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Guilty Possum refers to an image of an opossum looking scared in an office after getting in and creating a giant mess. The animal became a reaction image on Twitter in which people interpreted the possum's expression as guilty for its actions.

Origin

On January 19th, 2020, Twitter user @FF_Notes^[1] posted pictures of an opossum that had gotten into her office and created a mess. The picture gained over 44,000 retweets and 300,000 likes (shown below). According to subsequent tweets, the user explained the possum crashed through the ceiling. After two days, the possum was able to find its way out of the office.^[4]

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After the tweet, users joked about the possum's expression, projecting guilt onto the possum's expression. Twitter user @HSpikings^[2] wrote, "when you've missed the last bus & you're waiting for your mum to collect you," gaining over 280 retweets and 6,200 likes (shown below, left). User @tfswebb^[3] tweeted the picture with the caption, "me most mondays," gaining over 300 likes (shown below, right). Jokes about the possum were covered by The Huffington Post.^[5]

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