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Bad Joke Eel

Bad Joke Eel

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Updated Jan 30, 2018 at 05:14AM EST by Y F.

Added Jan 16, 2012 at 01:03PM EST by amanda b..

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About

Bad Joke Eel is an advice animal image macro series featuring a close-up photograph of a Moray eel with various captions delivering unfunny puns and jokes, very similar to Lame Pun Coon.

Origin

The photograph[1] (shown on left) was originally taken by Jeffrey N. Jeffords while scuba diving in the Philippines for his site, Dive Gallery.[2] The first known image macro instance (shown on right) was posted via AdviceAnimals subreddit on January 12th, 2012. The thread[6] reached the frontpage of Reddit and the image has been viewed over 400,000 times in the first four days.


Copyright YOU CAN TUNE A PIANO, BUT YOU CAN'T TUNA FISH! AMIRITE Copyright

Prior to becoming associated with the title "Bad Joke Eel" on Reddit, the same image was used as a punchline for the phrase "That's amore" by a commenter on FARK[3] forum on October 13th, 2009 and in an image macro on the humor site So Much Pun[4] on January 25th, 2011. The series shares similar characteristics with several image macros including Lame Pun Coon and Chemistry Cat.

Spread

The Quickmeme entry[5] for "Bad Joke Eel" was created on the same day of original Reddit post, spawning over 700 instances on the site in four days. A variety of derivative instances were soon posted on a number of internet humor blogs like I Can Has Cheezburger[9], Sad and Useless[8], Tastefully Offensive[11], FunnyJunk[12] and BuzzFeed[10] among others. Additional image macros has been posted on various Tumblr blogs[13], which can be tracked with the hashtag #Bad Joke Eel.

Notable Examples


I'M ON A SEAFOOD DIET ISEE FOOD LEAT IT Copyright WHAT DOES A MERMAID WEAR TO MATH CLASS? AN ALGAE-BRA Copyright HOW MANY MEXICANS DOES IT TAKETO CHANGEALIGHTBULB? JUST JUAN Copyright
WHAT DO YOU CALLA FISH WITH NO EYESP A FSH WHAT DID THE FISH SAY WHEN IT RANINTOAWALL? DAM Copyright CAN FEBRUARY MARCH? NO. BUT APRILMA

Search Interest

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External References

[1] Dive Gallery – Moray Eel

[2] Dive Gallery – Home

[3] Fark – When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's a moran

[4] So Much Pun – Um, Correction…

[5] QuickMeme – Bad Joke Eel

[6] Reddit – Bad Joke Eel

[7] Reddit – Search Results for Bad Joke Eel

[8] Sad and Useless – Bad Joke Eel

[9] I Can Has Cheezburger – Bad Joke Eel: Timely and Shocking

[10] BuzzFeed – The Best / Worst of Bad Joke Eel

[11] Tumblr – Tastefully Offensive

[12] FunnyJunk – Bad Joke Eel

[13] Tumblr – Search Results for Bad Joke Eel

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