The Cinemassacre Plagiarism Scandal erupted in October 2021 during the annual 'Monster Madness' event when fans discovered that a review for the movie '28 Days Later' contained word-for-word segments from an older article. The controversy quickly expanded as more instances of plagiarism were uncovered in several scripts written for James Rolfe. It was later revealed that the scripts were drafted by Newt Wallen under Screenwave Media, leading to a massive fallout within the community. The meme usually highlights the perceived decline in quality of the Angry Video Game Nerd channel, the reliance on external writers, and James Rolfe's frequent excuse of having 'no time' to oversee production, becoming a symbol for the tension between classic YouTube creators and corporate management.