0 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/888/thumb/VanillaHappyCat.jpg?1252525000 http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Happycat http://macrochan.org/search.php?tags=Happycat http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Happy_cat http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/888/square/VanillaHappyCat.jpg?1252525000 2009-09-09T19:36:41Z Russian catfood company via Something Awful 2003 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active lolcat, image macro, cheezburger, funny, something awful, 4chan, YTMND 15 Happy Cat <h2>About</h2> <p>Happy Cat is agruably one of the most recognized faces among lolcats. He is the face that kickstarted the website <a href="http://www.icanhascheezburger.com">I Can Has Cheezburger</a> and the <a href=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nedm><span class="caps">NEDM</span></a> meme. Happy Cat is of the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_shorthair>British Shorthair</a> variety.</p> <h2>Origin: Conflicting Information</h2> <p>According to <a href=http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Happycat>ED</a>, the Happy Cat meme started when it was posted to the Something Awful forums in 2003, by user FancyCat.</p> <p>There is no record of a goon named FancyCat on SomethingAwful. However there is a &#8220;<a href=http://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=32295>Fancy Cat</a>&#8221; (two words) who has been a registered user since 2002, but his post history is incomplete. (viewing is limited to SA Premium Membership. Cost: $30.00 ($10.00 membership, $10.00 archive access, $10.00 access to Premium features.)</p> <p>According to the <a href=http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Happy_cat><span class="caps">YTMND</span> Wiki</a>, Happy Cat was found by a Something Awful goon, also named Happy Cat.</p> <p>[this will be investigated]</p> <p>One of the earliest verifiable appearances of Happy Cat on Something Awful occured on May 12th, 2004 in an article entitled <a href=http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/the-grocery-gauntlet.php>The Grocery Gauntlet</a> written by Reid &#8220;Frolixo&#8221; Paskiewicz.</p> <p>But, the earliest known sighting of Happy Cat on the web, actually comes from a a Russian catfood company, also called Happy Cat. Although the cat was not the primary mascot for the company, it did appear on the website as early as 2003.</p> <ul> <li><a href=http://web.archive.org/web/20030807105512/http://happycat.ru/>Happycat.ru archived in 2003</a></li> </ul> 2009-11-18T02:41:12Z 888 3 18 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/888/original/VanillaHappyCat.jpg?1252525000