The virtual reality game VRChat became infected by an army of misshapen Knuckles characters known as "Ugandan Knuckles." The character was everywhere in video game culture but also became the face of its own memes outside the gaming world.

The figure obviously drew criticism for being problematic at best, and racist at worst. From the literal "Ugandan" name, to quotes and accents attributed to the character, this Knuckles meme was in poor taste.