Most people have seen the pictures circulating on social media, dogs that mention a certain ‘Lucho’. (short name of Luis, very common name in Spanish) which refers to any situation and call his owner Lucho.

The Original meme started with a Siberian dog stand on two legs, as it has generated several hypotheses about who might be Lucho. Some say that a netizen posted a photo of Siberian says “Lucho”, referring to a random human, that means “Lucho” could have been any other name as Bill, John, Bob etc.

The fact is, “Lucho” is Chilean singer and television presenter, Luis Jara, who said during a program as a child talking dogs called him “Lucho”.

“Oye Lucho” or “El perro del lucho” (Lucho`s dog) meme are no longer restricted to the Siberian dog and now any dog ​​in strange or funny situations call his own Lucho. This meme is popular in South American countries (Chile Argentina Peru and Uruguay)

About

Apply Cold Water To Burned Area is a catchphrase and reaction image used to emphasize that someone has been disrespected or made fun of.

Origin

The earliest known use of an image depicting the emergency burn treatment as a metaphor for “you got burned” can be found in a FunnyJunk^[3] post submitted on May 12th, 2012 in response to a class disciplinary report describing a hostile exchange between two students.

The reaction image was posted by oodlesandoodles^[4] was paired with the text “Hope they remembered to pour some cool water on that burn” and received 76 upvotes from FunnyJunk members. Though this specific image is the one most often used, but other depictions including drawings can also be found.

Usage in Slang

The term “burn” in its slang sense to mean putting down someone verbally became popular in the 1970’s.^[2] It was brought back into popular culture through the 2000s American comedy That ’70s Show as a catchphrase of Ashton Kutcher’s character, Kelso.^[1] The term “burn” was first added to Urban Dictionary^[9] on November 2nd, 2002, but a definition added on May 5th, 2004 was highlighted as the September 5th, 2005 Urban Word of the Day.

Spread

On May 14th, We Know Memes^[5] posted an image macro pairing the burn image with a screenshot of an iPhone message where a person declines another’s romantic advances by calling them ugly. This image was reposted to The Lolbrary^[6], 9gag^[7] and Reddit.^[8]

On FunnyJunk, there are nearly 90 search results for the term “apply cold water.”^[14] Additional posts using the reaction image can be found on Tumblr with the tags “apply cold water”^[10] and “apply cold water to burned area.”^[11] On Facebook^[12], there are dozens of groups dedicated to the reaction image. The largest^[13] was created in November 2012 and has gained more than 18,000 likes.

Notable Examples

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Cool Guy Has Chill day is essentially a cool guy, having a chill day. The video gained popularity, sparking remakes such as Cool Bro Has Chill Day, Chill guys have Cool Day, etc.

The video stares Cool Guy is “Just Cool Guy doin’ what he do best! P.S. If you’re wondering about cool guys “mask” Devin made it for a school project”.

The meme originated from Youtube, and has spread since it’s upload.

Desmond the Moonbear is a meme derived from TomSka’s asdfmovie2. asdfmovie2 is also the origin of the I like trains kid. Desmond is featured after a title saying Desmond the Moonbear then ssimmply says ‘How did I get here?’ then ‘The End?’ is displayed on screen.

Overview

World Conference on International Communications (WCIT) is a treaty-level conference regarding international rules and regulations for telecommunications, facilitated by the United Nations agency International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and hosted in Dubai in December 2012. Prior to its commencement, the United States House of Representatives and civil liberties groups have raised concerns about the proposals, claiming that they could potentially be harmful to Internet freedom.

Background

On May 17th, 2012, a coalition of 31 organizations, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, European Digital Rights, Human Rights Watch and the Internet Governance Project published a letter^[14] denouncing the WCIT’s secretive planning process and demanded that the ITU release all documents describing the WCIT’s proposals.

