Chunky Monkey (Dog)

About

Chunky Monkey was a participant in the 2021 Puppy Bowl, Puppy Bowl XVII. During the game, the dog became the subject of interest of viewers on social media.

Origin

On February 7th, 2021, Puppy Bowl XVII aired in the United States. That day, Animal Planet tweeted a video of Chunky Monkey's entrance into the event, with the caption, "Can you handle this fluff?" The tweet received more than 14,000 views, 685 likes and 200 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below).

Can you handle this fluff? ☁️ #PuppyBowl pic.twitter.com/Sh3aWT89YK

— Animal Planet (@AnimalPlanet) February 7, 2021

Spread

On February 7th, 2021, Twitter user @_MarcusD3 tweeted a video of Chunky Monkey's video. The tweet received more than 221,000 views, 9,800 likes and 3,000 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below).

Chunky Monkey pic.twitter.com/xt0G8ho9G8

— Ⓜ️arcusD ▶️ (@_MarcusD3_) February 7, 2021

That day, Twitter^[1] user @shannondamore tweeted a screenshot of Chunky Monkey with the caption, "absolutely rooting for chunky monkey in the puppy bowl." The tweet received more than 14,000 likes and 2,000 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, left).

Twitter user @fincch1 tweeted,^[2] "This is why the Puppy Bowl is better than the Superbowl This is one of the contestants She is adorable Her name is Chunky Monkey Chunky Monkey I love her." The tweet received more than 470 likes and 70 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).

Several media outlets covered the dog, including Mashable, ^[3] The Cut,^[4] The List,^[5] UNILAD^[6] and more.

Various Examples

Nap advocate Chunky Monkey is our new ICON #PuppyBowl pic.twitter.com/hJYYhyE9Wt

— Animal Planet (@AnimalPlanet) February 7, 2021

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