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Gamer Dog, also known as TheGoodestBoi Has Entered The Game, Perro Gamer or Golden Retriever Gamer refers to an advice animal style image macro series featuring a Golden Retriever wearing a gamer headset, sitting at a desk looking at a PC screen with his paw on a mousepad. The image became a popular meme in August 2018, typically with captions referring to the dog as an avid gamer. The gamer dog also became the subject of an image macro series which notably spread on TikTok in August 2024 as a part of Me and bro jokes.

Origin

The earliest known online mention of the gamer dog meme was posted on August 26th, 2018, on Imgur^[1] by user MemeWay, which features a golden retriever sitting in a chair with headphones looking at a PC screen with its paws over the mousepad. The image (seen below) is accompanied by the text "It's gaming time," which received roughly 361 views and 4 likes in six years.

Spread

The image grew popular over the next few years and it was mainly incorporated into gaming community memes. For example, on September 4th, 2018, Imgur^[2] user @ThePhantom777 posted the gamer dog image with the text "TheGoodestBoi has entered the game," which amassed over 2,700 views and 8 likes in six years.

In April 2024, the gamer dog image grew popular on TikTok, accompanied by soundbites of friends arguing during a gaming session. For example, on April 17th, 2024, TikTok^[3] user @socialista_russo posted the gaming golden retriever picture with a soundbite of a Brazilian man screaming at his friend to learn how to "play the game." The video (seen below) garnered roughly 5,000 plays and 468 likes in seven months.

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