El Perrito Super Gordito

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About

El Perrito Super Gordito ("The Super Fat Doggy" in English) is the nickname of an obese dog laying on sand, which has been widely photoshopped into a variety of other base images.

Origin

The earliest known posting of the dog photograph was on the fitness blog MunFitness in a post titled "How to Help Your Dog Lose Weight with Slentrol" on October 25th, 2007 (shown below).

Spread

On August 23rd, 2012, BuzzFeed^[5] published a listicle highlighting photographs of fat animals, which included the obese dog picture. On January 15th 2015, the Facebook page PerritoSuperGordito^[3] was created, which highlights photoshops of the obese dog.

Over the next two years, the page garnered more than 221,000 likes. On July 6th, the Observer^[2] published an article about the photosohp meme, highlighting several notable examples. On August 6th, BuzzFeed^[4] published an article highlighting various photoshops of the dog. On September 12th, YouTuber McMaNGOS upload a video titled "El Perrito Super Gordito," featuring animations of the obese dog accompanied by an electronic dance music track repeating the dog's nickname (shown below).