About

Clorox-chan is an anthropomorphic anime representation of Clorox Bleach, a surface whitener made by Clorox. As drinking Clorox Bleach is a well-known means of poisoning oneself, many of the representations of the character contain jokes related to bleach drinking.

Origin

On January 2nd, 2018, the Facebook page for artist Kuma Artsu posted the the character,^[1] gaining over 1,300 likes and reactions and 6,100 shares.

Spread

On January 3rd, the day after Kumaartsu posted the image, YouTuber TheDracerGx included the drawing in a video which gained over 62,000 views (shown below).

The same day, a cosplay of the character was posted by Facebook user Pervychu Alice^[2] (shown below).

The character soon spread to /r/animemes, inspiring various different artistic interpretations of the character. For example, on January 6th, Redditor Dead_Orbit55^[3] posted an interpretation that gained over 1,200 upvotes (shown below, left). Meanwhile, Kuma Artsu drew several more pictures of the character. On January 3rd, they drew a picture of Clorox-chan encouraging people to drink bleach, gaining over 500 likes and reactions (shown below, right).^[4]

On January 5th, YouTuber Bijaan Mike uploaded a video of himself reacting to Clorox-chan images, gaining over 108,000 views (shown below).

Various Examples

Search Interest

External References