About
Pepe the Frog is one of the main characters of the comic series Boy’s Club, created by Matt Furie. The character spawned various reaction faces.
Origin
Boy’s Club is a comic series created by Matt Furie on late 2005 and published by the defunct distributor Buenaventure Press since 2006.[1] The series stars four monsters: Pepe, Brett, Andy, and Landwolf, featuring situations where the main characters expell bodily fluids and use popular 90’s catchphrases like “Got Milk?” and “As if!”.[2]
On early 2008, one page from the comic where Pepe pulls his pants down to urinate became viral on 4chan’s /b/, being related with the catchphrase ‘Feels good man’, the one Pepe recites on the original page. His face also became a exploitable (shown bellow, right)
Spread
On August 17th, 2009, a modified image of Pepe face was posted on Body Building Forums, featuring a sad version of it, which later was related with the catchphrase ‘Feels Bad Man’ (shown bellow, left). This version also derived on a smug version on 2011 (shown bellow, center) and a angry version on 2014 (shown bellow, right).
More derivates appeared.
Nu Pepe
Nu Pepe is a Pepe variation. One of the first uses of it can be found on the Finnish imageboard Ylautia on December 9th, 2014, featuring a edited edition that resembles Javert from Les Misérables (shown bellow, left).[6] On January 24th, 2015, a message on the Russian imageboard Два.ч featured a Bane edit (shown bellow, center).[5] On March 1st, 2015 a thread on 4chan’s question and anwser board contained an unedited version of the image, calling it “nu pepe” and nominating it as “the official meme of /qa/” (shown bellow, right).[4] The next day, the shitposting board [s4s] stickied a nu pepe thread.[3]
Poo Poo Pee Pee
Poo Poo Pee Pee is the name given to a series of images and comics that feature Smug Frog committing various unethical acts, often towards Wojak, usually involving urine and/or feces. Most commonly used in 4chan’s /r9k/ board, the comics were created as a reaction towards the usage of Pepe’s likeness in various mainstream social media sites like Twitter. The first instance of the comics can be found on a /r9k/ thread posted on November 16th, 2014, featuring an image of a obese Smug Pepe with the message “Poo poo. Pee pee. Now mommy has to change me.”.[7] On November 28th, 2014, another thread on the same board featured a comic stared by Smug Pepe and Wojak, where Pepe excretes over Wojak.[8] The thread also featured other user-created comics. On December 24th, 2014, a dedicated Tumblr blog was created.[9]
Search Interest
External References
[1]Wikipedia – Buenaventura Press
[2]Amazon – Boy’s Club #1
[3]Archieve.4plebs – This is a thread dedicated to 4chan’s newest new meme, nu-pepe.
[4]4chan – I nominate nu pepe as the official meme of /qa/
[5]Два.ч – PlayStation 4
[6]Ylautia – Millaisia vaatteita ihannenaisesi käyttää
[7]Archieve.moe – Poo poo Pee pee Now Mommy has to come and change me.
[8]Archieve.moe – The chocolate devil strikes again!
[9]Tumblr – poo poo pee pee