Hadokening is a
photo fad
that involves two or more people staging a “Ki attack” knockout sequence and
photographing themselves in mid-action, as seen in the popular Japanese
fighting arcade game
Street Fighter and manga series
Dragon Ball.
Derivative: Vadering
On March 29th, 2013, Twitter user Rob Martinez tweeted a picture of himself
staging Darth Vader’s Force choke with the hashtag #vadering (shown below).
That same day, Martinez’ photo was reposted to the /r/pics subreddit
[12],
where it garnered more than 16,900 upvotes and 480 comments within a few days.
On March 30th, the same photo appeared on 9GAG
[13],
where it received similarly positive reviews.
