Is This A Pigeon? Coffin Dance Meme Template
About
"Is this a pigeon?" is a memorable quote said by the protagonist character from the 1990s Japanese of the scene featuring the English-translated subtitle, is widely used to express utter confusion.
Origin
The still shot originates from Season 1, Episode 3 of The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird (太陽の勇者ファイバード) (or simply Fighbird), which first premiered in Japan in February 1991, in a scene where Yutaro Katori, a human android created by professor Hiroshi Amano, misidentifies a butterfly as a pigeon while studying the earthly nature. In addition to mistaking a pigeon for a butterfly, Katori also confuses Rosaceae with Violaceae (shown below). On Tumblr, the quote has been occasionally misinterpreted as an example of , however, it is the direct translation of the original line in verbatim:
Spread
On December 6th, 2011, the image was uploaded for the first time by Tumblr user Indizi dell'avvenuta catastrofe, which managed to gain more than 111,000 notes over the next three years.
Various Examples
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared III
The popular musical film series directed by Becky Sloan & Joseph Pelling, , episode 3 referenced "Is this a pigeon?" fad in form of The Yellow Guy mistaking a butterfly Shrignold for 'A little baby pigeon'. It begun a new collection of editions and variations on Tumblr.
2018 Resurgence
In late April and early May 2018, tweeted a variation joking about how 28-year-old actors are cast as teenagers in "high school TV dramas" (shown below, right). Within one week, the tweet gathered upwards of 40,400 likes and 9,400 retweets.
On May 11th, 2018, Kara Dennison, one of the original fansubbers of the Fighbird anime, made a Blogspot post about the backstory of the meme and the series which it originated from.
Female Version
On June 26th, 2018, Twitter user @ImFroppy tweeted a picture of a female character from the anime You're Under Arrest holding pigeons with the fake caption "Is this a butterfly?" (shown below). Within 72 hours, the tweet gained over 77,300 likes and 35,800 retweets.
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