It was titled “Harry Potter Illuminati” and contained absolutely no Illuminati references (that I could ‘decode’ at least…). I’ve tried to find the first Illuminati montage parody, but it hasn’t proved very successful due in part to some difficulties with sorting YouTube videos by the oldest result (I’ve used Google’s advanced search feature, but at this point, I’m grasping at straws).īut how did the “modern” Illuminati conspiracy begin? The oldest YouTube video I could find was posted by used LitaStarr on 2 February 2006. An earlier montage seemingly preceded the very first montage parody, having been released on 21 December 2010 by user BETZCOH’s channel, but doesn’t include many important characteristics of a montage parody. The Illuminati)” uploaded by YouTuber QwertySkill on 14 December 2013. I tried finding the first montage parody to feature the Illuminati and came across “How to Flip a Pancake (Ft. This Reddit thread cites YouTuber motdef as having one of the first recognizable montage parodies.

Since then, the meme has taken off significantly. Know Your Meme cites Jamal Nigrumz (username jmcxs) as having the first montage parody circa 10 March 2011. There is even an entire subreddit devoted entirely to montage parodies. Know Your Meme defines a montage parody as a remix video “parodying the ‘video game montage’ subgenre on YouTube”. Having seen the relatively recent Illuminati video by YouTube star Ryan Higa, I delved a bit into the “montage parody” area of YouTube.

Mlg montage parody is dead