The Origin

In early March 2008,the media was in an uproar because a Youtube video was posted that involved a US Marine throwing a puppy off a cliff while in Iraq.The video shows a marine holding a puppy. The other marines make comments such as "how cute" and "oh, so cute, little puppy."Then the Marine holding the puppy(later recognized as Lance Corporal David Motari)leans back and throws the puppy off of a cliff.As the puppy is being hurled, it starts whimpering and yelping. Then another marine says in a sarcastic tone "oh that's mean, that's just mean Motari".

Questions were later asked involving the legibility of the video.In mid June 2008,CNN reported that Lance Corporal David Motari and Sgt. Crismarvin Banez Encarnacion,who videotaped the event,were discharged from the military.Motari later wrote in his Bebo that he would of normally shot and killed the puppy, but he was trying to be creative.

From his Bebo:

"I want to clear somethings up before tomarrow (sic). This might be hard to believe but I am sorry about the dog. At the time I just really didn't care. When you are constantly under fire sometimes people develop a different sence (sic) of humor than what others are used to.

That video was from over a year and I don't know who put it out there but it wasn't me. It has been a really hard day. I don't know how they got my information but someone got all my information and i had to disconnect my parents and my girlfriends phone not to mention i had to redo my myspace because it got hacked. I just want it to end."

From Motari's sister's Myspace

"The Marines may be all about work but they have fun as well. A graduate from MHS joined the Marines right out of high school. They were stationed in Hawaii doing missions up in the mountains when they got hungry. They came out of the woods and found a house and took down the address to call a pizza place. The delivery man didn’t want to come all the way up there because it was really far. Finally they convinced him to. The Marines waited in the trees and bushes until the pizza man came. When the delivery man pulled up, all the Marines jumped out of the bushes with their face paint on and their guns. The pizza man was too scared to get out of the car! They gave him an extra tip for going through the hassle to go that far. So after, they hopped back in the bushes and ate their pizza."

The original video was later removed due to terms of violation. It can be viewed on Dumpert.

Google Insights shows interest in David Motari,peaked in March 2008. It also shows that there was some interest in David Motari in June 2008.

Spread to Youtube and remixes

Soon,Youtube users started making videos involving David Motari and the puppy. They also made hundreds of response videos.

Puppy throwing marine off a cliff

Hide and Seek Remix

All Dogs Go to Heaven version

Puppy punches Motari version

Puppy is alive version

Puppy throws Motari Dance Remix

Chris Crocker Version