{"id":70129,"date":"2026-07-20T10:15:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=70129"},"modified":"2026-07-20T10:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T02:15:04","slug":"jimothy-the-viral-raccoon-joins-video-games-like-world-of-warcraft-and-runescape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=70129","title":{"rendered":"Jimothy the Viral Raccoon Joins Video Games Like World of Warcraft and RuneScape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/07\/19\/jimothy-the-raccoon-in-video-games-1784496214229.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The internet has fallen in love with a viral raccoon named Jimothy, and so has the gaming industry.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In case you&#8217;ve somehow dodged this adorable little friend on social media, Jimothy is a small raccoon in Seattle who has scurried his way through X\/Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, and just about every other online platform you can think of. His unique size, seemingly caused by what many believe is a rare condition called Short Spine Syndrome, has made him hard to miss, and almost impossible to forget.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Locals seem to have taken notice of this specific masked critter before, but it wasn&#8217;t until Instagram user Kiana Hall captured a video that he became the latest internet-famous animal. She told <u>The Seattle Times<\/u> that she came up with his name because he simply &#8220;looked like a Jimothy.&#8221; The millions of social media impressions, hundreds of fan edits, and countless stories he&#8217;s racked up since came naturally.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DayHOfryG7Z\/embed\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jimothy with his family as a baby <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H9MHr00txI\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/H9MHr00txI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 sitka ($jimothy maxxing) (@sitkapetrodolla) July 17, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jimothy has Officially Made it to the Big Leagues \u2764\ufe0f\u26be\ufe0f #DUBSEA <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qO8wBEbza2\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qO8wBEbza2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 dubsea (@dubseatv) July 18, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Forget spices, I&#8217;d go to war for Jimothy <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/glkHwiTewI\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/glkHwiTewI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BossLogic (@Bosslogic) July 19, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The internet embraced Jimothy the raccoon so quickly that he&#8217;s become inescapable in less than a week since Hall&#8217;s original post. Most recently, some game developers have started to show the love with more than just a simple post or two.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">For example, you probably shouldn&#8217;t be surprised to hear Dee Dee Creations, the studio behind 2024&#8217;s Squirrel With a Gun, put together a Jimothy skin tribute for their game. This is a miraculous 43-second video that arms the viral raccoon, making him more powerful than ever before.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Perhaps the most popular take on Jimothy in the gaming world comes from Blizzard Entertainment, which created a render for what the stout creature would look like in World of Warcraft. Old School RuneScape then followed suit with a rough (but still very cute) upload.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd2b\ud83e\udd9dJimothy tribute \ud83d\udd2b\ud83e\udd9d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CqJbz23R1k\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/CqJbz23R1k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Squirrel with a Gun\ud83d\udd2b\ud83d\udc3f\ufe0f\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fSwitch2\/PC\/PS5\/XBX! (@QuiteDan) July 18, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">Jimothy \u2764\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/MKhyfCm2mq <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2LtV3E2eqX\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2LtV3E2eqX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) July 18, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">Jimothy \ud83e\udd9d\u2764\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/2s8Rm4pHs3 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AI8PZbwdMu\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/AI8PZbwdMu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Old School RuneScape (@OldSchoolRS) July 18, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Despite being relatively high-effort posts, it doesn&#8217;t look like Jimothy is actually available to download in any of the aforementioned games. Dee Dee, for example, admitted in a follow-up post that this was a quick mod for a pre-existing raccoon skin and not actually something available to all players.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Do players still want Jimothy in their games? Of course.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;Make him a battle pet, and a big Jim for a mount,&#8221; one World of Warcraft player <u>suggested<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;The people want a Jimothy Rocky transmog,&#8221; a RuneScape player <u>proclaimed<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;If they add him I hope they make him unattackable,&#8221; another said with a sad face.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ASG5rLUm1y\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ASG5rLUm1y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Squirrel with a Gun\ud83d\udd2b\ud83d\udc3f\ufe0f\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fSwitch2\/PC\/PS5\/XBX! (@QuiteDan) July 19, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">For now, Jimothy will just have to live on as another addition in the history book of viral memes. For more, you can read about how Tekken 8 tapped into a viral video of a man punching a kangaroo with <u>its own crossover<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He&#8217;s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/world-of-warcraft-and-runescape-fans-want-official-jimothy-support-after-game-devs-show-love-for-viral-raccoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The internet has fallen in love with a viral raccoon named Jimothy, and so has the gaming industry. 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