About

Froggy Chair is an item found in the video game Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It has been used in a series of wholesome memes.

Origin

On November 8th, 2012, the video game Animal Crossing: New Leaf was released in Japan.^[1]

In 2014, the website NewLeafHQ^[2] posted an image of the chair (shown below). The site describes the chair: "Froggy Chair is a piece of furniture in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. You can use it to decorate your home or museum exhibit."

Spread

On November 12th, 2019, Tumblr ^[6] user garbuge posted the image from NewLeafHQ and placed it in a Small Price to Pay for Salvation meme. The post received more than 45,000 notes in less than one year. Days later, on November 16th, 2019, Redditor ^[3] goldninjaI posted the meme with an added panel of Thanos sitting on the chair. The post received more than 41,000 points (96% upvoted) and 215 comments in less than one month (shown below, left).

Later that week, on November 20th, Redditor^[4] Sebastian_Kackmann posted a variation of the What Did It Cost? Everything meme with the chair. The post received more than 580 points (98% upvoted) in less than one month (shown below, center).

On November 25th, Instagram ^[5] user @gentlepokes posted an image of a Froggy Chair tattoo. The post received more than 7,000 likes in less than two weeks (shown below, right).

On November 29th, YouTuber Timotainment posted a video about Froggy Chair. The post received more than 31,000 views in less than one week (shown below).

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