{"id":8904,"date":"2022-01-24T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T07:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=8904"},"modified":"2022-05-13T18:08:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T09:08:01","slug":"20220124-8904","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220124-8904\/","title":{"rendered":"FFVII\u2019s Tifa and Italy have been combined into a meme after a pornographic incident at an Italian senate meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220124-189743\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>&nbsp;(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-01-24 14:11<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The combination of <strong><em>Final Fantasy VII <\/em>character Tifa Lockhart <\/strong>with Italian imagery has been gaining popularity online as a meme. While the two might not seem related at first glance, the origins of the meme stretch back to an incident at an Italian senate meeting.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220124-189743-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220124-189743-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220124-189743-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220124-189743-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220124-189743-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220124-189743-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220124-189743-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220124-189743-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220124-189743-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220124-189743-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Tifa is a popular character that\u2019s been the subject of fanart for many years from all over the world. But lately, many posts have been combining Tifa with an Italian theme. The origin of this boom in fanart stems from an incident on January 17 where a pornographic video of the character was broadcast during an Italian senate meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Italian television channel <em>Senato della Repubblica (Senato TV)<\/em>, a channel that broadcasts the country\u2019s senate meetings, a meeting between the political party Movimento 5 Stelle was being aired. Some participants were also attending via the video meeting tool Zoom, and during this meeting, a 3D pornographic video of Tifa suddenly appeared to all the participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Movimento 5 Stelle member Maria Laura Mantovani insists that the incident was due to hacking (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dday.it\/redazione\/41617\/i-movimento-5-stelle-vittima-di-zoom-bombing-video-porno-in-diretta-su-senato-tv-colpa-del-solito-hacker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DDAY<\/a>). This same senate member also looks to have made the Zoom meeting\u2019s ID and password public on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/login\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FlallamantovaniM5S%2Fposts%2F979000966033697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>. While the particulars are unknown, the result ended up with Tifa being broadcast live in a perhaps not so flattering way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, some fans have been having fun with the incident by posting Italian-themed Tifa fanart. Users in Italy have been seen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Tifa%20lang%3Ait&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posting<\/a> fanart as well. Some examples include <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Solesta_Shine99\/status\/1484663027639201793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tifa eating pizza<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mlon_x\/status\/1484752375743139844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tifa wearing clothing featuring Italy\u2019s flag<\/a>. There are even users commenting, \u201cTifa for president.\u201d Tifa, who seemingly had no connection to the country, is suddenly being treated like an icon.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TIFA FOR PRESIDENT \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tifa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tifa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FinalFantasyVIIRemake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FinalFantasyVIIRemake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/okeRc2yWBb\">pic.twitter.com\/okeRc2yWBb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ria \ud83d\udc07 (@Ria_neearts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ria_neearts\/status\/1484672178301849602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s also a lot of variation among the \u201cTifa x Italy\u201d fanart. One user posted an image of Tifa riding a Vespa, an Italian scooter made by Piaggio, and another posted an image with a jealous Mario claiming he\u2019s the gaming icon of Italy. While there is a lot of fanart being posted, some of it is rather graphic so be careful if you decide to search for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mario is salty over Tifa&#39;s italian takeover <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/okYCK5T6q4\">pic.twitter.com\/okYCK5T6q4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chris (@thegreyzen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thegreyzen\/status\/1484958383719559170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/HugoTendaz\/status\/1484960340450463753\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Thanks to this senate mishap in Italy, Tifa has found herself in the spotlight once again. Likely because Tifa was already a beloved character. 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