About
Fefe is a scorpion character with a human-like face who is often associated with shitposting on the /s4s/ (shit 4chan says) and /r9k/ (robot 9000) boards on 4chan.
Origin
On April 3rd, 2015, a poorly drawn illustration of a female frog with the message “allo, my name es fefe” was submitted to the /r9k/ board on 4chan (shown below).[1]
On the following day, an illustration of a red-and-yellow scorpion with an anthropomorphic face was posted to 4chan’s /s4s/ board, where the character was referred to as a “new 4chan meme” named “fefe” (shown below).
Spread
On April 5th, Redditor awilddandyappeared submitted a screenshot of the scorpion 4chan post to the /r/4chan[2] subreddit. The same day, FunnyJunk[6] user chokinandtokin reposted the screenshot to the 4chan channel. In the first 48 hours, the Reddit post gained over 4,700 votes (95% upvoted) and the FunnyJunk post received more than 1,400 upvotes. On April 6th, an anonymous 4chan user submitted a post titled “Fefe is love, Fefe is life” to /r9k/,[3] featuring an illustration of a “kawaii” version of the Fefe character (shown below). That day, Redditor wee/a/boo submitted a screenshot of the post to /r/4chan,[4] where it gathered upwards of 740 votes (89% upvoted) in the next 20 hours. Also on April 6th, FunnyJunk[5] user urgey posted a compilation of Fefe illustrations.
Various Examples
Search Interest
Not available.
External References
[1]4chan – allo my name es fefe
[2]Reddit – /b/tard makes a new meme
[3]4chan – Fefe is love fefe is life
[4]Reddit – Anon confirms fefe as a meme
[5]FunnyJunk – Repent the fefening has begun
[6]FunnyJunk – Anon makes a new meme