The phrase began being spammed in Twitch stats and YouTube commentary.īup is a term commonly associated with Simpleflips, deriving from a stretched out texture of Toad's face from the game. The popularity of the phrase became popular enough that modder Kaze Emanuar changed all the dialogue in his hack, Super Ultra Kaizo Memeio Road 128 Stars Extreme Edition Revenge Deluxe, to 'Shoutouts to Simpleflips.' On May 9th, 2016, Vinesauce Joel uploaded a highlight video of his stream of the mod to YouTube, gaining over 1.7 million views, popularizing the phrase. 'Shoutouts to Simpleflips' became a meme within the speedrunning community, particularly in Super Mario 64 rom hack speedruns, because of Simpleflips' standing within the community.
