Would You Care to Try a Falcon Punch?

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Before we start this post, let’s just get it out of the way: FALCON PUNCH!!!

Ah, much better. So, you may not know this (we sure didn’t!), but the signature move from F-Zero star Captain Falcon is quite the popular maneuver around the Interwebs. So popular, in fact, it has spawned many different pictures and meanings. But before we get to those, here is the original Falcon Punch as made famous from the Smash Bros. series:

Pretty simple, eh? Just a punch resembling a falcon. OK, that makes sense. Where’s the funny? Glad you asked — Unreality Mag compiled a slew of images depicting the seemingly normal attack in a variety of wacky ways. Like here’s a low-level weirdness shot of swallow-pro Kirby Falcon Punching it up:

Now continue on after the break to see the higher-level bizareness.