First Untergangers

The First Untergangers, also known as Unterganger Pioneers, Proto-Untergangers, Pre-Untergangers, The First Ones, The Founding Fathers or The Forefathers are the first people to make video parodies based on the 2004 German film Downfall (Der Untergang).

Background
On 8 September 2004, Downfall premieres in Germany (Munich). It then premieres in the rest of the world, and on 18 February 2005 it premieres in Spain and USA.

On 14 February 2005 YouTube is born. Many people start creating accounts and begin uploading videos.

Beginnings
On 3 February 2006, the Spanish user jparedes uploads La Caida (La versión No Oficial), a spoof of the dinner scene from the movie, with Hitler complaining about his food bill. The video featured the original German language with fake Spanish subtitles. This will be basis for the future parodies.

On 19 July 2006, Jackson126 uploaded Mein Kampf um Mathilde, that, unlike the previous video was a humorous fan dub and did not feature any fake subtitles (most likely because Jackson126 is German).

A few weeks later, on 10 August, DReaperF4 uploads Sim Heil, the first official Downfall parody, in Spanish, with an English version being uploaded on 30 August. Thus, the Downfall Parody meme officialy begins.

On 7 June 2007, MOTURK49 uploads Hitler gets banned from Xbox Live, which wil be the most watched Downfall Parody ever. Many more people begin to make Downfall parodies.

In late 2008 and early 2009, several people begin to create series of these parodies. They will be later known as First-generation Untergangers.

Unlike the next generations of Untergangers, the First Ones are scathered, they aren't a community.

Notable First Untergangers
This list is incomplete


 * jparedes
 * Jackson126
 * DReaperF4
 * MOTURK49
 * Celeon999A

Almost all First Untergangers have stopped making parodies. Many have moved to uploading non-Downfall videos, have become dormant or simply are active on their channel, but don't upload anything.