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Is this a pigeon? is an Internet meme and quote of the protagonist from the 1990s Japanese anime TV series The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird. The image originates from a scene where the character mistakes a butterfly as a pigeon. The image was originally posted on Tumblr and later the meme spread with other variations.
Origin edit
The meme originates from Yutaro Katori, a human android made by professor Hiroshi Amano, who misidentifies a butterfly as a pigeon while studying terrestrial nature in a scene from Season 1, Episode 3 of The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird, which first aired in Japan in February 1991.[1][2]
In 2011, the scene was uploaded to Tumblr, spawning many variations and becoming a popular meme. The meme had a resurgence in 2018.[3][4][5] On June 27, 2013, BuzzFeed highlighted the meme in their compilation article titled "27 Subtitles That Have Gone Awesomely Wrong."[6] In 2018, the meme returned to prominence on Twitter.[7] In 2021, the meme was also used in The Mary Sue's article.[8]
Reception edit
Mashable described it as a new Distracted boyfriend meme of 2018.[9]
References edit
- ^ Feldman, Brian (May 15, 2018). "The Pigeon Meme Is Here to Bring Order to the Internet". Intelligencer.
- ^ "Some of These Pigeon Memes Are Almost Too Relatable". www.vice.com. 16 May 2018.
- ^ Shamsian, Jacob (May 7, 2018). "The 'is this a pigeon?' meme is super relatable for people who have no idea what they're doing". Insider. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ Gerken, Tom (May 15, 2018). "How a 2011 meme took over Twitter in 2018". BBC News. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Romano, Aja (May 15, 2018). ""Is this a meme?": the confused anime guy and his butterfly, explained". Vox. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Lin, Joseph (27 June 2013). "27 Subtitles That Have Gone Awesomely Wrong". BuzzFeed.
- ^ "Is this a pigeon? A 2011 meme reincarnated in 2018". BBC News. May 15, 2018.
- ^ ""Edward" Is Trending on Twitter Thanks to Service Industry Nightmare Customer Stories". May 3, 2021.
- ^ Hamilton, Isobel (May 8, 2018). "The 'is this a pigeon' meme is the new 'distracted boyfriend' and it's way too real". Mashable.