Uncle Murphy
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About
Uncle Murphy, or simply Murphy, is a Dogelore character depicted as an old, overweight Shiba Inu dog sitting down with a slight, calm smile on his face. He is often portrayed as a kind uncle in wholesome Dogelore memes. The image of the dog was uploaded online in July 2019, becoming a part of Dogelore in December that year. The dog's real name is "Moja" and is owned by Instagram user moja412744.
Origin
The real "Uncle Murphy" dog is owned by Instagram[10] user moja412744 and is named "Moja." Moja turned 14 in December 2021. On April 19th, 2019, the user posted a series of images of Moja sitting in the park to Instagram,[12] gaining over 6,500 likes in three years (shown below).
On July 3rd, 2019, a now-deleted Redditor posted an Imgur[1] link to an image of Moja sitting in the park to /r/photoshopbattles,[2] gaining over 70 upvotes in three years. It is unknown when the character was first used in a Dogelore post, but on December 7th, 2019, Redditor u/spookytime8899 posted a cropped image of the dog to r/dogelore,[3] writing, "anyone know the what this dog name is." On December 8th, the same user posted a transparent PNG template of the dog (shown below).[4]
Spread
Uncle Murphy became an increasingly well-known character in Dogelore over the following years, most often used in wholesome comics about the caring uncle. On December 19th, 2019, Redditor u/i_consume_lean posted a PNG of Murphy in a mechanics hat to /r/dogelore,[5] gaining over 2,600 upvotes in two years (shown below, left). On 26th, the same user made a comic using the mechanic Murphy on /r/dogeslore,[6] gaining over 10,700 upvotes in the same period of time (shown below, right).
On June 1st, 2020, Redditor u/CritzD posted part 2 of a "dogelore actor interview" series to /r/dogelore[7] where Murphy describes himself, gaining over 15,400 upvotes in a year (shown below, left). On September 17th, Redditor u/DuccBro posted a wholesome comic to /r/dogelore[8] using the character, gaining over 47,000 upvotes in a similar span of time (shown below, right). The comic was reposted to Instagram[9] page sarc.bro on September 22nd, gaining over 8,600 likes.
On February 14th, 2022, the owner of Moja posted a painting of Moja to their Instagram[11] page, captioned "Golden 'uncle Murphy'" gaining over 4,400 likes in a day (shown below).
Death
On May 8th, 2023, Instagram[13] user moja412744 announced that Moja died, sharing a photo of the Shiba laying in the car. The post gained over 12,600 likes in two weeks and was shared to /r/dogelore[14] that day, garnering over 5,200 upvotes and many condolences for Moja and his owner.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Imgur – murphy original image
[2] Reddit – photoshopbattles
[3] Reddit – anyone know the what this dog name is
[4] Reddit – new Murphy / heckin chonk dog
[5] Reddit – le Mechanic Murphy has arrived
[6] Reddit – le day 26 has arrived
[12] Instagram – moja images original
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