About

Father, I Crave Cheddar is the apparent title of a piece of abstract art portraying a disturbing version of Mickey Mouse. Online, it has developed a small following and is referenced in joke images and videos.

Origin

On May 14th, 2016, Imgur hobiewan^[1] uploaded the image saying that it was found on display at a local school (shown below).

Spread

The picture quickly drew comparisons to the work of Chris Simpsons Artist. A commenter on the original post mentioned that, and the top comment on a Reddit post of the image also mentioned Chris.^[2] That Reddit post, posted to /r/WTF by ibwitmypigeons on December 4th, 2016, gained over 17,000 points. On January 2nd, 2017, Vinesauce Vinny published a livestream he did in which he converted images to Midi files. The "Father, I Crave Cheddar" image came up around the 35-minute mark (shown below).

Online, the image has inspired a small amount of variations and fan art on DeviantArt ^[3] and Tumblr, ^[4] but it has not seen a wide amount of spread. The other major reference to the picture online was posted to /r/funny^[5] on June 17th, 2017 by 2buckburrito, when the poster said his son found a painted rock with the phrase on it. It gained nearly 19,000 points.

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