Zoot Suit Daffy Duck / Literally Me

About

Zoot Suit Daffy Duck, also known as "Literally Me", is an image of Looney Tunes character Daffy Duck with a blond hairstyle, a purple zoot suit, and a green bow tie. The image is frequently associated with JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure stands. The image is also generally used in conjunction with copypastas like Literally Me.

Origin

The image comes from a scene in Looney Tunes cartoon short Book Revue, originally released in 1946.^[5] In the short, Daffy Duck dresses himself in a Zoot Suit sings La Cucaracha, then walks towards the screen and does the iconic pose (scene shown below).

The first use of the original image of Daffy Duck was in the 4chan /co/ thread "ITT: characters that are essentially you". In the thread, the image of Daffy Duck was paired with the words, "For me it's Daffy Duck – intelligent, nihilistic and with a wicked sense of humor." was posted January 13th, 2015, in reference to Intelligent, Nihilistic and with a Wicked Sense of Humor. ^[2]

Spread

The image can be frequently found by searching for the term "Literally Me", especially on various 4chan boards. As of March 6th, 2016 a search for literally me on DesuStorage for /co/ contains over 500 results.^[3] A post of the image accompanied by the text "Daffy's Bizarre Adventure.jpg" was posted to tumblr on May 30th, 2015. As of March 2016, that post has gained over 9 thousand notes.^[4] On March 1st, 2016 a post was made to the reddit subreddit /r/OutOfTheLoop asking what the joke is behind the Literally Me picture.^[1]

Zoot Suit Tom Crossover

"Zoot Suit Tom", also known as "One More Time" in reference to That Fucking Cat, is a picture of the character Tom from Tom and Jerry dressed in a Zoot Suit.^[12] The character is often depicted as a rival to Literally Me. The image originates from the 1944 Tom and Jerry episode, The Zoot Cat.^[13]

The first mention of the characters being paired together is in the /co/ general drawthread, where a user requested a drawing of the characters having a pose off from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.^[6]

The first post where Zoot Suit Tom is referred to as One More Time is in the /co/ drawthread, where a poster drew a picture of Zoot Suit Tom and Literally Me as a JoJo stands. The image was posted on February 25th, 2016. On February 29th, 2016 a video of Literally Me and One More Time as stands from JoJo's Bizzare Adventure was uploaded to YouTube. As of March 2016 the video has gained over 25 thousand views.

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