Notable Developments

ITU Opens Public Consultation

On August 16th, 2012, the tech news blog Computer World^[1] published an article titled “ITU Opens Public Consultation on Internet Regulation Treaty," which reported that the ITU had published a draft of a document on their official website^[2] disclosing what would be discussed during the upcoming convention. The article also revealed that the U.S. House of Representatives had raised concerns that many of the proposals could restrict or censor the Internet by granting national authorities the right to impose taxes on Internet traffic.

Russian Proposal Leaked

On November 16th, the website WCIT Leaks^[12] published leaked documents^[10] revealing that the Russian Federation made a proposal to the United Nations to transfer power of Internet governance from the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to national governments. The same day, the tech news blog Cnet^[11] published an article titled “Russia demands broad UN role in Net governance, leak reveals,” which criticized the proposal and the ITU’s attempt at seizing power from ICANN.

#Freeandopen

On November 20th, 2012, Google published a video titled “Take Action: Add Your Voice to Keep the Internet #freeandopen,” which featured video clips within Google Earth software of people pledging their support for a free and open Internet (shown below). The video also promoted Google’s “Take Action”^[6] website by urging viewers to pledge support on FreeAndOpenWeb.com,^[5] which raised concerns over the WCIT’s “closed-door meeting.” On the following day, the BBC^[7] published an article titled “Google Attacks UN’s Internet Treaty Conference.”

Online Reaction

On November 30th, CNN^[4] published a guest column by American computer scientist Vinton Gray Cerf, considered one of the “fathers of the Internet” for co-inventing Internet protocol and transmission control protocol, which raised concerns about the ITU’s proposals which could allow governments to censor legitimate speech and cut off Internet access. On December 4th, Venture Beat^[3] reported on Cerf’s criticisms of the conference in an article titled “Vint Cerf Invented the Internet, and Now He’s Trying to Save it.” The same day, Redditor PrivateBytes submitted a post to the /r/AdviceAnimals^[8] subreddit titled “Neither would I,” which featured a photograph of Cerf with the caption “I don’t always create the Internet / but when I do, I don’t let the U.N. fuck it up” (shown below). Within five hours, the post received over 15,200 up votes and 350 comments.

On December 3rd, The Daily Dot^[13] published an article reporting that the Internet Defense League (IDL) group of web activists were attempting to raise awareness about the ITU and their attempts at transferring power of Internet governance. As of December 4th, 2012, over 36,000 individuals, 1,430 organizations and 175 countries had signed on to the Protect Global Internet Freedom^[15] petition, which called for the ITU to refrain from attempts at controlling Internet governance.

Conference Begins

On December 4th, the day after the WCIT began in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Ghana Business News^[9] quoted ITU Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, who attempted to dispel rumors that the WCIT would restrict the free flow of information:

“Fears have also been expressed that new provisions in updated ITRs might help to legitimize government censorship. And I fully agree that this should not happen. This conference will not stand in the way of the need to protect the right of the freedom of expression, the right to communicate, and the right to privacy.”

Search Interest

Not available.

External References

About

Made by Jon Jafari, Jon Tron is a Youtube series where Jon reviews video games with his pet bird, Jacques. His series started on normalboots.com, but that site is now closed. His reviews are famous for being very random and comical, and sometimes randomly breaking into song. His Youtube channel, JonTronShow, has more than 300,000 subscribers and has 30,000,000 views on all of his videos overall.

Origin

He started by posting his first video on normalboots.com and Youtube, a 2-parter titled “Daikatana Review”. The two parts combined have 600,000 views.

Since then he has been making many more game reviews, all which have become very popular.

Videos

His most popular video at the moment is his review of Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. In this video, he talks about how the game ruined the franchise, while he acts as if there was a dramatic storyline to the review. The video has almost 1,300,000 views.

He has many other game reviews, all of which are very well received. His most recent game review is of the game Nightshade: The Claws of Sutekh.

He has also reviewed a low-budget movie called Birdemic: Shock and Terror, which is his only non video game based review. The only other non-video game based review he did was of Jurassic Park: The Lost World. However, that review was only on normalboots.com, which can no longer be accessed. The only way it CAN be accessed is through here.

