Dat Boi might be the hot new meme right now, but he’s not the first frog to go down in internet folklore. Even if you don’t know the name ‘Pepe The Frog’, you’ve definitely seen him. He’s that big-eyed, kinda spaced-out looking frog that started to spread around the internet from around 2008. Unsurprisingly it started out on 4Chan, and he’s usually used as a reaction image, sometimes as a happy frog, a sad frog, or a smug frog.
The Secret Origins of Meme Icon 'Pepe the Frog' Are Revealed by a New Comic Collection
Pepe was originally from a 2006 stoner comic called 'Boy's Club'.
Image via Know Your Meme
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