Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Splinter
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About
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Splinter is an exploitable meme based on a fan drawing that illustrates the evolving relationship between the Ninja Turtles and Master Splint over time, in alluding to the circle of life. Online, the image is captioned with object labels to similarly highlight the life cycle of trends in various interest areas, including technology, music and philosophy.
Origin
The image, entitled "Father," was drawn by artist puna-nezuki[1] and published on their Tumblr account on January 22nd, 2017.
Spread
The first recorded instance of the image being used for a meme is from January 15th, 2018 for a Bitcoin meme, posted on Imgur (shown below).
The template continued to trend throughout 2018 with commentary on various topics. For example, on January 20th, another Imgur user made the meme with internet browsers, gaining over 5,300 points (shown below, left). On December 14th, a Giving WIkipedia 3 Dollars meme appeared on /r/MemeEconomy, gaining over 2,000 points (shown below, right).
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External References
[1] Tumblr – Puna-Nezuki
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