Polar Bear In Arlington Texas

Polar Bear In Arlington Texas

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Polar Bear In Arlington Texas is a catchphrase and series of memes based on a viral X / Twitter post sharing a photo of a polar bear standing in the street at night captioned, "What da hell is a polar bear doin in Arlington Texas😭😭." The post was made in February 2022 and garnered viral spread over the following years as an image macro, inspiring further memes and photoshops. The phrases "polar bear in Arlington" and "What da hell is a polar bear doing in Arlington Texas" also began to see use as a catchphrase, used to describe something that is out of place in a given context.

Origin

On January 2nd, 2020, visit[1] reported that a polar bear was killed outside of Longyearbyen, Norway. The county commissioner explained why they euthanized the bear, quoted as saying, "The polar bear was not euthanized because of an emergency, but because it has shown unusual behavior in the last few days by attacking the settlement in Longyearbyen and thus creating a danger for people in the town." The report includes a photo of the polar bear standing in the street.



On February 2nd, 2022, X[2] user @strawmuncher reposted the photo of the polar bear, writing, "What da hell is a polor bear doin in Arlington texas 😭😭😭," garnering over 281,000 likes and 26,000 reposts in two years.


turtle @strawmuncher What da hell is a polor bear doin in Arlington texas 10:59 PM - Feb 2, 2022

Spread

The post went viral, inspiring memes and reactions online and garnering further viral spread over the following years. On February 7th, 2022, Cheezburger[3] published a collection of reactions to the post. On December 18th, Instagram[4] user real.nba.quotes posted a meme using the polar bear post as a way of pointing out someone who doesn't fit into a crowd of people, garnering over 19,500 likes in two years.


Same energy What da hell is a Polar bear doin in Arlington Texas JAZ

On June 19th, 2024, the mlbcut4 Instagram[5] page posted a version of the meme, garnering over 120,000 likes in five months. On September 5th, Instagram[6] page countrycentral posted a version of the meme about The Backstreet Boys' inclusion at the Stagecoach 2025 country music festival, garnering over 10,000 likes in two months.

On September 7th, u/Xxdeadmeme-69-xX made a post to /r/splatoon[7] sharing a photoshop of the polar bear as a Goldie, writing, "Having Goldies in normal rounds is insane," garnering over 800 upvotes in two months.


the Backstreet Boys at Stagecoach 2025: What da hell is a Polar bear doin in Arlington Texas

On October 20th, X[8] user @CookedByRiley0 quote-reposted a user sharing the logos of all the teams they hope make it to the NBA 2025 Playoffs Conference finals, writing, "There’s a ginormous polar bear in Arlington Texas on this," garnering over 19,000 likes in two weeks.


IM. RILEY + ** @CookedByRiley There's a ginormous polar bear in Arlington Texas on this Figs @30_Dynasty Oct 17 2025 Playoffs Conference finals A BOSTON LTICS 1:49 PM Oct 20, 2024 1M Views • ... R S

Various Examples


leviya @lisco 2000 the polar bear in arlington texas meme is so funny to me bc really it should be the opposite. the polar bear should be the one out of the group who's better than the rest. but the polar bear just looks so stupid in the image that like. yeah. that's a polar bear in arlington texas What da hell is a Polar bear doin in Arlington Texas 12:58 PM Feb 22, 2024 19.7K Views r/splatoon 2 mo. ago Xxdeadmeme-69-XX ... YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BABYYYYYYYY VICTORYYYYYY Having Goldies in normal rounds is insane Meme This big run has been super EZ but I'm not complaining What da hell is a Goldie doin in Arlington Texas dea @uchihaphernelia what the hell is a polar bear doing in arlington texas 4:39 PM Oct 31, 2024 684 Views WHAT A NICE POLAR BEAR I, FOR ONE, WILL NOT QUESTION HIS BUSINESS OF BEING IN THE LONE STAR STATE slavic princess @missh8ter polar bear arlington texas MST 21 @21metgala · Oct 28 Natalie Portman at the 2024 Ballon d'Or. 0:54 3:31 PM - Oct 28, 2024 - 31.3K Views

Search Interest

External References

[1] Visir – Polar bear killed outside Longyearbyen

[2] X – strawmuncher

[3] Cheezburger – Polar Bear Sighting Inspires Twitter Comedy In This Beary Silly Thread

[4] Instagram – real.nba.quotes

[5] Instagram – mlbcut4

[6] Instagram – countrycentral

[7] Reddit – splatoon

[8] X – CookedByRiley0

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