Game Grumps

Game Grumps is a Let’s Play channel he made where he plays games with Arin Hanson, also known as Egoraptor. Despite only being made this summer, the channel already has more subcribers than Jon’s main channel.

Search Interest

Overview

#AskPontifex is a hashtag launched after Pope Benedict XVI joined the online social networking and microblogging service Twitter in December of 2012. The hashtag was initially introduced by the Vatican for Twitter users to ask questions regarding the Catholic faith but was immediately overrun with jokes and insults directed at the Pope.

Background

Pope Benedict XVI officially joined Twitter under the handle @pontifex^[2] on December 3rd, 2012. The same day, the New York Times^[1] published an article titled “Twitter Has a New User: The Pope,” which reported that Benedict would be sending his first tweet on December 12th and would be responding to questions submitted with the hashtag #askponifex. Within 48 hours, the @pontifex Twitter account had accumulated over 490,000 followers.

Notable Developments

News Media Coverage

On the same day, the tech news blog Wired^[7] reported that some users were using the hashtag to make jokes, such as asking irreverent questions about McDonald’s McRib sandwich and the 2009 horror film The Human Centipede. Also on December 3rd, the Internet news blog UpRoxx^[5] published a post titled “The Pope Has Joined Twitter,” which highlighted humorous tweets directed at Pope Benedict XVI (shown below).

On December 4th, UpRoxx^[3] published a follow-up post titled “The Best of #AskPontifex, In Which the Pope Solicits Questions and Twitter Hilariously Obliges,” which featured a slideshow of satirical tweets using the hashtag. The same day, the Internet news blog Web Pro News^[6] published a compilation of notable #AskPontifex tweets. On December 5th, the tech news blog Cnet^[4] published an article titled “#AskPontifex Meme Takes Off Before Pope’s First Tweet.”

Notable Examples

Twitter Feed

Search Interest

External References

About

’Murica or ’Murika is a slang term for America which is used to denote extreme patriotism, coupled with aspects of a redneck or southern American stereotype similar those featured in the advice animals Redneck Randal or Almost Politically Correct Redneck. It can also be found on image macros to either support or criticize American stereotypes.

Origin

The term “Murica” was used as early as September 1st, 2003 on the Democratic Underground^[1] in a post asserting that “murica” would not hurt another country after after an earlier poster suggested^[2] that the government was funding car bombs and building fires overseas.

Spread

“’Murica” was used again on a personal democratic blog in November 2004^[3] to describe the red states that voted for George Bush’s reelection. The term was first added to Urban Dictionary^[7] on April 8th, 2006. In January 2011, a Facebook fan page^[10] for the word was established, gaining 1130 likes in less than two years. That September, a thread on Lurker FAQs^[12] suggested the term originated from the Comedy Central animated series South Park, however the term does not appear anywhere on their Wikia page, South Park Archives.^[13]

In October 2011, the single topic Tumblr Fuck Yeah Murica^[8] launched, which continues to be updated as of December 2012. There is also a Memegenerator page for Murica Man^[9], showing a bearded male in a cowboy hat wrapped in an American flag, which has more than 130 submissions as of December 2012. In May 2012, a subreddit^[11] titled “’Murica! Fuck Yeah!” was created, featuring both ironic patriotism and humorous instances of serious patriotism, gaining nearly 18,000 subscribers in seven months. ‘Murica is often used on Twitter^[4] and Tumblr^[5] as commentary on stereotypical American practices as well as to emphasize a user’s iron patriotism. On Instagram, there are nearly 40,000 images tagged #murica.^[6]

Notable Examples

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About

Vlog Home from Stockholm is a youtube video featuring a young woman nonchalantly discussing her kidnapping, imprisonment, and descent into insanity at the hands of a man named Mr. Macabee.

Origin

Vlog Home from Stockholm was first uploaded to the Youtube channel hartmanncara, a woman already famous for her eHarmony Video Bio, which went viral and caused her to become a famous user on Youtube.

