Danklin

About

Danklin refers to a series of image edits of the children's book and television character Franklin the Turtle, typically recontextualizing him with bloodshot eyes, as a drug user and as a drug dealer.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the character was on the /r/memes subreddit on August 13th, 2015.^[1] That day, Redditor MsWolfy shared an image edit of the Franklin logo, depicting the character smoking cannabis with bloodshot eyes behind a title that reads "Danklin" (shown below).

Spread

YouTube video entitled "Franklins Dank Friends." The video is a remix of an episode of the Franklin television series, which begins with the title card "Danklin and His White Friend." The post received more than 1,900 views in less than four years (shown below).

On February 29th, 2016, Redditor ^[2] safine709 shared a parody of the book Franklin Makes a Deal entitled "Danklin Makes a Deal." On the cover book parody, Franklin's eyes are replaced with those of Pepe the Frog and is shown dealing drugs. The post received more than 1,300 points (84% upvoted) and 20 comments in less than four years (shown below, left).

Less than one month later, on March 20th, 2016, Imgur ^[3] user mandie555 shared an image dump of Danklin images. The post "Danklin – the hella rad turtle" received more than 695 views in less than four years (example below, right).

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