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About

Slowpoke is a Pokemon-themed reaction image response popularized on 4chan as a way to troll other users. The accompanying text often uses the line "Hey guys, did you hear…" before presenting a piece of old or oversaturated information.

Origin

The character of Slowpoke[1], a large pink Water/Psychic type creature that resembles a cross between a salamander and a hippopotamus, first appeared in the original two Pokemon games Red and Blue. It is known for being less bright than other creatures and can easily get distracted.


File :1167127486.gif-(15 KB, 275x300, slowpoke.gif) □ 12/26/06(Tue)05:04:46 No.17889426 Christmas hat! >> □ 12/26/06(Tue)05:07:38 No.17889502 Too slow >> □ 12/26/06(Tue)05:08:02 No.17889515 You slow bastard... >> □ 12/26/06(Tue)05:08:37 No.17889530 oh slowpoke, you never cease to make me lol >> □ 12/26/06(Tue)05:09:47 No.17889558 >>17886313 Too slow f-----. >> □ 12/26/06(Tue)05:10:52 No.17889572 aww, maybe next time

An image of a Slowpoke on a white background was first introduced on 4chan, specifically the /b/ (random) board, as a method of trolling, accompanied by a post that was clearly untimely or no longer relevant in current news. One of the earliest archived posts featuring Slowpoke was captioned "Christmas hat!" and uploaded on December 26th, 2006.[4]

Spread

Over the course of 2006 and 2007, the Slowpoke was used in several threads across 4chan boards including one on /b/ from May 4th, 2007[2], in which the animal takes nearly 40 images to comes into the frame. On May 1st, 2007, an image of Slowpoke became the 26,000,001st post on 4chan, which was recognized as the official 26 million GET by the Lurkmore Wiki.[3]


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Using Slowpoke as a method of breaking old news has also been seen as a trope on the VG Cats spinoff webcomic Super Effective[13] beginning in 2009 and in Reddit comment threads[14] since 2010.

Usage on 4chan

Slowpoke is often used in combo threads, when people attempt to post three consecutive pieces of the character in a row. One of the earliest archived threads[17] with a successful Slowpoke combo took place on April 22nd, 2007 and resulted in the original poster getting banned by moot for posting too quickly.


File :1177231294102.jpg-(5 KB,251x251, a.jpg) O Anonymous 04/22/07(Sun)04:41:3 No.25142060 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) >Anonymous 04/22/07(Sun)04:41:4 No25142082 File :1177231309080.ipg-(2 KB, 125x125, b.jpg) (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) >>Anonymous 04/22/07(Sun)04:42:0 No.25142095 File :1177231323619.ipg-(3 KB, 125x125, c.jpg) (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) moot !Ep8pui8Vw2 ## Admin 04/22/07(Sun)04:42:05 No.25142098 >>

Advice Animal

In May 2011, an advice animal version was created, placing slowpoke on a vectored background colored with two shades of pink. It was first submitted to Reddit on May 22nd.[15] As of February 2012, there are over 40,000 instances of Slowpoke on Memegenerator[5], where it is ranked #26 of all time, and over 12,000 instances on Quickmeme.[6] In the Advice Animals subreddit[16], there are hundreds of Slowpoke threads.


HEY GUYS DID YOU HEARA THERE'S THIS GREAT SLOWPOKE MEME

Between May and July of 2011, collections of these images were shared on humor sites Smosh[7], the Bigster[8] and Ranker.[9] They are also popular on Pokememes[12], Memebase[10] and Tumblr[11]

Notable Examples


DID YOU HEAR ABOUT STEVEJOBS? HE STEPPED DOWN FROM CEO! DID YOU HEARABOUTTHAT NEW GAME? CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY OBLIVION GUYS nenggenerator.ns HEY GUYS DID YOU HEAR THEY SHUTDOWN NAPSTER
HEY GUYS CHECKOUTMYZUNE GUYSIO FOUND THIS GREAT INTERNET MEME! T'S CALLED HAMPSTERDANCE DID YOU HEAR THE GIANTS WON THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP? SUPERBOWL 2008HERE WE COME!!


Fan Art

Slowpoke is often seen as a subject in Pokemon fanart, with nearly 6700 pieces on deviantArt.[18] A Tumblr fan art blog, Ask Slowpoke[19], began in August 2011 featuring a drawn version of the character answering questions from the community.


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Search Interest

Search for the Pokemon had a small peak in June 2005, about two months after the release of Pokemon Emerald in the US.

External References

[1] Bulbapedia – Slowpoke (Pokemon)

[2] Chanarchive – Really Slow Slowpoke

[3] Lurkmore – 4chan GET Encyclopedia

[4] Chanarchive – ITT Legendary Threads

[5] Memegenerator – Slowpoke

[6] Quickmeme – Slowpoke

[7] Smosh (via Wayback Machine) – Best Of The Slowpoke Meme

[8] The Bigster – The Best of Slowpoke

[9] Ranker (via Wayback Machine) – The Very Best of the Slowpoke Meme

[10] Memebase – Posts tagged "Slowpoke"

[11] Tumblr – Posts tagged "Slowpoke"

[12] Pokememes – Posts tagged "Slowpoke"

[13] VG Cats – Breaking News

[14] Reddit – Slowpoke comment thread

[15] Reddit – Hey guys, did you hear?

[16] Reddit – Search for "Slowpoke"

[17] Chanarchive (via Wayback Machine) – Slowpoke combo ban

[18] deviantArt – Search for "Slowpoke"

[19] Tumblr (via Wayback Machine) – Ask Slowpoke

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