Content

The video features Hartmann recording what she says is a message to her parents. She explains she now lives in a closet, and that a man named Mr. Macabee is holding her captive for ransom. She casually discusses her lack of food and water, her playing of movies over and over in her head, and in general, her insanity.

Videos

Stockholm Syndrome

The video is a tongue-in-cheek reference to Stockholm Syndrome, a bizarre psychological phenomenon in which victims of kidnapping or abuse sympathize with their captor, often defending them, and albeit traumatically, bonding with them.

It is referenced by the “Stockholm” part of the title, as well as Hartmann’s defenses of Mr. Macabee and her overall situation.

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About

Phantasy Star Online ( ファンタシースターオンライン Fantashī sutā Onrain), or PSO for short, is a MMORPG series by Sega and a subset of the Phantasy Star series.

Origin

The development of Phantasy Star Online began after Sonic Adventure was made. Sega’s Chairman, Isao Okawa, had a strong belief that internet gaming would come to be important, and the company’s Sonic Team division was instructed to develop an MMORPG title. As there was no precedent for online gaming on console, the developers looked to the PC RPG game Diablo made by Blizzard for inspiration on the game’s mechanics. During the development, the game was initially known as The Third World and had a vague sci-fi theme, before art director Satoshi Sakai produced a piece of concept art featuring a dragon. The decision was made to link it to the Phantasy Star series and name the MMORPG series Phantasy Star Online.

Spread

Phantasy Star Online receive very high scores and it is one of the greatest games played of all time. It also has a community site^[2] dedicated to the Phantasy Star series that’s been on the internet for a very long time. Even though the online versions are shut down, there’s a website called SCHTHACK^[1] and it is a free program to play all the Phantasy Star Online games online for free in a private server. Very popular for fans of the Phantasy Star series, and 4chan’s /v/ board.

Phantasy Star Online 2

The highly awaited Phantasy Star Online 2 was released in Japan for Windows in July 4th, 2012 (Independence Day), and is due to be released for iOS and Android in late 2012 and for PlayStation Vita in 2013. The release date for the North America^[3] and Europe version will be in early 2013.

External References

About

Premature Peter is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photo of a teenage boy with captions describing scenarios which may lead to premature ejaculation. After being posted on several sites, the images were taken down due to the subject’s age and complaints from his parents.

Origin

Redditor xJDRAGx submitted a post titled “Unfortunate” to the /r/funny^[1] subreddit on December 4th, 2012, which featured a high school photograph of a teenage boy in which only part of his shirt is visible, revealing the words “I Came” (shown below). Within 48 hours, the post received over 20,200 views and 240 comments.

Spread

On December 4th, Redditor Stephen_foster submitted a post titled “Pre-Premature Peter” to the /r/AdviceAnimals subreddit, which featured the Premature Peter photo with Andy Samberg’s head from the “Jizz in my Pants” music video superimposed (shown below). Within 48 hours, the post received over 2,400 up votes. On the following day, the Internet humor site 9gag^[2] reposted Redditor Stephen_foster’s image, receiving over 13,000 up votes and 3,500 Facebook shares within 24 hours.

Search Interest

Not available.

External References

A newer version of the creepy me gusta but a bit more messed up and spookt “ME SPOOKA”

About

“White Knight”, also known as “Internet White Knight,” is a pejorative term used to describe men who defend women on the Internet with the assumption that they are looking for a romantic reward in return.

Origin

The term “white knight” is derived from the knight-errant stock character, a medieval figure in romance literature that would perform various acts to prove his chivalry. According to Wikipedia,^[1] the term “knight-errant” was first recorded in the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, but was developed as a romance genre character during the late 12th century. The first Urban Dictionary^[4] definition was submitted by user Jake on November 3rd, 2004, which defined the phrase as a male who attempts to aid a woman in distress.

