1 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1044/thumb/redvsblue.jpg?1255396542 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1044/square/redvsblue.jpg?1255396542 2009-10-08T22:40:10Z 4chan 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active red, blue, guy, gun, money, sign, people, ism, ideology 106 <p><strong><em><span class="caps">AKA</span> Red Guy, Blue Guy, Guns, and Money / Meme Isms</em></strong></p> <h2>About</h2> <p><strong>Red Guy Blue Guy</strong> memes basically consist of sign people, usually colored in red or blue, posed in such a way that they symbolize a sort of ideology, also known as an &#8220;-ism&#8221; (i.e. socialism, capitalism, libertarianism, etc.), but not necessarily. The blue character often represents the common man while the red character often represents an important figure like a leader of some sort.</p> <h2>Origin</h2> <p>The earliest appearance of the meme on the internet was on the popular imageboard site, <a href="http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/dspl_thread.php5?thread_id=160055611&amp;amp;x=Economics+and+Government+with+Red+guy+and+Blue+guy">4chan</a>, on September 13, 2009. Although, it might have appeared earlier seeing as the original thread was <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yotsuba-koiwai-404-girl">404&#8217;d</a>.</p> <h2>Spread</h2> <p>This meme has seen some light on a site called <a href="http://breakfastscienceboard.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=55487&amp;sid=7dbea4e71b7483cb1042e734de708fc7">Breakbeat Science Forum</a> on the same day that the 4chan thread exploded, but later by an hour than its appearance on 4chan.</p> <p>It&#8217;s most prominent appearance aside from its 4chan appearance was a picture compilation uploaded on the web on September 30, 2009 on several sites such as <a href=http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/9pjqq/red_guy_blue_guy_guns_and_money_pic/>Reddit.com</a>:</p> <div align="center"> <p><img src="http://imgur.com/N2XcD.png" alt="" /></p> </div> 2009-11-16T22:56:39Z 1044 9 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/1044/original/redvsblue.jpg?1255396542