7 GRAND DAD

*7 GRAND DAD* is a bootleg video game for the NES. After Vinesauce Joel discovered it, it became a meme within his fanbase, and eventually, the main meme on SiIvaGunner.

## History

In 1991, the video game *The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy* was released on the NES, based on the animated series *The Flintstones*. The game was largely forgotten since its release.

A year later, an unconfirmed bootleg company created a ROM hack of the game based on the *Mario* franchise, marketing itself as the series' seventh installment. There are only a few notable differences between the original game and the bootleg. These are:

* The title screen is changed to to feature a miscolored Mario, who's sprite originates from another bootleg *Mario* game, *Dian Shi Ma Li* for the Famicom. The Mario look-a-like has its colors changed to match the hacked game's title screen. The Mario look-a-like in *Dian Shi Ma Li*, known as Fortran, also has his hat symbol (an "F" rather then Mario's iconic "M") changed to the Chinese symbol 王 (which means "king"). The game's logo is completely removed, with the exception of a yellow star with Fred Flintstone in it. The game's title is *7 GRAND DAD*. Underneath, text reading "PRESS START BUTTON!" is seen, as well as the copyright date of 1992 1. The "1" is actually a hidden world select screen not featured in the original game and added by the hackers.
* Fred Flintstone's in-game sprite is changed so his head is replaced with Mario's head from *Super Mario Bros. 3*.

* All instances of Taito (the company behind the original game) are removed.

* The remainder of the game is unchanged, including its 8-bit cover of "Meet the Flintstones" (*The Flintstones* theme song), called "Title Theme & Ending".

The game was also notably be featured in a 7-in-1 multicart of bootleg *Mario* NES games, under the name *Mario 7* on the collection's select screen.

The Mario look-a-like on the game's title screen has since been given the name Grand Dad.

## Vinesauce Joel

On September 4th, 2014, Vinesauce Joel did a stream where he played multiple ROMs of bootleg video games for the NES/Famicom. He eventually came across the Mario 7-in-1 multicart and *7 GRAND DAD*, His reaction the game's title screen and gameplay would quickly became a meme within his fanbase due to being funny.

*7 GRAND DAD* has since become one the most prominent memes to spawn from the Vinesauce community in general, inspiring remixes, fan art, fan games, and other memes.

## SoundCloud

Sometime after Joel's discovery of the game, a SoundCloud user named dj fruitsnacks (now known as ytp4life) created a (poorly made) mashup between "Title Theme & Ending" and "Levels" by Avicii. Following this, several other mashups using "Title Theme & Ending". Fellow SoundCloud user Chaze the Chat would eventually take notice of this and began making high effort mashups using the track, eventually leading to the creation of GiIvaSunner, now known as SiIvaGunner, becoming the channel's main meme.

## History on SiIvaGunner

The GiIvaSunner channel was created on Janurary 9th, with the first ever high quality rip, "Battle! (Wild Pokémon) - Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire" being uploaded. The rip features the advertised track having its melody changed to "Meet the Flintstones" and the game's logo switching to a low quality and blurry picture of Grand Dad. Many uploads with "Meet the Flintstones" and other *7 GRAND DAD* references (including Joel's reaction) would be uploaded after this, solidifying the game as the channel's main meme. Vinesauce Joel did quickly become aware of the channel and seems to be a casual fan of it.

## Character

Grand Dad is used on SiIvaGunner to represent his game and "Meet the Flintstones", as well as being an overall mascot alongside a few other characters. Both of his appearances (from the game's title screen and main content) have been referenced numerous times. Oddly enough, the character doesn't really have a presence in the channel's lore despite being the main meme. He appeared in "Title Theme & Ending - 7 GRAND DAD" and in the prologue for *The SiIvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis*, but hasn't made an appearance since. Although it has been confirmed he will appear in the series' eventual eleventh episode.

Grand Dad also appears in The Lighthouse on the channel banner alongside Smol Nozomi and Tito Dick. He was also planned to be the main playable character in the cancelled game *Grand Dad Mania*.

## Gallery

Fortran's standing sprite edited to be Grand DadGrand Dad's in-game appearance, combining Mario and Fred Flintstone.