Spread

On January 17th, 2007, the Internet humor site Something Awful^[10] published a post titled “A Few Words on the Internet White Knight,” which criticized white knights for being indiscriminate in the women they choose to defend. On January 6th, 2009, Urban Dictionary^[3] member abstractsplash submitted an entry for “Internet White Knight,” defining the term as “someone who stands up for girls on the Internet they barely know.” On June 23rd, BodyBuilding Forums^[11] member QB_Killa submitted a thread listing several signs that someone had become a white knight. On September 1st, IGN Forums^[13] member DarkChronic submitted a thread titled “So wait, someone explain what an ‘Internet white knight’ is to me,” to which member D.Bills embedded an image of a knight sitting at a computer with strike marks on his wall counting the number of women he had rescued online (shown below).

On April 30th, 2010, a thread was created on the /tv/ (Television and Film) board on 4chan,^[9] in which a user was referred to as a “white knight” for requesting others refrain from making fun of rape. The same day, the Internet news blog Urlesque^[12] published an article by staff writer Nick Douglas titled “The Five Most Annoying Kinds of Internet Scolds,” listing “The Internet White Knight” as a manipulator that attempts to win over women by defending them online. On August 7th, a page for “White Knighting” was created on TV Tropes,^[5] which associated the meme with the “Bully Hunter,”^[6]“Knight in Shining Armor”^[7] and “Damsel in Distress”^[8] tropes. On November 19th, 2011, a Facebook^[2] page for “White Knight” was created, which received over 625 likes within one year.

Advocacy

On January 17th, 2011, YouTuber EtherealAntichrist uploaded a video titled “Enonymity [sic] and White Knighting,” which argued that white knighting is a practice that should be encouraged (shown below).

Notable Examples

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About

Dash Cam Videos, short for Dashboard Camera Videos, are surveillance-style clips taken from the dashboard of a person’s car. Online, they’re usually uploaded to share footage of car accidents or arrests.

Origin

Dashboard cameras became common in police vehicles in 1990 after two officers from Houston, Texas bought a standard video camera with their own money in 1988. The camera was a way to provide more evidence in court to help prosecute drunk drivers, as their impaired driving and demeanor would be captured. Between November 1989 and April 1990, all 17 videotaped arrests lead to guilty pleas in Franklin County, New York.^[1] As early as 2002^[2], local news websites began hosting dashboard-filmed videos of accidents or car chases released from the police.

Spread

As dashboard mounted cameras became more affordable throughout the 2000s, these clips were no longer limited to police surveillance video. In June 2006, the YouTube channel t1sutton^[6] launched, featuring solely dashboard cam and helmet cam videos made by its creator, Tony. As of December 2012, the channel hosts more than 200 of these videos. In 2007, The Break^[3] began featuring these videos with the tag “dashcam.” The same year, LiveLeak^[4] began featuring these videos as well, which range from highway accidents to gory accidental deaths. Viral Viral Videos^[5] also maintains a “dash camera” tag to highlight videos that are gaining popularity on YouTube. As of December 2012, there are more than 92,000 results for “dash cam” on YouTube^[7] and more than 500 dash cam videos have been submitted to Reddit.^[8]

Notable Examples

In Russia

In January 2011, a LiveJournal community^[11] dedicated to discussing dash cam accident videos was created, generating more 570,000 comments in just under two years.

In June 2012, Animal New York^[9] investigated why these types of videos are incredibly popular in Russia. Since the country’s insurance rates are quite expensive, hit and runs are common in the country.^[10] Additionally, people will lie in court to avoid fines, due to a need for drivers to keep these cameras to protect themselves.

Search Interest

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About

Is Anyone Up? was an adult media submission website featuring photographs and videos of anyone of legal age submitted to the database, which often included musicians and fans of the hardcore music genre.

History

The domain name for the site IsAnyoneUp^[2] was registered on August 12th, 2010 by founder Hunter Moore, who stated in an interview with the alternative culture blog Alt Press^[1] that he was inspired to create the site because he experienced “some sort of high" from looking at nude pictures of someone he knew.

