![Arson Frog Arson Frog](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/031/676/arson.jpg)
Arson Frog
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About
Arson Frog is an image macro of a blue frog with the caption "arson." The image is based on a comment that describes, in jest, the type of humor appreciated by generation z. The creator of the image successfully encouraged many other TikTok users to make the image their profile picture.
Origin
On October 21st, 2019, TikTok[1] user @tinymeatgang69699 posted a video of someone laughing at various decorative signs that feature quotations and jokes, which many commented were intended for the baby boomers. In less than two weeks, the video received more than 87,000 likes and 1,000 comments (shown below, left).
TikTok user @matherfukr wrote, "I mean to be fair these are actually jokes. Half of gen z would laugh if someone took a picture of a frog, colored it blue and wrote arson under it." The post received more than 5,000 favorites (shown below, right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6750405204560055558
![I mean to be fair these are actually jokes. Half of gen z would laugh if someone took a picture of a frog, colored it blue an 1009 comments X thesonofalbert8 arso *Karen has entered the chat and would 8611 like to know your location* Oct 21 matherfukr so I mean to be fair these are actually jokes. 5559 Half of gen z would laugh if someone took a picture of a frog, colored it blue and wrote arson under it 1w](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/623/768/d5c.jpeg)
Several days later, on October 24th, TikTok[2] user @heyitssneha posted a video about the comment, sharing that she had drawn the picture and found it hilarious. The post received more than 413,000 likes and 17,000 comments in about one week (shown below).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6751534089855061254
In the video, she requested that people make the image their profile picture to "confuse a bunch of people" (shown below).
![arson frog arso](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/623/773/9c5.png)
Spread
Following the video, a number of TikTok users began using the image as their profile pictures as evidenced by the comment section for the video, which features a number of examples (shown below, left and center).
Additionally, many users changed their profile names to variations on "arson frog (shown below, right).
![Frog examples 3 ARSON i even changed my username 5d lady_nuxxle Honestly god bless you 5d Life be like When I see someone without the profile in the comments 5d](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/623/782/324.png)
![Frog examples 2 Translate to English you got me really messed up if you think I'm gonna do that smh my head 5d fine but only for a little bit 5d Logan_Creeper The people that actually did it: 4d](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/623/781/10f.png)
![Frog examples 4 arsonfrog_ just a frog 5 followers 5 videos arson_frog Kayla Roberts 73 followers 23 videos arsonfroggo arson frog 5 followers O videos arson_frog_ Arson Frog 136 followers O videos arson_frog ya boi 33 followers O videos lets_gain_thisgrain arson frog 641 followers 147 videos blue_arson_frog3260 Arson Frog 42 followers 19 videos](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/623/795/9ae.jpeg)
The image also inspired artworks on TikTok. User @fungusfetus posted a video of someone drawing and panting the frog (shown below, left). TikTok user @awesome5364 also posted a video of someone painting the frog, which received more than 2,100 likes (shown below, right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6752651282684628229
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6752536653459492102
On October 29th, 2019, Twitter user @reedkavner shared the video on TikTok. They wrote, "While we’re having fun with "ok boomer" (shout out @TaylorLorenz) today, here's an adjacent phenomenon: Hundreds (thousands? MILLIONS?) of TikTokers have changed their profile pic to a photo of a frog that says "arson" because of this video." The tweet received more than 17,000 views (shown below).
While we’re having fun with "ok boomer" (shout out @TaylorLorenz) today, here's an adjacent phenomenon: Hundreds (thousands? MILLIONS?) of TikTokers have changed their profile pic to a photo of a frog that says "arson" because of this video pic.twitter.com/7IkAjlozaI
— Reed Kavner (@reedkavner) October 29, 2019
Search Interest
External References
[1] TikTok – @tinymeatgang69699's Post
[2] TikTok – @heyitssneha's Tweet
Top Comment
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Oct 31, 2019 at 01:30PM EDT