The 'Bootleg Metal Sonic Plush,' often accompanied by the caption 'Hue Hue Hue,' features a distorted, low-quality plushie of Sonic the Hedgehog’s robotic rival. The image gained notoriety within the Sonic fandom and broader internet for its unsettling facial expression and off-model design, which many users interpreted as a sinister or 'cursed' version of the character. The laugh 'Hue Hue Hue' is a nod to a common Portuguese internet laugh often linked to chaotic 'trolling' or Brazilian gaming culture. In meme culture, it is used to represent a character who is poorly made yet strangely menacing, often appearing in ironic 'creepypasta' contexts or used to mock the quality of unlicensed merchandise.