On April 19th, 2012, the website was shut down and sold to the anti-bullying site BullyVille^[4] for $15,000 according to ABC News,^[8] which featured an open letter explaining why the site was removed. The letter has since been removed but was pasted on the Eurogamer Forums^[3] on April 20th (shown below).

Features

The site allowed users to anonymously submit nude photographs to be featured on the blog, which would often be accompanied by a clothed picture taken from the subject’s social networking profile page and a reaction image. Most images were either submitted by the subject themselves or maliciously leaked by someone else. The blog also included “Daily Hate” posts, which featured angry emails from people whose photos were displayed on the site without their consent.

Controversy

The site has been criticized for being malicious and unethical, encouraging readers to submit nude photographs of enemies and former lovers. On July 6th, 2011, Forbes^[5] published an article titled “Revenge Porn With a Facebook Twist,” which noted that many of the submissions to Moore’s site were maliciously uploaded by people seeking revenge. On November 21st, Moore appeared on the talk show Anderson Live and was confronted by two women who had been featured on the site.

“No one put a gun to your head and made you take these pictures. It’s 2011, everything’s on the Internet.”

On December 4th, the Los Angeles Times^[6] published an article titled “Rockers, fully exposed on Is Anyone Up?”, reporting that several bands had issued take down notices for posting nude images of musicians on the site.

FBI Investigation

On May 16th, 2012, The Village Voice published an article titled “‘Gary Jones’ Wants Your Nudes,” which reported that Moore was under investigation by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for having hosted a large number of photographs believe to have been obtained from the hacker “Gary Jones.” On May 22nd, ABC News^[8] published an article title “FBI Investigates ‘Revenge Porn’ Website Founder,” reporting that

Traffic

In an interview with The Awl^[7] on November 10th, 2011, Moore claimed that the site was receiving over 30 million page views and making $13,000 per month. An article published in the Los Angeles Times^[6] the following month reported that Moore revealed that the site was receiving over 1.6 million unique visitors according to Google Analytics.

Search Interest

External References

“Giggity” (also known as “Giggity Giggity Goo”) is a sexually-oriented catchphrase initially used by the character Glenn Quagmire in the animated sitcom Family Guy.

Quagmire is commonly depicted as a hyperactive sex addict and, as such, the phrase is often used in regards to an image or video of a sexual nature. Moreover, it is also occassionaly used in response to a remark that was not intentionally sexual, but rather came across as such (in a similar manner to “That’s What She Said”).

Origin

According to the show’s creator, Seth MacFarlane, the phrase was inspired by a friend, as well as stand-up comedian, Steve Marmel, who would apparently call Seth and perform Jerry Lewis impressions over the phone, which eventually devolved into the giggity phrase seen throughout the show.

Spread

Since the show’s airing in 1999, giggity has made numerous widespread appearances in pop culture, as well as a phrase that is often used in real-life scenarios. Sites such as Funnyjunk^[1] and Tumblr^[2] contain hundreds of posts and uploads related to the phrase under its subsequent tag. Avatars of Quagmire began to appear in forums alike.

As seen in the chart above, search results for the phrase appeared in August of 2004 and steadily increased.
As of December 2012, these results have reached a peak.

External References

About

Mr. Plinkett is a character created by Mike Stoklasa and Rich Evans of Red Letter Media. Mr. Plinkett is an old man (claiming to be born in 1906) suffering from polio and bordering on senility and psychosis.

Origin

Plinkett was originally played by Rich Evens in the Red Letter Media Short film The Cleaning Lady, in which Evans played dual roles as Plinkett and a deranged escaped mental patient who thinks he’s a janitor.

Reviews

In 2008, Stoklasa made a review video for the 1994 film Star Trek Generations. He noted that he thought it was a “shitty movie” and “completely messed up the transition to the big screen from what was a really great TV show”, inspiring him to share this view with others. toklasa found his own voice to be too boring for the review and adopted the persona of Harry S. Plinkett, a character he had previously used in several short films and since further developed within the reviews.

