Pepe The Frog Hug Meme
Meme status confirmed year 2011 origin 4chan tags 4chan smug pepe the frog smug frog smug pepe reaction image matt furie frog mfw my face when pepe about.
Pepe the frog hug meme. Pepe the frog ˈ p ɛ p eɪ is an internet meme consisting of a green anthropomorphic frog with a humanoid body. Sadly hillary clinton hates pepe and considers him racist and part of what she refers to as a basket of deplorables. It became an internet meme when its popularity steadily grew across myspace gaia online and 4chan in 2008. Pepe the frog is a cartoon character that has become a popular internet meme often referred to as the sad frog meme by people unfamiliar with the name of the character.
The frog meme has been around as long as many of us can remember. Pepe may be dead inside the world of furie s comic strip but online. The wider world doesn t care about opec or deutsche bank right now they want to know why a global internet meme called pepe the frog has been put on a list of hate symbols. The majority of uses of pepe the frog have been and continue to be non bigoted.
The poorly drawn pepe the frog character apu apustaja is often associated with the term in posts on 4chan referring to those reading the posts as frens shown below. The anthropomorphic frog was created in 2005 by matt furie for his comic blog on myspace called boy s club. By 2015 it had become one of the most popular memes used on 4chan and tumblr. In that appearance the character also first used its catchphrase feels good man.
Pepe the frog first appeared in 2005 in the comic boy s life by artist and illustrator matt furie. Smug frog also known as smug pepe is a reaction image of a smug looking frog based on an original cartoon illustration of pepe the frog better known as feels good man and sad frog drawn by webcomic artist matt furie. Pepe was shown urinating with his pants down while saying feels good man which. Pepe originated in a 2005 comic by matt furie called boy s club.
The character first appeared in 2005 in the on line cartoon boy s club. The comics depict pepe and his anthropomorphized animal friends behaving like stereotypical.