The Super Mario 64 Cosmic Ray Bit Flip refers to a legendary 2013 speedrunning event where runner DOTA_TeaBag experienced an unexplained 'upwarp' in the Tick Tock Clock stage. After years of investigation and a $1,000 bounty offered by YouTuber Pannenkoek2012 to recreate the glitch, the community concluded it was likely caused by a single event upset—a bit flip in the console's memory triggered by a cosmic ray from space. This bizarre intersection of high-level physics and retro gaming became an internet sensation. The meme is now used to humorously attribute any stroke of sudden luck or inexplicable computer error to the intervention of interstellar radiation.