The Phantom Menace Review

Stoklasa’s review of The Phantom Menace was published to YouTube on December 10, 2009, and quickly became popular, receiving over 4 million views since its release. In comparison to his earlier Star Trek movie reviews which lasted from 30 to 40 minutes, the Phantom Menace review was a 70-minute creation and was uploaded to YouTube in 7 parts. The review took between seven and ten days to complete.

Half in the Bag

In 2011, Stoklasa and his friend Jay Bauman started a movie review show on their website called Half in the Bag, in which they both play VCR repairmen sitting in Plinkett’s (played again by Rich Evans) living room as they discuss newly released movies, as well as some cult classics, comic book conventions, and other film projects they engage in. The first episode was a review of Drive Angry and The Adjustment Bureau, it was released on March 12th, 2011.

Go!Animate is a website used to make animation that has got wide hatred, notably from flash animator Harry Partridge.

they are well known for the Comedy World maker that fans make “Gets Grounded” videos out of

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The word parody refers to one of the most popular subcultures in real life and on the internet. It means to imitate a work, an artist etc. and re-create it in a mocking or humorous way with irony or satire. You can see parody in videos, images, catchphrases, animations, games, stories etc.

Origin and Spread

According to Wikipedia, one of the first parodies was made by a greek writer of the old comedy named Hegemon of Thasos, who mocked the greek mythology Gigantomachy and performed it after the news about the disaster of the island Sicily reached in Athens.

The greek word parodia has been made and is a combination of para- (beside, counter, or against) and -ode (song, as in an ode).

Since then, parody has been seen in many instances throughout culture, including literary, artistic, and musical [citation needed].

Online Presence

[Work in Progress]

Many memes make use of parody for the sake of humor, as well as video sources.

Related Memes

• YouTube Poop

• MAD

• IPod Ad

• Pokemon Battles

• MMM Watcha Say

• Bitches Don’t Know

• Copypasta

• Abridged Series

• Hitler Reacts

About

From Wikipedia^[1]:
Anthropomorphism or personification is any attribution of human characteristics (or characteristics assumed to belong only to humans) to other animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits, deities, events, feelings and websites.

Origin

Beginnings of the humanity, anthropomorphism has allways been the part of the cultures, thoughts and religions. According to Wikipedia, the earliest evidence is about 40,000 years ago, examples of zoomorphic (animal-shaped) works of art occur.

Internet Subculture

Furries

In brief, Furries are animal characters who are highly anthropomorphic, especially in terms of intelligence, behaviour, emotions, communication, and culture. Additionally, people who are fans of such characters are also referred to as Furries.

Yotsuba Koiwai (404 girl)

Yotsuba is known as 4Chan’s “404 error” mascot. She appears in banned users messages, in ads, in logos, and in the HTTP 404 messages (leading to the nickname of 404 Girl). But also representer of all. She is actually woven into the the history of 4chan, as the software that 4chan runs on was lovingly code-named “Yotsuba.”

Moe Anthropomorphism

One other phenomena is the personification of non-human objects. A popular fad among corporations lately has been to create selling points for products by using anime characters or even creating moe mascot characters based off of different products.

Akita Neru

Akita Neru is, unbelievably, a Japanese personification/moe anthromorph of a troll. She is NOT an official character of Vocaloid like Hatsune Miku.

Website Anthropomorphism

When a website is personified, it is given a human form, a personality, or both. The personality and appearance given to the website is often derivative of the stereotype for people who use the site itself.

4chumblr

4chumblr refers to the fictionalized relationship between personified versions of 4chan and the micro-blogging site Tumblr. The anthropomorphized relationship stemmed from a trolling war between the sites known as Operation Overlord.

OS-tan

OS-tan is a popular series of Moe anthropomorphized characters drawn by Japanese amateur artists, with their personality traits based on various computer operating systems. The OS-tan mascots are typically depicted as women, with the OS-tan representative of Microsoft Windows operating systems usually depicted as sisters of varying ages.

^[1]Wikipedia – Anthropomorphism