Yobby

About

Yobby is the fanmade father of the fictional dinosaur character Yoshi from the Super Mario video game franchise.

Origin

On February 22nd, 2016, Tumblr user iguanamouth^[1] posted an illustration of a blue-colored dinosaur along with the caption "I had a dream where I met Yoshi's dad but his name was Yobby and he looked like this" (shown below). Over the next two years, the post accumulated more than 146,400 notes.

Spread

On March 13th, 2016, iguanamouth^[2] posted illustrations of Yobby opening his mouth in two different ways (shown below). Within two years, the post gained over 27,200 notes.

On March 18th, Tumblr user the-entire-tpoh-fandom posted a sound file titled "yobby.mp3" along with the original illustration of the character, garnering upwards of 4,200 notes within two years.

On September 13th, Tumblr user khosatral^[4] posted an animated GIF of Yobby wearing a cowboy hat while twirling a lasso. Within 16 months, the post gained over 1,500 notes.

On October 12th, 2017, Redditor Cuboid_ posted a screenshot of iguanamouth's original Yobby post to /r/me_irl.^[5] Within three months, the post received more than 15,300 points and 130 comments. On December 5th, a screenshot of iguanamouth's open-mouth depiction of the character was submitted to the /r/TwoBestFriendsPlay^[3] subreddit, where it accumulated more than 1,300 points (96% upvoted) and 60 comments over the next month.

Various Examples

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