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
  1. Feldman, Brian (May 15, 2018). "The Pigeon Meme Is Here to Bring Order to the Internet". Intelligencer.
  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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