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Waxy may refer to:

• a substance related to wax
• colloquially for a waxworm (particularly used by anglers)
• Waxy (band), an American stoner rock band
• Waxy (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
• WAXY, a radio station licensed in South Miami, Florida, United States

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• Waxy cap, a taxon of white-spored agarics
• Waxy corn, a maize variety found in China in 1909
• Waxy flexibility, a psychomotor symptom of catatonic schizophrenia
• Waxy monkey leaf frog, a frog species found in South and Central American
• Waxy potato starch, a new type of starch only containing amylopectin molecules
• Waxy skin, a cutaneous condition observed in roughly 50% of diabetic patients with longstanding disease

See also[link]

• Cereus (disambiguation), waxy in Latin

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"Star Wars Kid" is an viral video^[1] involving a video of a high school student from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, wielding a golf ball retriever in imitation of Darth Maul's lightsaber moves from the Star Wars films.^[2]

Video origins and publication[link]

On November 3, 2002 a Canadian student made a video of himself swinging a golf ball retriever around as a weapon. The video was filmed at his high school studio, and the tape left in a basement. It was taped over a portion of a basketball game (as seen extremely briefly at the end of the clip). The video was discovered by a schoolmate, who showed it to his friend who created an electronic file from the video tape. The video was distributed amongst his school's students when it reached a fourth student, who uploaded it to the Internet under the title Jackass_starwars_funny.wmv.^[3] The video eventually became a viral Internet meme through P2P services.^[4] According to court transcripts, the video first appeared on the Internet on the evening of April 14, 2003.^[5]

An edited version of the video was created, adding Star Wars music, texts, and lightsaber special effects, such as lights and sounds. As of November 27, 2006 it was estimated by The Viral Factory that the video had been viewed over 900 million times.^[6] As of 2010, the first copy of this video that was posted on YouTube has over 20 million views.^[7]

Harassment lawsuit and settlement[link]

In July 2003, the student's family filed a CA$250,000 lawsuit against the families of four of his schoolmates. The lawsuit stated in part that he "had to endure, and still endures today, harassment and derision from his high-school mates and the public at large" and "will be under psychiatric care for an indefinite amount of time."^[8] Legal proceedings against one family were quickly dropped.^[5] The lawsuit had been scheduled to begin trial on April 10, 2006,^[9] but on April 7, the boy and his parents reached an out-of-court settlement with the defendants.^[5]

Recognition[link]

In 2005, CNET listed the Star Wars Kid as #8 on its Top 10 Web Fads list.^[10] In 2007, the G4 TV show Attack of the Show rated it the number 1 viral video of all time.^[11] It was ranked #2 on VH1's "Top 40 Internet Celebrities", right behind Gary Brolsma (The Numa Numa Guy).^[12] The case raised privacy issues and was extensively reported in mainstream news media worldwide, including The New York Times,^[13] CBS News, GMTV, and BBC News.

In popular culture[link]

The video and its subsequent popularity spawned many spoofs and references on various television programs, including episodes of The Venture Bros.; the American Dad! episode "All About Steve"; multiple episodes of Arrested Development, beginning with "The Immaculate Election"; Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide; Cory in the House; Teen Titans; and South Park. In the episode of Being Ian Blah Blah Blog at the end of the episode, a parody of the Star Wars Kid was shown with Ian in a unicorn outfit doing the same moves as the Star Wars Kid. Popular musician Weird Al Yankovic imitates Star Wars kid in his music video White and Nerdy.

In 2006, comedian Stephen Colbert initiated a contest, Stephen Colbert's Greenscreen Challenge. He presented a video of himself standing in front of a greenscreen, using a toy lightsaber to dramatically fight off imaginary foes in the fashion of the Star Wars Kid. It was then up to viewers to edit and enhance in their own way. Viewers would then send their own videos into the show, on which the best would be featured. The contest eventually culminated with Star Wars creator George Lucas making an appearance, presenting his elaborate version of the video, enhanced by Industrial Light and Magic.^[14]

See also[link]

• List of Internet phenomena
• Viral video

References[link]

External links[link]

	Quebec portal
	Internet portal

• "'Star Wars Kid' becomes unwilling Internet star". USA Today. August 21, 2003
• "La SCAP devient Patrimoine Trois-Rivières". Cyberpresse. February 23, 2010
• Ha, Tu Thanh. "Parents file lawsuit over Star Wars Kid video". Globe and Mail. July 23, 2003
• "The Star Wars Kid and the Bedroom Intruder - Panopticon or Subversion?". Academic Quarter, Fall 2011

Brandon Curry (born October 19, 1982) is a U.S. professional bodybuilder who competes in the heavyweight class.

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

Curry was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He first became interested in weight training when he received a pair of Hulk Hogan-branded dumbbells for his sixth birthday.^[1] Curry would later recall in a magazine interview that he was motivated by superhero action figure G.I. Joe and the Rocky and Rambo films to develop his body to its fullest muscular capacity.^[1]

As a child, Curry's parents enrolled him gymnastics classes, but he lost interest in the sport.^[1] Curry was involved in wrestling, track and field and football while he was a student at Hunters Lane Comprehensive High School in Nashville.^[2]

Curry attended Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he majored in exercise bnn science. He initially played on the university's football team, but later left the team and switched his athletic focus to bodybuilding-related weight training.^[2] Outside of bodybuilding, Curry works as a personal trainer. He divides his residency between Nashville and Oceanside, California.

Bodybuilding career[link]

Initially competing in the light-heavyweight class, Curry won his first bodybuilding competition, the 2003 Supernatural Bodybuilding & On June 17, 2006, he came in second in the light-heavyweight division at the NPC Junior National Championships; the five-foot-seven Curry weighed 189 pounds for that event. The following year, with 28 additional pounds added to his frame, he moved up to the heavyweight division for the NPC USA Championships on July 28, 2007, where he finished second in his division. On November 17, 2007, he came in second in the heavyweight division for that year's NPC National Championships.

His Biggest success is in 2011 MR.olympia competitions where he stands 8th while first time coming to the olympia's Ring just above Roney Rockel and below Tony Freeman.^[3] On July 25, 2008, Curry won both the heavyweight division and the overall of the NPC USA Championships, which secured him ranking as a professional bodybuilder.^[3]

Pro contest history[link]

• 2003 Supernatural Bodybuilding, 1st
• 2006 NPC Junior National Championships, 2nd
• 2007 NPC USA Championships, 2nd
• 2011 Mr.Olympia, 8th

References[link]

External links[link]

• Brandon Curry’s MySpace page
• USAMuscle.com competitor profile