{"id":"demon-core","name":"Demon Core","summary":"Demon Core is the nickname for a plutonium sphere from the Manhattan Project that killed two physicists in 1945 and 1946 criticality accidents, one caused by a slipped screwdriver. Starting in 2018, Japanese artists on Twitter and Pixiv turned the deadly incident into fan art of anime girls poking the glowing orb, spawning a lasting dark-humor meme format.","tags":["demon core","demon core meme","louis slotin","manhattan project meme","plutonium sphere","touhou demon core","screwdriver meme","anime demon core"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":7,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/demon-core/demon-core-demon-core-chan-illustration.webp","caption":"The widely circulated 'demon core-chan' illustration, which inspired the demon core meme format of a cute girl casually handling the lethal plutonium sphere.","width":1600,"height":900,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/demon-core/demon-core-daghlian-criticality-reconstruction.webp","caption":"Reconstruction photograph of Harry Daghlian's August 1945 criticality accident setup involving the plutonium 'demon core' and tungsten carbide bricks.","width":680,"height":544,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/demon-core/demon-core-slotin-experiment-reenactment.webp","caption":"Reenactment photograph of Louis Slotin's May 1946 fatal criticality experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos.","width":680,"height":702,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/demon-core/demon-core-demon-girl-fanart.webp","caption":"Fan art variant depicting a demon girl casually performing the Slotin-style experiment, part of the 'demon core-chan' meme series.","width":680,"height":680,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/demon-core/demon-core-touhou-demon-core-cooking.webp","caption":"Japanese fan art parodying the demon core experiment as a cooking scene with a Touhou-style demon girl, titled 'Shoujo Ryouri-chuu' (Girl Cooking).","width":640,"height":640,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/demon-core/demon-core-demon-core-comic-panels.webp","caption":"Comic-style depiction of the demon core criticality accident showing the burst of blue radiation at the moment of failure.","width":500,"height":589,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/demon-core/demon-core-social-01.webp","caption":"Demon Core","width":640,"height":640,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/demon-core/history.md","related":["shaft-head-tilt","glasses-sayaka-too-bad-it-was-just-me","cat-keyhole-lingerie","black-hole-chan","akira","studio-ghibli","titanic-sub-memes","jews-vs-nazis-beer-pong","this-kills-the-crab","2014-ebola-outbreak","slobodan-praljaks-courtroom-suicide","the-light-is-red-owen"],"popularityRank":2575,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}