MordeTwi

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Pairing: Mordecai x Twilight Sparkle
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Fandom: Regular Show x My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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MordeTwi is the portmanteau ship name of the characters Mordecai from Regular Show and Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The crossover crack pairing is notably featured in DeviantArtist bluedog444's viral fan art piece depicting the two singing "Airplanes" by B.O.B and longing to be together.

Overview

From the Know Your Meme article:

On October 24th, 2011, the "MordeTwi" DeviantArt group was opened for sharing fan fiction and art about the ship between Twilight Sparkle and Mordecai. The group was inspired by a number of fan fictions by cartuneslover16, the group's founder.
On August 5th, 2012, DeviantArt user bluedog444 posted an original drawing of Twilight Sparkle and Mordecai crying, both sitting outside at night but not together, singing lyrics from the 2010 B.O.B song "Airplanes" [...] The post gained over 55,000 views and 1,000 favorites in nine years.
On July 17th, 2019, TikToker @applecrumbwill posted a video singing a section of "Airplanes" in an exaggerated "emo" singing voice, garnering over 1 million views in two years [...] On May 13th, 2020, YouTuber kazen_ posted a video combining the DeviantArt image with a modified version of the sound clip, garnering over 296,000 views in just over a year [...]
In June 2020, the hashtag "#redrawmordetwi" trended on Twitter, used as a way to collect MordeTwi fan art and redraws. Two popular examples were posted to the hashtag on June 11th, 2020, by Twitter users @falliay and @MoozuaMary, garnering over 1,200 likes each in a year [...]
The MordeTwi ship saw a significant increase in popularity in mid-2021, largely under the hashtag "#MordeTwi" and on TikTok. On April 25th, 2021, YouTuber Chikki posted a 3D-animated video depicting the relationship, garnering over 45,000 views in three months. On July 15th, TikToker @asphodeii posted a video transforming the original piece of art into a realistic version of the art, garnering over 2 million views in six days [...] On July 18th, 2021, Twitter user @billieslang posted a new redraw of the scene featuring realistic versions of the characters, garnering over 9,400 likes and 2,000 retweets in three days [...] On July 19th, TikToker @ri.roman posted a video recreating bluedog's original piece of art with eerie makeup, garnering over 2.4 million views in two days.

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