About

Daumenfrosch is a poorly drawn variation of Pepe the Frog.
The character is often portrayed as the antagonist of Apu Apustaja.
On 4chan's /int/ board the meme enjoys growing popularity.

Origin

The classic version of Daumenfrosch appeared on 4chan's /pol/ board on the 27th of March 2018^[1]and on the /qa/ board two days later^[2].
More than a year after that the meme was first re-posted in the /deutsch/ (German) general on the /int/ board of the same website^[3] where it enjoys the most popularity by far and where many variations have originated.
Due to the the character's prevalence on /deutsch/ its name is German even though the original creator was American (who never gave it a name however).

Spread

Daumenfrosch is popular with various people all over the aforementioned /int/ board on 4chan.
Variations have been created by Slovenian^[4], Polish^[5], British^[6], Brazilian^[7] and Taiwanese^[8] users of the website.

Notable Images

The classic version of the meme:

A variation that looks like the DBZ character Ginyu:

Daumenfrosch is often used to depict various nationalities, for example Slovenia:

The character has been used for political commentary:

"Daumenfrosch" translates to "frog that looks like a thumb", here is why:

Daumenfrosch as the antagonist of Apu Apustaja:

External References

^[1] 4plebs.org – First appearance on /pol/ and in general

^[2] desuarchive.org – First appearance on /qa/

^[3] desuarchive.org – First appearance on /int/

^[4] desuarchive.org – Variation created by a Slovenian

^[5] desuarchive.org – Variation created by a Pole

^[6] desuarchive.org – Variation created by a Brit

^[7] desuarchive.org – Variation created by a Brazilian

^[8] desuarchive.org – Variation created by a Taiwanese