Social:Is this a pigeon?
Is this a Pigeon? is an Internet meme and memorable quote of the protagonist character from the 1990s Japanese anime TV series The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird scene where the humanoid character mistakes a butterfly as a pigeon. The image was originally posted on Tumblr and later the meme spread with other variations.
Origin
It 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]
History
In 2011, a scene from the third episode of the first season in which Yutaro sees a butterfly while speaking to Inspector Satsuda and asks "is this a pigeon?" 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 resurgence of meme appeared on Twitter.[7] In 2021, the meme was also used in The Mary Sue's article.[8]
Reception
Mashable described it as a new Distracted boyfriend meme of 2018.[9] PinkNews claimed that the meme explained about being transgender and proud,[10] they also included the meme on their "best gay memes"[11] and "bisexual meme" articles.[12] The Daily Dot described it as the best meme template of 2018,[13] while Thrillist described it as the dankest memes of the 2010s.[14] Vice claimed that the meme helps "demystify the process of dealing with depression and other mental health issues."[2]
References
- ↑ Feldman, Brian (May 15, 2018). "The Pigeon Meme Is Here to Bring Order to the Internet". https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/the-pigeon-meme-from-the-anime-brave-of-the-sun-fighbird.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Some of These Pigeon Memes Are Almost Too Relatable". 16 May 2018. https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3azkz/the-is-this-a-pigeon-meme-is-a-window-into-the-internets-psyche.
- ↑ Shamsian, Jacob (May 7, 2018). "The 'is this a pigeon?' meme is super relatable for people who have no idea what they're doing". http://www.thisisinsider.com/is-this-a-pigeon-butterfly-anime-meme-calls-out-confused-people-2018-5.
- ↑ Gerken, Tom (May 15, 2018). "How a 2011 meme took over Twitter in 2018". BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-44108850.
- ↑ Romano, Aja (May 15, 2018). ""Is this a meme?": the confused anime guy and his butterfly, explained". Vox. https://www.vox.com/2018/5/15/17351806/is-this-a-pigeon-anime-butterfly-meme-explained.
- ↑ Lin, Joseph (27 June 2013). "27 Subtitles That Have Gone Awesomely Wrong". https://www.buzzfeed.com/jolin/27-subtitles-that-have-gone-awesomely-wrong.
- ↑ "Is this a pigeon? A 2011 meme reincarnated in 2018". BBC News. May 15, 2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-44108850.
- ↑ ""Edward" Is Trending on Twitter Thanks to Service Industry Nightmare Customer Stories". May 3, 2021. https://www.themarysue.com/edward-extra-long-order-frappe/.
- ↑ Hamilton, Isobel (May 8, 2018). "The 'is this a pigeon' meme is the new 'distracted boyfriend' and it's way too real". https://mashable.com/article/is-this-a-pigeon-meme.
- ↑ "This viral meme sums up what it's like to be trans and proud". May 8, 2018. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/05/08/this-viral-meme-explains-exactly-what-its-like-to-be-transgender-and-proud/.
- ↑ "Here are all the best gay memes of 2018". December 26, 2018. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/12/26/best-gay-memes-2018/.
- ↑ "This viral bisexual meme is painfully true". May 24, 2018. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/05/24/this-viral-bisexual-meme-is-painfully-true/.
- ↑ "Why 'Is This a Pigeon?' was the best meme template of 2018". December 20, 2018. https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/is-this-a-pigeon-meme-2018/.
- ↑ "The Dankest Memes of the 2010s". 20 November 2019. https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-memes-of-the-2010s-decade.
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