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

  1. ↑ Feldman, Brian (May 15, 2018). "The Pigeon Meme Is Here to Bring Order to the Internet". Intelligencer.
  2. 1 2 "Some of These Pigeon Memes Are Almost Too Relatable". www.vice.com. 16 May 2018.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Gerken, Tom (May 15, 2018). "How a 2011 meme took over Twitter in 2018". BBC News. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ Romano, Aja (May 15, 2018). ""Is this a meme?": the confused anime guy and his butterfly, explained". Vox. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ Lin, Joseph (27 June 2013). "27 Subtitles That Have Gone Awesomely Wrong". BuzzFeed.
  7. ↑ "Is this a pigeon? A 2011 meme reincarnated in 2018". BBC News. May 15, 2018.
  8. ↑ ""Edward" Is Trending on Twitter Thanks to Service Industry Nightmare Customer Stories". May 3, 2021.
  9. ↑ Hamilton, Isobel (May 8, 2018). "The 'is this a pigeon' meme is the new 'distracted boyfriend' and it's way too real". Mashable.
  10. ↑ "This viral meme sums up what it's like to be trans and proud". May 8, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Here are all the best gay memes of 2018". December 26, 2018.
  12. ↑ "This viral bisexual meme is painfully true". May 24, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Why 'Is This a Pigeon?' was the best meme template of 2018". The Daily Dot. December 20, 2018.
  14. ↑ "The Dankest Memes of the 2010s". Thrillist. 20 November 2019.
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