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| Nyan cat |
| Created at | LOL-COMICS! + |
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| Has current status | In just over three months, the YouTube vid … In just over three months, the YouTube video gained more than 25 million views. By November, 2011, the video had 50 million views. == Nyan Cat drama == Huy Hong and Chris Torres currently dispute [[Original content|the origins]] of the meme, with Hong [http://huyhong.com/post/4930637108/so-tremendously-humbled-thank-you claiming responsibility] for the meme's popularity, and Torres [http://prguitarman.tumblr.com/post/4954865409/huy-hong-so-tremendously-humbled-thank-you-lies claiming] that Hong is "SINGLE HANDEDLY STEALING THE WORK OF OTHERS", proving, [[ICHC|once again]], that internet cats are [[serious business]]. == Fake DMCA filed == The original video was off [[YouTube]] on the morning of June 28, 2011, but it got put back up that afternoon. It turned out that someone had filed a fake [[DMCA]] against the video, claiming to be Torres. This resulted in [[RAGE]] from fans, and prompted [http://www.prguitarman.com/index.php?id=369 this] blog post from him, and he successfully counter-filed against the DMCA claim. ully counter-filed against the DMCA claim. |
| Has main image | Nyan.gif + |
| Has origin | *On April 2, 2011, Chris Torres (PRGuitarm … *On April 2, 2011, Chris Torres (PRGuitarman) posted the original [[animated gif]] on ''LOL-COMICS'', a comics site. Torres' drew inspiration from his own ''Russian Blue'' cat, Marty. *On April 5, 2011, [http://www.youtube.com/user/saraj00n "saraj00n"] posted a [[YouTube]] video of the image, set to Daniwell Aidn's [[Just Google It|UTAU]] song ''Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya''. A popular theme on [[Japan]]ese video sharing site [[Nico Nico Douga]] is to set [[anime]] figures bobbing to the song, which was uploaded January 31, 2010. *Sometime afterward, Huy Hong created [http://nyan.cat the Nyan Cat website], essentially a loop of Nyan Cat with Daniwell Aidn’s ''Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya''. <blockquote> Well, first of all, the actual cat itself is based off my own Russian Blue, named Marty (from Back to the Future) I love drawing cat comics on my site and wanted to do a special animated sprite similar to the one [http://www.prguitarman.com/index.php?id=306 here] The night before I posted it, I was doing a Red Cross charity drawing Livestream and asked a few people what they wanted. One person said "Cat" and the other said "Pop Tart!" so I combined the two and came up with [http://i39.tinypic.com/2uo2xb9.png this] That night I pixelated it because I wanted it as an avatar. Posted it online without a second thought. A few days later I got word it was on Youtube and it exploded from there! </blockquote> t exploded from there! </blockquote> |
| Has summary | '''Nyan Cat''', a.k.a '''Pop Tart Cat''', is an 8 bit [[animated gif|animated GIF]] of a cat flying in a Pop Tart, leaving behind a rainbow as it flies. |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 14 January 2012 01:14:26 + |
| Was first found | April 2011 + |
| Categories | Memes |
| redirect page | Nyan Cat |
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