MultiVersus has no shortage of big-name stars in its roster, but the next character coming to the Smash-like brawler could be its biggest yet. As spotted in a European Union trademark filing that was shared on Twitter by Andrew Marmo, it looks like Big Chungus is headed to MultiVersus.
Warner Bros. trademark Big Chungus for use of a video game. pic.twitter.com/T9tTg9jrko
— Andrew Marmo (@the_marmolade) August 27, 2022
If you’re unfamiliar with the alternate version of Bugs Bunny, then what you need to know is that the character first appeared in a 1941 Looney Tunes cartoon. As explained by famed philosopher Liquid Snake in 1998’s Metal Gear Solid, Big Chungus only existed for 3.4 seconds in our reality, but decades later, became the strongest and most dominant meme on the Internet.
Summoned into existence by Bugs Bunny to briefly make fun of Elmer Fudd’s physique (Bugs was a bit of a stinker back then), it’d be several decades before the transformation became meme royalty. The word “Chungus” was allegedly coined by video game journalist Jim Sterling sometime prior to December 2012, according to Know Your Meme, and around 2016, “Big Chungus” began circulating online.