Is This Attack on Titan?

Is This Attack on Titan?

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Updated Dec 03, 2014 at 04:13PM EST by Brad.

Added May 25, 2014 at 11:34PM EDT by MedleyManiac.

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About

"Is This Attack on Titan?" is a flippant question often posted in response to screen captured images and animated GIFs that contain subjects or themes bearing vague similarities to those found in the anime television series Attack on Titan.

Origin

The earliest known use of the question "Is this Attack on Titan?" on Tumblr was posted by user minty-bee on July 7th, 2013. In the post is a close-up of girl whose face is partially covered by a blanket, somewhat reminiscent of one of the titan characters in the show. Despite the later popularity of the phrase, minty-bee's post went largely ignored with only one note [1].


POSTED 1:18 FM ONu 10LYT, 201 :WITH 1 NOTE TAGS EB1SU LIKES HIS MINTY-BEE P STED THIS

Spread

On August 15th, 2013, Tumblr[5] user karokekarkat posted a screenshot from the film Shrek 2 with the caption "is this Attack on Titan" (shown below, left). In the first nine months, the post gained over 67,900 notes. On September 8th, Tumblr user nyoomies [3] posted a photoshopped picture of actor David Hasselhoff holding the characters Patrick and Spongebob from the animated television series "Spongebob Squarepants": accompanied by the question "is this Attack on Titan?" (shown below, right).


is this attack on titan 9 MONTHS AGO 67,947 NOTES nyoomies is this attack on titan? #attack on titan #spongebob squarepants #spongebob movie #david hassel! 132 notes け

On October 23rd, the question "Is this Attack on Titan?" was added to the Attack on Titan memes page on TV Tropes.[4] On May 25th, 2014, Tumblr user verailis[6] posted a screenshot from the animated television series Jimmy Neutron captioned with a sarcastic comment intentionally confusing the show with the anime Kill la Kill (shown below). In the first two weeks, the post gathered upwards of 13,600 notes.


HOUSE OF BL NTS verailis kill la kill season 2 looks great

Notable Examples


troy-and-abed-in-a-bubble+ is this attack on titan #snk #attack on titan #david hasselhoff #the spongebob squarepants movie 99 notes troy-and-abed-in-a-bubble Is this Attack on Titan #attack on titan #snk #shingeki no kyojin #is this attack on titan #monty python 31 notes wantdatcookie entertaining 18 notes
HakuFreebird 1 month ago is this Attack on Titan? Reply . 20 lé 위 4) 0:50 / 4:59 W-- Japan Seriously W-- Japan Seriously!? 42 videos 810,717 views Subscribe 52,193 8,600 258 greedy-salvation is someone going to do the thing are you going to ask the question i know someone wants to which is why i put this here #snk #attack on titan #gulliver's travels #i did a thing #draco did a thing 2 notes emmypupcake THOMAS &FRIENDS 24.99 On that day, trainkind received a grim reminder 3 notes

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External References

[1] minty-bee – Is This Attack on Titan? / Posted on 7/7/2013

[2] Tumblr – Posts Tagged 'Is This Attack on Titan?'

[3] nyoomies – Is This Attack on Titan? / Posted 9/8/2013

[4] TV Tropes – Memes Attack on Titan

[5] Tumblr – karaokekarkat

[6] Tumblr – verailis

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