Dog Copying Poses From Phone

About

Dog Copying Poses From Phone refers to a series of humorous edits of a video of a shiba inu dog copying poses and commands from a mobile phone screen. The meme format gained a notable presence on Instagram in late January 2020.

Origin

On June 22nd, 2019, Instagram^[1] account shibakoma posted a video of a shiba inu dog named Komari being shown various poses and commands such as "Sit" and "Down" on a phone screen, with the dog then copying these poses. The video received over 147,900 views and 23,800 likes in eight months (shown below).

On January 26th, 2020, Instagram^[2] and YouTube^[3] creator Jejkobbb posted a humorous edit based on the video in which the dog transformed into a chair upon being shown a photograph of it. The edit received over 34,000 views and 10,200 likes on Instagram and over 61,400 views on YouTube in one month (shown below).

Spread

Starting in late January 2020, other creators on Instagram created humorous edits based on the video. On January 28th, 2020, Instagram^[4] user realstiffy posted a Globama edit which received over 48,400 views and 14,700 likes in three weeks (shown below, left). A January 31st, edit by ins.step^[5] received over 36,800 views amd 12,300 likes, with an iFunny^[6] repost accumulating over 31,600 smiles (reupload shown below, right).

Other notable versions of the meme include edits created by Instagram users idieasvirgin,^[7] notsohel^[8] and largetrap.^[9]

Various Examples

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