3D Rendering of a mallard duck wearing flippers. 

Article explains the origins and usage of the rotating duck gif

Rotating Duck Wearing Flippers

Updated Nov 06, 2024 at 04:43PM EST by LiterallyAustin.

Added Mar 13, 2020 at 03:17PM EDT by Matt.

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About

Rotating Duck Wearing Flippers is an image macro meme featuring a GIF of a spinning mallard wearing a pair of blue diving flippers. The image has been edited into a series of video remixes in which the GIF is set to different music (similar to Polar Bear GIF).

Origin

On March 13th, 2013, foroactivo[1] forum user Metemoto Sakamoto published the earliest available version of the spinning duck (shown below). The wrote, "todo internet lo hace el mismo pato estupido."



Spread

The following year, the GIF was uploaded to GIPHY [2] from Tumblr.

On May 3rd, 2019, Timotainment published a video entitled "The Duck," which added the GIF to other videos. The post received more than 44,000 views in less than one year (shown below, left).

Nearly a year later, on March 6th, 2020, Redditor [3] Paranxipress used the GIF as a reaction to the caption "Some girl: *is giving me obvious signs that she likes me.*" The post received more than 18,000 points (97% upvoted) in less than


Some girl: *is giving me obvious hints that she likes me* My brain:

Various Examples



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External References

[1] Foroactivo – Metemoto Sakamoto's Post

[2] GIPHY – Duck GIF

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