Dororong
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About
Dororong is a chibi interpretation of the character Dorothy from the South Korean mobile video game GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE. The character, depicted with the same pink hair and purple eyes as the original, has appeared in numerous memes within the fandom since emerging in 2023.
Origin
Goddess of Victory: Nikke was released on iOS in November 2022 and on PC in February 2023. The game finds players controlling artificial soldiers called Nikkes, who are styled as anime girls.[1] Among these soldiers is a character named Dorothy (shown below).
Within the fandom for SoulWorker, another Korean video game, a meme spread in roughly 2021 around the character Stella. On July 15th, 2021, Arca.live forum user Kakarot uploaded an image of several Chibi Stellas pulling a sled[2] (shown below).
On June 12th, 2023, Arca.live[3] user 수어리해변야스마렵다 started a collection of emotes starring Chibi drawings of Dorothy. These included multiple emotes in which Chibi Dorothy's head was on the body of the Chibi Stella Unibell character, and that character would come to be known as Dororong (shown below).
Spread
The character began spreading outside the Korean fandom and into the global fandom shortly after the emotes were posted. On August 2nd, 2023, Redditor Bunker_Alpha-18 posted an inquiry about the character's origin to the /r/NikkeMobile[4] subreddit, gaining over 30 points in 10 months, calling her "Gremlin Dorothy" (shown below, left).
On September 12th, Redditor tang_the_great posted an update of Dororong memes to the subreddit,[5] using the "Dororong" name, gaining over 810 points in nine months (example shown below, right).
The character has seen some use in memes outside of the Goddess of Victory: Nikke fandom. For example, on May 7th, 2024, Redditor OkkieDokkie_ posted a meme with the character to /r/memes,[6] gaining over 2,300 points in one day (shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Nikke – Game Website
[2] Arca.live – SoulWorker Chibi Art
[3] Arca.live – Chibi Doro Emotes
[4] Reddit – /r/NikkeMobile
[5] Reddit – /r/nikkemobile
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doro is now immortalized in Stellar Blade thanks to the Nikke DLC, wow
doro is now immortalized in Stellar Blade thanks to the Nikke DLC, wow
It's called the dorocreature. FFS…
It's called the dorocreature. FFS…
The latest, official April Fools event featured doro-fied versions of several other characters so even the devs are in on it.
The latest, official April Fools event featured doro-fied versions of several other characters so even the devs are in on it.
So this is the Essex of Nikke.
So this is the Essex of Nikke.
each gacha game with a substantial community has at least 1 gremlin-like unofficial mascot spawn from the community memes
each gacha game with a substantial community has at least 1 gremlin-like unofficial mascot spawn from the community memes
Fate also has neco arc
Fate also has neco arc
Pretty much.
Pretty much.
It's interesting how, out of all the silly characters the game has, the one that got meme status as this goofy little dog thing is one of if not the most tragic of them all.
It's interesting how, out of all the silly characters the game has, the one that got meme status as this goofy little dog thing is one of if not the most tragic of them all.
So you're saying there's a tragic character that looks like a mix between girl and a dog?
So you're saying there's a tragic character that looks like a mix between girl and a dog?
Well, kinda. There's this one girl named Poli who's entire character trait is "Like a dog"
Well, kinda. There's this one girl named Poli who's entire character trait is "Like a dog"
nikke's dogs:
jackal: has always been treated like a dog and developed a fetish for it.
Biscuit: loves dogs so much that when she became a nikke she took on the appearance of one.
Poli: Poli the person died trying to save a dog named Poly, from the remains they created this nikke named Poli, that for some suspicious reason she now instinctively acts like a dog.
nikke's dogs:
jackal: has always been treated like a dog and developed a fetish for it.
Biscuit: loves dogs so much that when she became a nikke she took on the appearance of one.
Poli: Poli the person died trying to save a dog named Poly, from the remains they created this nikke named Poli, that for some suspicious reason she now instinctively acts like a dog.
That chibi Stella has been used for a large number of other characters too but I don't think any of them really took off except arguably Fuwamoco (and even that is vastly overshadowed by Doro)
That chibi Stella has been used for a large number of other characters too but I don't think any of them really took off except arguably Fuwamoco (and even that is vastly overshadowed by Doro)