Propeller Hat Dog

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About

Propeller Hat Dog is a reaction image featuring a low-quality or moldy image of a white dog wearing a propeller hat and holding a lollypop in a Garry's Mod landscape. The image is edited to make it appear as though the dog has a small, childlike body, dressed in a yellow T-shirt and red shorts while holding a large lollipop. The Propeller Hat Dog was created by Tumblr user @justkleinerthoughts and Steam user Tones3D, who refer to him as "Roscoe." The image was popularized on X / Twitter in 2024 as a part of a "How It Feels To X" phrasal template, with people using the photo of the animal as a means to express childlike or juvenile behavior.

Origin

The image of the happy-looking dog wearing a propeller hat in the meme originally came from a September 6th, 2022, post from Tumblr^[9] user @justkleinerthoughts that read, "17 posionous stingers…and still we kiss and hug himm." The post gathered over 5,000 notes in two years.

In a November 29th, 2022, post on Tumblr user @justkleinerthoughts's blog, the dog makes a reappearance alongside a similarly dressed kitten. The dog can be seen holding a swirly lollipop and wearing a yellow Minion shirt, red shorts and a propeller hat. The post gathered over 8,000 likes in two years.

The edited image of the dog was then inserted into a Garry's Mod addon for Nextbot uploaded to Steam^[8] on January 10th, 2024. The mod was created by user Tones3D and titled, "Roscoe the Friendly Nextbot."

The description reads:

Now you too can have a living representation of having garry's mod in the late 2000's!
Woscoe or Roscoe is a propeller hat puppy, that doesn't attack the player
Roscoe is a friendly nextbot that will avoid the player and explore happily.
they just run around with the "happy happy happy!" music from tiktok
Check out some of my maps sometime!

The earliest known meme using the image of the smiling dog wearing a propeller hat and holding a giant lollipop was posted to X^[1] / Twitter on October 17th, 2022, by @gappyepic. The post gathered over 30,000 likes before it was deleted. Tumblr^[2] user @themysteriousmurasamecastle reposted the image on October 17th as well, gathering over 22,000 likes in two years.

Spread

In September 2023, the image made an appearance on 4chan's /lgbt/ forums, as seen in posts from September 7th and September 10th.^[3]^[4]

On October 6th, 2024, X^[5] user @kat1enotfound made a post that read, "this is how it feels to tie ur shoe in public." The post gathered over 300,000 likes in three weeks.

On October 18th, X^[6] user @rationalthot96 wrote, "this is how it feels to blow ur nose in public," gathering over 182,000 likes in four days.

On October 21st, 2024, X^[7] user @TiggyPaw posted a recreated HD version of the meme, gathering over 33,000 likes on a post that read, "how it feels using my paychecks for arcade trips while my coworkers are using theirs to support their families."