![]() ![]() On March 1st, an unedited version of the image was posted on 4chan's /qa/ (question and answer) board, referring to the reaction image as "nu pepe" and nominating it as "the official meme of /qa/" (shown bellow, right). On January 24th, 2015, an edited version in which Pepe is wearing a Bane mask was posted on the Russian imageboard Два.ч (shown bellow, middle). On December 9th, 2014, an image of Pepe resembling the character Javert from Les Misérables was highlighted on the Finnish imageboard Ylilauta (shown below, left). Nu Pepe is an alternate depiction of Pepe in which the frog is drawn with crossed arms and wearing a blue long sleeve shirt. On December 24th, the Poo-Poo-Pee-Pee-Frog Tumblr blog was created. Now mommy has to change me." On November 28th, another comic was posted to r9k in which Pepe excretes over character Wojak. The first instance of the comics can be found on a /r9k/ thread posted on November 16th, 2014, featuring an image of an obese Smug Pepe with the message "Poo poo. Most commonly found in 4chan's /r9k/ (robot9000) board, the comics were created as a reaction towards the usage of Pepe's likeness in various mainstream social media sites. Poo Poo Pee Pee is the name given to a series of images and comics that feature Smug Pepe committing various unethical acts, typically involving urine or feces. The image is often accompanied by expressions of rage and intense frustration. Smug Frog, also known as Smug Pepe, is a reaction image of a smug-looking version of Pepe (shown below).Īngry Pepe, also known as Angry Frog, is a reaction image featuring a hostile-looking variation of Pepe. Sad Frog is an illustration of a depressed-looking Pepe, often accompanied by the text “Feels Bad Man." It is used to denote feelings of failure or disappointment, either by posting the image or using the phrase “feelsbadman.jpg.” In the coming days, the news sites The Daily Dot, Vox and IBI Times published articles about the tweet, referring to the Smug Pepe illustration as a "racist meme" and "white supremacist symbol." Various Examples Sad Frog Over the next 24 hours, the tweet gained over 9,000 likes and 6,200 retweets. On January 9th, 2016, the Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom tweeted a picture of Smug Pepe in a tweet reaction to news about an upcoming meeting between British Prime Minister Theresa May and United States President-elect Donald Trump (shown below). The tweet, shown below, drew criticism and was deleted, causing the account to tweet, “Our community manager was unaware of the recent evolution of the Pepe meme’s meaning and this tweet was promptly deleted.” On January 2nd, 2017, the Twitter account for the fast food chain restaurant Wendy’s responded to a user who asked “Got any memes?” with a picture of Pepe the Frog drawn in the likeness of the Wendy’s mascot. Within 16 months, the post gathered upwards of 11,000 likes and 8,100 retweets. On October 13th, 2015, Donald Trump tweeted an illustration of Pepe as himself standing at a podium with the President of the United States Seal (shown below). Over the next two years, the post received more than 281,000 likes and 13,900 comments. On December 18th, 2014, rapper Nicki Minaj posted an illustration of Pepe bent over and prominently displaying his buttocks with the caption "Me on Instagram for the next few weeks trying to get my followers back up" (shown below). Over the next three years, the tweet received more than 17,000 likes and 10,500 retweets. On November 8th, 2014, Katy Perry tweeted a picture of Pepe crying with the caption " Australian jet lag got me like" (shown below). On December 18th, the PepeTheFrogNet Tumblr blog was launched. On December 7th, a Facebook page for "Pepe the Frog" was created. On October 25th, the /r/pepethefrog subreddit was launched for content featuring the frog character. On July 23rd, the Pepe the Frog Instagram feed was created. On June 13th, 2014, the PepeTheFrogBlog Tumblr blog was launched. ![]() On January 25th, 2011, an interview with Furie was published on Know Your Meme, in which he discussed the origins of Pepe the Frog. In 2009, an edited version featuring a distraught-looking Pepe with the caption "Feels bad man" began circulating as a reaction image on 4chan and the Body Building Forums. posted the "Feels Good Man" comic to the site. On February 4th, Something Awful contributor Jon Hendren (a.k.a. Throughout 2008, Pepe was mostly associated with the "Feels Good Man" reaction image.
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