://popdirt.com/miley-cyrus-coaches-mandy-jiroux-in-scary-maze-game/68268/ the original].</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211106060029/https://www.elhorizonte.mx/escena/scary-maze-game/2678543 "‘El Laberinto’; juego que aterrorizó a toda una generación en internet"]. (2019, October 26) Elhorizonte. Archived from [https://www.elhorizonte.mx/escena/scary-maze-game/2678543 the original].</ref> uploaded to their channel "mileymandy" and had received 7,777,000 views as of November 2021. | ||
On television, The Maze was also too popular enough to be featured twice in ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'', when it was hosted by Tom Bergeron. Saturday Night Live parodied<ref>Rubino, J. (2019, November 1). [https://spartanink.org/6772/showcase/the-origins-of-the-scary-maze-game/ "The Origins Of the Scary Maze Game"]. Spartan Ink.</ref><ref name="macra" /> the Scary Maze Game reactions | On television, The Maze was also too popular enough to be featured twice in ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'', when it was hosted by Tom Bergeron. Saturday Night Live parodied<ref>Rubino, J. (2019, November 1). [https://spartanink.org/6772/showcase/the-origins-of-the-scary-maze-game/ "The Origins Of the Scary Maze Game"]. Spartan Ink.</ref><ref name="macra" /> the Scary Maze Game reactions in one of the episodes, "I Didn't Ask For This".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CD0ZbvIyQE "I Didn't Ask for This - Saturday Night Live"]. [[YouTube]] (August 16, 2013)</ref> The episode first depict a man (played by ''[[wikipedia:Bobby Moyniha|Bobby Moynihan]]'') playing The Maze, with little differences on the walls at the end. Shortly after, an inverted picture of a vampire woman appears with a loud scream. The man screams, punches the monitor once, and stands up next to the wall and says in front of the camera: "''[crying] Why, why did you do that? That's not funny at all!''". The man is then shown urinating his pants at the end of the video. | ||
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