Monika T-Posing Over Sans
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About
Monika T-Posing Over Sans refers to a fan art of Doki Doki Literature Club character Monika assuming a T-pose over Undertale character Sans. Online, the image has been used as an object labeling meme, often used to convey dominance of one person or group over another.
Origin
On October 28th, 2018, artist sansurichin posted a fan art of Doki Doki Literature Club character Monika assuming a T-pose while standing over Undertale character Sans cowering near her (shown below).[1] The post gained over 1,400 likes on Instagram in one year.
Spread
On November 4th, 2018, Redditor XNeswii reposted the image to /r/DDLC subreddit where it gained over 3,500 upvotes in six months.[2]
On June 27th, 2019, Redditor doudoupilo posted the earliest known object labeling meme based on the template, gaining over 120 upvotes in three months (shown below, left).[3] The format did not see any further spread until on July 15th, 2019, Redditor Grievous_Nix made another object labeling meme referencing Storm Area 51 meme which gained over 9,000 upvotes in the /r/animemes subreddit (shown below, right).[4]
In the following months, the format saw moderate spread on Reddit, with notable posts appearing in /r/tf2memes, /r/dankmemes and other subreddits. On September 3rd, 2019, Redditor wakugandan-chubungus posted a version of the meme which gained over 17,200 upvotes in three days, prompting a surge in the popularity of the template.[5]
Various Examples
Template
Search Interest
External References
[1] Instagram – sanshitpost's Post (page unavailable)
[2] Reddit – XNeswii's Post
[4] Reddit – I’m sorry for you guys. Still gonna post them, lol.
[5] Reddit – OH GOD. OH FUCK.
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