About

Anyone Who Hates X Is My Friend Without Introduction or Anyone Who Hates X Is My Enemy refers to a phrasal template that is used alongside an image of Sonic the Hedgehog pointing, often used to indicate a character or celebrity the person is fond of or hates. The image was popularized as an exploitable meme on X / Twitter in July 2024, being also shared on Reddit and Instagram.

h2.Origin

On July 8th, 2024, X^[1] user @AA_MasterLegend posted what is considered the earliest found usage of the meme, adding an image of the character Sonic The Hedgehog pointing, a simple cat drawing with overlay text, "Anyone who loves [cat drawing] is my friend without introduction." The tweet (seen below) amassed roughly 60 likes and 10 reposts in three months.

Spread

The "Anyone Who Hates X Is My Friend without Introduction" phrasal template was popularized over the course of three months on Reddit, X and Facebook in which fans edited pictures or illustrations of their favorite characters alongside Sonic.

For instance, on September 19th, 2024, X^[2] user @RobinFlours uploaded a version of the meme with images of the One Piece character Nico Robin and the phrase, "anyone who hates Nico Robin is my enemy without introduction." The tweet (seen below) amassed over 15000 likes and 2,000 reposts in two days.

On September 11th, 2024, Redditor^[3] Own_Tale_3860 added Instagram's logo alongside the exploitable meme (seen below), amassing more than 2,500 upvotes and 246 comments in a week.

Template

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References