Is this a pigeon?

Is this a pigeon? is an Internet meme and quote of the protagonist from the 1990s Japanese anime TV series The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird. The image originates from a scene where the character mistakes a butterfly as a pigeon. The image was originally posted on Tumblr and later the meme spread with other variations.

Origin

The meme 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]

In 2011, the scene 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 meme returned to prominence 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]

References

^ Feldman, Brian (May 15, 2018). "The Pigeon Meme Is Here to Bring Order to the Internet". Intelligencer.
^ "Some of These Pigeon Memes Are Almost Too Relatable". www.vice.com. 16 May 2018.
^ 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.
^ Gerken, Tom (May 15, 2018). "How a 2011 meme took over Twitter in 2018". BBC News. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
^ Romano, Aja (May 15, 2018). ""Is this a meme?": the confused anime guy and his butterfly, explained". Vox. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
^ Lin, Joseph (27 June 2013). "27 Subtitles That Have Gone Awesomely Wrong". BuzzFeed.
^ "Is this a pigeon? A 2011 meme reincarnated in 2018". BBC News. May 15, 2018.
^ ""Edward" Is Trending on Twitter Thanks to Service Industry Nightmare Customer Stories". May 3, 2021.
^ Hamilton, Isobel (May 8, 2018). "The 'is this a pigeon' meme is the new 'distracted boyfriend' and it's way too real". Mashable.

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

[auto-2] "Some of These Pigeon Memes Are Almost Too Relatable". www.vice.com. 16 May 2018.

[The_'is_this_a_pigeon?'_meme_is_super_relatable_for_people_who_have_no_idea_what_they're_doing-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.

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