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Downfall parodies are a series of internet parody videos based on 2004 German film, Der Untergang (English: Downfall). The videos involve the film's original German language with intentionally incorrect subtitles to make it appear that the characters, predominantly Adolf Hitler, are commenting on a contemporary event or news story.

History
The first Downfall parody was created in 2006 by a Spanish Youtube user however it has been claimed by English student, Chris Bowley that he came up with the idea independently in 2007 when he uploaded a video entitled "Hitler gets banned from Xbox Live", which subsequently became the most viewed Downfall parody on Youtube. The videos mainly were involving the scene where Hitler is told that the war is lost by his generals and ranting about it. Since the initial Downfall parodies, other scenes from Der Untergang were used in creating Downfall parodies. The scene where Hitler is informed by Otto Gunsche that he can't find Hermann Fegelein is also a scene used for the parodies. this scene also led to a spin-off of the original Downfall parodies with Hitler and Fegelein appearing to have a rivalry based around Fegelein pulling "antics" on Hitler.