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Capeshit is a slang term used to refer to superhero comics and movies with a neutral or negative connotation.

Origin

When the word "capeshit" came into usage is unclear, but it has been used on 4chan since at least 2009. The earliest found capeshit mention is a November 15th, 2009 4chan post^[1] on the anime board /a/ in a discussion about manga and western comics.

Another /a/ post^[2] dating to August 29th, 2010 associates capeshit with the comics and cartoons board /co/. The term may have originated on /co/ but archives for the board before May 4th, 2012 are unavailable.^[3]

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"Capeshit" has been mentioned^[4] on /co/ over 60,000 times. On the television and film board /tv/, more than 350,000 archived posts^[5] using the word are found.

External References

^[1] Desuarchive – /a/ Post #27647408

^[2] Desuarchive – /a/ Post #39725016

^[3] Wayback Machine – yuki.la 4chan archive

^[4] Desuarchive – /co/ – Comics & Cartoons » /co/ Searching for posts that contain ‘capeshit’ and in ascending order

^[5] 4plebs– /tv/ – Television & Film » /tv/ Searching for posts that contain ‘capeshit’ and in ascending order

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Anonymous 08/29/10(Sun)06:09:43 No. 39725016 >>39725044 >>39725127 >>39724953 Icol is faggotry, they only talk about capeshit. Only lal discusses good /co/

Anonymous 2009-11-15 01:00:17 No. 27647323 I don't think he's complaining about manga as such, just about the way the J--- are exporting their culture trash all over the world and importing nobody else's. Like the bit where he says >New also are good, but not the same . They have an awful accent. >lol google translate Anonymous 2009-11-15 01:04:17 No. 27647386 >>27647323 # Oh, and also >ITT everything is capeshit >I HAVEN'T RÉAD MANY WESTERN COMICS BUT I TOTALLY GET HOW IT WORKS GUYS Anonymous 2009-11-15 01:06:17 No. 27647408 >>27647386 # The capeshit is actually the more palatable stuff.

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About

Capeshit is a slang term used to refer to superhero comics and movies with a neutral or negative connotation.

Origin

Spread

"Capeshit" has been mentioned^[4] on /co/ over 60,000 times. On the television and film board /tv/, more than 350,000 archived posts^[5] using the word are found.