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Elon-chan

Added • Updated 10 months ago

Added by Don • Updated 10 months ago by Don
Added by Don • Updated 10 months ago by Don

Elon-chan
Category: Meme Status: Confirmed Year: 2018 Origin: Twitter Region:
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Tags: anime, weeaboo, -chan, elon musk,
Elon-chan

About

Elon-chan is a nickname for Elon Musk used in jokes referencing the entrepreneur's appreciation for anime.

Origin

On October 14th, 2018, Musk tweeted the trailer for the film Your Name leading user @shawnwasabi to reply "weeblon musk." In response, Musk tweeted "Elon-chan" (shown below). Within 48 hours, the tweet gained over 63,400 likes and 23,100 retweets.[1]


Elon Musk@elonmusk Oct 14 Love Your Name Your Name Trailer [English Subtitled] Exclusive screenings in UK & Ireland cinemas on 24th November 2016. Book tickets at http:l/YourNameTheMovie.co.uk Synopsis: Mitsuha a... youtube.com spicy boy@shawnwasabi Oct 14 weeblon musk 015 1.5K 16K Elon Musk @elonmusk Replying to @shawnwasabi <ahem> Elon-chan

Spread

That day, YouTuber "PewDiePie": replied to the "Elon-chan" tweet, saying that Musk was a "True man of culture" (shown below). Within 48 hours, the tweet received upwards of 36,600 likes and 1,600 retweets. Meanwhile, several anime-themed images of Musk reached the front page of the /r/animemes subreddit (shown below).



Also on October 14th, Musk tweeted "It is time to create a mecha" (shown below, left). Over the next two days, the tweet received upwards of 23,700 likes and 57,000 retweets. Shortly after, Redditor BlazeBladez submitted a photoshop of Musk titled "Elon-Chan Creates Big Mecha" to /r/animemes[3] (shown below, right).


, Elon Musk @elonmusk It is time to create a mecha

Search Interest

External References

[1] Twitter – @elonmusk

[2] Reddit – /r/animemes

[3] Reddit – /r/animemes

[4] Reddit – /r/animemes



Tags: anime, weeaboo, -chan, elon musk,


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