Note: Revolver Ocelot (Revolver Ocelot)
About
Revolver Ocelot Posting is form of shitposting that refers to an edited screenshot of the character Revolver Ocelot from the action stealth game Metal Gear Solid 1. The joke involves screenshots of overlapping posts from various sites which are only saying “Revolver Ocelot” with the edited screenshot being the original post.
Origin
The screenshot originated from a scene in the 1998 videogame Metal Gear Solid 1. As main protagonist Solid Snake attempts to save ArmsTech President Kenneth Baker, he is immediately greeted by Revolver Ocelot which prompt his introduction and beginning the first boss fight in the game.
Spread
The first archived post from April 16, 2009 can be found on /a/ – Animu & Mango board of 4chan.[4] It has been reused on the same board, on November 21, 2009.[5] After a long pause, it was used in the exact same context on /v/ – Video Games, on April 1, 2012 and it gained more notability this year.[6]
Around late march – early April, 2014, Imgur user SHANNERS uploaded one of the first instances of the overlapping posts which suggest the original post started in 4chan on March 31st, 2014 and was later reposted on facebook. As of April, 2015, the image has gain more than 1.400 views with 17 points[1]. The image was later reposted on Funnyjunk by user alruneia on April 10th, 2014 which as April, 2015, has gathered over 674 points and more than 34.000 views[2].
Notable Examples
