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What Is A 'Hello Kitty Girl' And What Does It Mean? The Slang Term And Memes Explained
Scrolling through TikTok recently, you may have seen an influx of videos showing dramatic anime scenes related somehow to a mysterious character archetype, a Hello Kitty Girl.
@melonnabba Death sentence #fyp #fypシ #melonnabba #meme #hellokittygirl #dbz ♬ original sound – BG7
This mysterious lady seems to be the bane of many a man's existence, though she also is unknown to most online, as many of the top comments in these "Hello Kitty Girl" TikToks read "What is a Hello Kitty Girl?" Hopefully, you typed that exact question into Google and landed here, because we're about to explain it.
What Is A "Hello Kitty Girl"?
As the name suggests, a "Hello Kitty Girl" is a lady with an affinity for Hello Kitty clothes and merchandise. While Hello Kitty alone isn't enough to devastate a man, the brand evidently picked up some negative associations over the years. On January 15th, an Urban Dictionary user offered the definition: "A girl who prolly got daddy issues and wears pink and black, she tend to dress like an egirl and she got hello kitty wallpaper or peluche." Here, we have a shorter definition of a "Hello Kitty Girl": Violent Chaos Goblin.
The Hello Kitty Girl, as expressed in these memes, is a physically attractive, chaotic neutral girl whose affinity for the cute Hello Kitty brand masks a deep love of violence and gore. The trope has appeared in various forms of media over the years: some recent representations of what "Hello Kitty Girl" is going for are Rebecca from Cyberpunk Edgerunners and Violet from Neon White.
As these memes would have it, dating such a girl is an attractive prospect but will lead to certain doom, whether by violent or emotionally devastating means.
How Did The "Hello Kitty Girl" Get Popular?
It seems to have simply sprung out of the ether. The above TikTok video, posted by @melonnabba, was the earliest viral example and was posted on January 14th. After that, scores of imitators emerged on TikTok, often depicting a dramatic anime scene intended to represent the fallout of dating a Hello Kitty Girl.
@akilotho They started dating #fyp #fypシ #hellokittygirl #meme #dbz ♬ original sound – BG7
@koichi____ ‼️FAKE BODY TIKTOK‼️#hellokitty #hellokittygirl #onepiece #foryoupage #viral ♬ original sound – BG7
From there, the memes began to spread to Twitter, though the "Hello Kitty Girl" has yet to take off on that platform with the same virality as it has on TikTok.
For more information, check out the Know Your Meme entry on Hello Kitty Girl.