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About
Terrible Tiger is an advice animal series featuring an image of a tiger resting its head on a rock and gazing lazily towards the viewer. The captions typically follow a bait-and-switch model to the opposite effect of Successful Black Man; a seemingly innocuous, amiable, or admirable top caption, followed by a dark twist in the bottom caption.
Origin
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On August 6th, 2012, Redditor Zachcvh submitted the first known example of the meme, with the caption “I ate that bear” in reference to Confession Bear, in an /r/AdviceAnimals post titled “Confession Tiger.” Subsequent early variants made the tiger a rival of, or alternative to, Confession Bear, although often with an added humorous or meta twist.
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Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
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[1]Reddit – Confession Tiger