Few games have had a hold on pop culture quite like Animal Crossing: New Horizons did back in 2020. When nobody had a choice but to stay home, it was the perfect means of expressing ourselves and staying in contact.

If you can't see your mates in real life, the next best thing has to be the chance to visit their homemade outdoor cafes and smacking them in the head with nets. Much like The Sims, it offered players a means of experimenting and building a life that felt like the ultimate getaway.

Animal Crossing once again has a vice-like grip on pop culture, as one player brings to life one of the most bizarre headlines in recent memory. Yes, the viral 'Sad Oompa Loompa' is now in the island sim. 

Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience comes to life in Animal Crossing

One Animal Crossing fan has revealed a bizarre new project - a reflection of the viral Glasgow Willy Wonka experience made entirely in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

The viciously headlined Wily Wonka experience gained traction by being a low-budget and low-effort children's attraction that falsified its creds with the use of AI art. It also introduced the world to wall-dwelling baddie called The Unknown, and an Oompa Loompa who looked like she'd rather be literally anywhere else.

Each of these features has been brought to life in New Horizons with dressed-up characters, villagers forced to work on the Chocolate factory's topsy-turvy potions, and eerie open spaces peppered with strange decor. The Twitter thread is a real treat, and if anything, it only makes the story of the experience even stranger.

The Willy Wonka experience also comes to The Sims 

It's not just Animal Crossing that's become home to the strange experience, as players have also taken to bringing the nightmarish event to life in The Sims. Another gamer posted their interpretation of the shoddy decor and depressed-looking Oompa Loompa in The Sims 4 in shockingly accurate fashion.

While we've all seen the memes, we'd expected the story to die down by now. Still, when you make it into a video game, there's no going back. It seems the world can't get enough of the horrible, deeply strange experience that overtook Glasgow for a few days. To be fair, it's safer to meet The Unknown in a digital manner, anyway.