About

He Tryin' His Best to Make That MF Look Vicious is a redraw meme format based on an image of a man holding a small, arguably non-threatening dog by the collar captioned, "He tryin his best to make that mf look vicious." The image was originally posted online as early as August 2020 and became the subject of redraws and referential memes over the following years.

Origin

On August 11th, 2020, X^[1] user @asiapriorityy posted a photo of a man holding a small dog by the collar, captioned, "He tryin his best to make that mf look vicious 🤣🤣" garnering around 20 likes in four years (shown below). This is the earliest known user to post the image and caption.

Spread

The meme gained viral spread over the following years, inspiring redraws and referential image macros using similar photos over the same caption.

On August 19th, 2020, iFunny^[2] user P0ttym0uthh posted the meme, garnering over 41,000 smiles in four years. On June 10th, 2022, iFunny^[3] user TylerTheCreator posted a version of the meme replacing the photo with one of musical artist Sematary, garnering over 10,000 smiles in two years (shown below).

On March 25th, 2023, X^[4] user @4EVERBOYJON posted a version of the meme referencing Super Mario Bros., garnering over 9,200 likes in a year (shown below, left). On December 23rd, Tumblr^[5] user huyandere posted a version of the meme referencing One Piece, garnering over 7,500 notes in five months (shown below, right).

On March 26th, 2024, X^[6] user @kjtowne posted a Persona 3 redraw of the meme, garnering over 4,000 likes in two months (shown below, left). On March 30th, X^[7] user @mrmanguy1029 posted a Kong vs. Godzilla redraw that gained over 7,000 likes in the same span of time (shown below, right).

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