El Perrito Super Gordito
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About
El Perrito Super Gordito ("The Super Fat Doggy" in English) is the nickname of an obese dog laying on sand, which has been widely photoshopped into a variety of other base images.
Origin
The earliest known posting of the dog photograph was on the fitness blog MunFitness in a post titled "How to Help Your Dog Lose Weight with Slentrol" on October 25th, 2007 (shown below).
Spread
On August 23rd, 2012, BuzzFeed[5] published a listicle highlighting photographs of fat animals, which included the obese dog picture. On January 15th 2015, the Facebook page PerritoSuperGordito[3] was created, which highlights photoshops of the obese dog.
Over the next two years, the page garnered more than 221,000 likes. On July 6th, the Observer[2] published an article about the photosohp meme, highlighting several notable examples. On August 6th, BuzzFeed[4] published an article highlighting various photoshops of the dog. On September 12th, YouTuber McMaNGOS upload a video titled "El Perrito Super Gordito," featuring animations of the obese dog accompanied by an electronic dance music track repeating the dog's nickname (shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Munfitnessblog – How To Help Your Dog To Lose Weight with Slentrol
[2] Observer.com – ‘El Perrito Super Gordito’ Is the Next Big Internet Meme You Should Know About
[3] Facebook – PerritoSuperGordito
[4] BuzzFeed – 27 Images that will make you a faithful believer of the Puppy Super Chubby
[5] BuzzFeed – 25 Animals That Are Too Fat To Function
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