Goku and Vegeta In the Rain
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About
Goku and Vegeta In the Rain is a redraw meme based on a piece of Dragon Ball fan art depicting Vegeta standing in the rain looking stoic while Goku stands in the background with his mouth open, collecting rain on his tongue. The artwork was originally posted to X / Twitter by artist @diz_korall_DB in April 2023 and was popularized as the subject of redraws in October 2024 after another user posted a redraw of the artwork.
Origin
On April 5th, 2023, X[1] artist @diz_korall_DB posted a piece of Dragon Ball fan art depicting Vegeta standing in the rain in the foreground with a stoic expression on his face. Goku stands in the background, looking upward with his mouth open and his tongue out, collecting the rain on his tongue. The post garnered over 25,000 likes and 4,500 reposts in a year.
On October 22nd, 2024, X[2] user @BFrog__ posted a redraw of the meme, garnering over 200,000 likes and 19,000 reposts in a week.
Spread
The post by @BFrog__ inspired numerous redraws over the following days, largely on X and Tumblr. It also drove traffic to the original post by @diz_korall_DB, with numerous redraws being posted as quote-retweets to both posts. For example, on October 24th, 2024, X[3] user @Nsomiy23 posted an Over the Garden Wall redraw that gained over 47,000 likes in six days.
On October 27th, X[4] user @guywiththepie posted an Animal Crossing redraw of the meme, garnering over 25,000 likes in three days. On October 28th, X[5] user @KirkyKartoonz posted a Spyro and Crash Bandicoot version that garnered over 4,100 likes in two days.
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