Marvel fans have been waiting for Captain Marvel, the latest installment in the series, for months. But the breakout star has been Carol Danvers’ furry friend, Goose. Notice we didn’t say “cat,” but we’ll leave out any spoilers here.
Goose has become a surprise star, even managing to have his own movie poster and of course, walk the red carpet at the film’s premiere.
The excitement over Captain Marvel’s pet in the movie has apparently translated well. When the film debuted in South Korea, South Korean fans began photoshopping their cats into the poster, using the hashtag, “#캡틴마블_우리집구스 .”
The results: amazing.
i too photoshopped my cat into a Captain Marvel poster!!! #캡틴마블_우리집구스 pic.twitter.com/8psRCGizTB
— caroline (@kewlwick) March 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/waltztalk/status/1104326648982167553
https://twitter.com/moira_hawthorne/status/1104457120823590913
So…can I go ahead and throw my cats in with this hashtag 😂 #CaptainMarvel #캡틴마블_우리집구스 pic.twitter.com/8Atr23Lxis
— JMV (@its_jmv_bro) March 9, 2019
Goose’s long lost flerken sister Peanut #CaptainMarvel #flerken #Goose #CarolDanvers #vers #cat #flake #캡틴마블_우리집구스 pic.twitter.com/j6oz4yVlI3
— . (@bulbdog_) March 9, 2019
#캡틴마블_우리집구스 #캡틴마블 Peggy🥰 pic.twitter.com/RVPnj7lekf
— Astro 🚀 Ted (@tedwardjams) March 9, 2019
I had to. Her name is Meatblls #캡틴마블_우리집구스 pic.twitter.com/jC1MJC6zEq
— Zak Kinsella (@ZakKinsella) March 9, 2019
#캡틴마블_우리집구스 #캡틴마블#CaptainMarvel#キャプテンマーベル
— ﾌｴ (@PAO_HUE) March 9, 2019
Power of cat. pic.twitter.com/S2SqxE2qGr
https://twitter.com/scottgoblue314/status/1104486327251197952
Parodies of the hashtag, which appears to have started on March 8, have started to surface too.
#캡틴마블_우리집구스
— Chaeyeon’s bare shoulders 💪 (slow) (@dukh00) March 10, 2019
koreans are using ⤴️this hashtag and photoshopping their cats into the captain marvel poster
so i thought id use my bad photoshop skills to add an izone spin pic.twitter.com/dJjhjAvGaC
we don't a have a cat, so here is our squirrel. #캡틴마블_우리집구스 pic.twitter.com/TDj9gIh4UI
— The Percy Jackson Musical (@LTMusical) March 9, 2019
반려묘로 캡마 포스터 합성하는 이벤트 하길래 우리 집 해상도 낮은 반려묘들로 합성해 봄… #캡틴마블_우리집구스 pic.twitter.com/qwIwM3OGVQ
— 눅쓰 (@Nuxtyle) March 9, 2019
종족: 패러킨
— 최강고롬미 (@GRthelittledino) March 9, 2019
성별: 남성
위험도: ★★★★★#캡틴마블_우리집구스 pic.twitter.com/tvn9ygOOll
The cat in the film is actually played by four different cats named Reggie, Archie, Rizzo, and Gonzo.
Turns out the film’s human star, Brie Larson, is totally allergic to cats. “I swell up. I can’t breathe. It’s bad. I’ve been allergy tested and the doctor was like, ‘oh, that’s the worst I’ve ever seen for cats. It’s pretty bad,'” Larson told ABC. So whenever you see Captain Marvel holding Goose, it’s most likely CGI or a puppet, according to Entertainment Weekly.
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