About

He Cookin' refers to a GIF of a cat standing on his hind legs attacking a mouse that resembles the cooking dance popularized by rapper Lil B. The gif and phrase "he cookin'" grew popular on Tumblr in the summer of 2016.

Origin

The "Cookin Dance" is a dance popularized by rapper Lil B (shown below).

On June 27th, 2016, Tumblr user relishboi^[1] responded to a question asking what are his top five favorite dance moves. Number one featured an animated gif of a cat on his hind legs attacking a mouse captioned "He cookin'!!" (shown below). The post has gained over 23,000 notes as of December 28th, 2016.

Spread

The cat, dubbed "He Cookin'," spread around Tumblr in several photoshops and applications to other memes. User betahanita^[2] simply posted the GIF several times in a post titled "HE COOKIN!" and gained over 15,000 notes. User Nentindo^[3] posted the GIF and captioned it "Hecookinsexual: sexual attraction to a partner only when HE COOKIN" and gained over 45,000 notes (shown below).

The meme was covered by New York Magazine^[3] on July 28th.

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