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Ah Yes. Me. My Girlfriend. And Her 500 Dollar Four Foot Tall Mareep
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Ah Yes. Me. My Girlfriend. And Her 500 Dollar Four Foot Tall Mareep refers to a picture of a man lying awake next to his sleeping girlfriend and her giant stuffed Pokémon Mareep. The image led others to draw similar pictures using characters from popular culture.
Origin
On June 6th, 2020, Twitter user @SkoochLoL[1] tweeted a picture of himself lying awake next to his girlfriend with the caption, "Ah yes. Me. My girlfriend. And her 500 dollar four foot tall mareep." The tweet gained over 79,000 retweets and 592,000 likes in two days (shown below).
Spread
The tweet quickly inspired artists on Twitter to redraw the image with different characters. Popular examples include a tweet by @Tricia980,[2] who drew the template using characters from She-Ra, gaining over 840 retweets and 2,600 likes (shown below, left), and @yukesart,[3] who tweeted art featuring characters from Critical Role, gaining over 390 retweets and 2,100 likes (shown below, right)
Other popular examples include a piece by @plushcharm[4] which used Final Fantasy characters, gaining over 3,400 retweets and 13,000 likes (shown below, left), and a piece by @TriforceFalls[5] which used characters from Persona 5 and gained over 120 retweets and 700 likes (shown below, right). The meme was covered by Polygon.[6]
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External References
[1] Twitter – @SkoockLoL
[4] Twitter – plushcharm
[5] Twitter – TriforceFalls
[6] Polygon – Woman’s $500 Pokémon plush sparks great internet joke
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