Farmer Hits Bitzer With a Door
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Farmer Hits Bitzer With a Door refers to a series of memes based on the intro of the British animated television series Shaun the Sheep in which character Farmer accidentally squashes his sheepdog Bitzer against the wall with a door. Online, a two-panel image based on the scene gained popularity as object labeling exploitable.
Origin
On March 5th, 2007, the first episode "Off The Baa!" of Shaun the Sheep stop-motion animated television series premiered in the United Kingdom.[1] In the intro of the episode, character Bitzer, a sheepdog, stands outside the farmhouse door to welcome the Farmer, his owner, only to accidentally get hit by the door.
On March 4th, 2019, Redditor NathanielCampos posted a two-panel image to /r/InsiderMemeTrading subreddit, with the post receiving 9 upvotes (version with removed watermark shown below, left).[2] On the same day, NathanielCampos posted an object labeling meme based on the format to several subreddits (shown below, right).[3][4]
Spread
On March 5th, 2019, Redditor KadraY_ posted a meme based on the template to /r/dankmemes,[5] where it gained over 8,200 upvotes, prompting the spread of the format in the following days.
Starting in March 2019, the format received significant spread on Reddit and Instagram, with multiple notable examples posted by users.
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External References
[1] Wikipedia – Shaun the Sheep
[2] Reddit – Shaun The Sheep Template
[3] Reddit – I am still into this meme for about the rest of this day
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