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Orange Man Bad is a parody expression used to mock critics of former President Donald Trump. The phrase has frequently been associated with NPC Wojak to depict the character as a person programmed with simple slogans to oppose the Trump presidency. Out of the NPC context, it is often used on right-leaning Reddit communities or on 4chan.

Origin

The earliest known usage of the phrase "Orange Man Bad" comes from a general Trump thread on 4chan's ^[6] /pol/ board on October 20th, 2016.They wrote, "RUNNING ORANGE MAN BAD GRABBING GREEN GIRL GOOD" (shown below).

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On December 16th, 2017, Redditor UnselfconsciousTeff submitted a post titled "Orange Man = Bad" to /r/coaxedintoasnafu,^[5] featuring an illustration of a mock Trump tweet followed by a reply with the message "you should be killed poo head" (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post received upwards of 930 points (85% upvoted).

On June 4th, 2018, Redditor LastationNeoCon submitted an MS Paint illustration depicting a mock /r/politics post titled "orange man bad upvote pls" (shown below). Within five months, the post gained over 4,900 points (84% upvoted) and 330 comments on /r/CringeAnarchy.^[1]

On June 25th, 2018, the illustration was reposted to /r/coaxedintoasnafu.^[2] This particular meme is referenced the most on right-leaning Reddit communities such as r/drumpfisfinished and r/ShitPoliticsSays by reenacting the mock thread in comment sections.

On October 23rd, 2018, Redditor MaxineWaters4Prez submitted an animated GIF featuring rows of NPC Wojaks sitting in cubicles repeating the phrase "Orange Man Bad" (shown below). Within one month, the post gained over 420 points (98% upvoted) on /r/The_Donald.

On August 20th, Redditor throninho submitted an MS Paint illustration of a mock Reddit thread in which a Redditor writes "Orange man bad like worse than Hitler" to /r/coaxintoasnafu^[4] (shown below).

On November 7th, YouTuber John Ward uploaded a music video for his song "Orange Man Bad" (shown below). On November 12th, the satirical news site The Babylon Bee^[3] posted a parody article titled "CNN Unveils New Slogan: 'Orange Man Bad'."

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