
On August 3rd, Williams quote-retweeted the post, writing, "i dont get it guys," garnering over 105,000 likes and 17,000 retweets in a day (shown below). On July 31st, 2021, Twitter user posted a 3D animation of Mordecai and Twilight Sparkle singing to the Airplanes captioned, "actually maybe it’s good that hayley ain’t here to see this," referring to Hayley Williams of the band Paramore, who features on "Airplanes." The tweet gained over 27,800 likes and 4,100 retweets in four days. On July 19th, TikToker posted a video recreating bluedog's original piece of art with eery makeup, garnering over 2.4 million views in two days (shown below). On July 17th, Twitter user posted a new piece of art depicting the two, garnering over 1,600 likes in four days (shown below). On July 15th, TikToker posted a video transforming the original piece of art into a realistic version of the art, garnering over 2 million views in six days (shown below). T, English, Parody & Humor, chapters: 5, words: 1k+, follows: 1, updated: Jan 12 published: Aug 13, 2021, Twilight Sparkle, Benson, Mordecai, Rigby. The MordeTwi ship saw a significant increase in popularity in mid-2021, largely under the hashtag "#MordeTwi" and on TikTok. On April 25th, 2021, YouTuber Chikki posted a 3D-animated video depicting the relationship, garnering over 45,000 views in three months (shown below). On July 18th, 2021, Twitter user posted a new redraw of the scene featuring realistic versions of the characters, garnering over 9,400 likes and 2,000 retweets in three days (shown below). The tag remained popular over a year later, seeing a boost in popularity in mid-2021. Two popular examples were posted to the hashtag on June 11th, 2020, by Twitter users and garnering over 1,200 likes each in a year (shown below, left and right respectively). In June 2020, the hashtag "#redrawmordetwi" trended on Twitter, used as a way to collect MordeTwi fan art and redraws. The image went significantly viral over the course of 2020, growing the MordeTwi fanbase both sincerely ironically. On May 13th, 2020, YouTuber kazen_ posted a video combining the DeviantArt image with a modified version of the above sound clip, garnering over 296,000 views in just over a year (shown below).

On July 17th, 2019, TikToker posted a video singing a section of "Airplanes" in an exaggerated "emo" singing voice, garnering over 1 million views in two years (shown below). The post gained over 55,000 views and 1,000 favorites in nine years. On August 5th, 2012, DeviantArt user bluedog444 posted an original drawing of Twilight Sparkle and Mordecai crying, both sitting outside at night but not together, singing lyrics from the 2010 B.O.B song "Airplanes" (shown below). The group was inspired by a number of fanfictions including the characters by cartuneslover16, the group's founder. On October 24th, 2011, The "MordeTwi" DeviantArt group was opened for sharing fanfiction and art about the ship between Twilight Sparkle and Mordecai.
