In July , FunnyJunk [4] user tehbestever posted a photoshopped image identifying a young boy named "Dat Boi" as the "most wanted criminal arrested" as "dat boi". In June , Tumblr user phalania submitted a post with the message "here come dat boi!! On April 3rd, , the Facebook page Fresh Memes About the Mojave Desert and Other Delectable Cuisines posted an image of a green frog riding a unicycle with the caption "here come dat boi!!!!!! On February 23rd, , Tumblr [5] user gollypon posted a breaking news parody image featuring Pac-Man along with the caption "Here come dat boi!

And yet, his relaxed demeanor projects the kind of imperturbable mellowness you would expect in someone called Dat Boi. This is about as good an explanation as I can muster. Dat Boi is also simple and easy to mix into other memes and jokes. Dat Boi, like many great memes, is in fact a combination of two older memes. The call-and-response dialogue derives from a less well-known meme that has been working its way around Tumblr over the last year or so: A similarly goofy image of what appears to be a 3-D-animated Pac-Man entering a home.

Internet memes have been taking over the web since the turn of the century, with Roflcopters first becoming popularized in O shit waddup! The frog first cycled into public attention only around the end of last year, and received more recognition after MTV News posted the meme on its Instagram account in May. You can simply post the meme with its classic taglines, perhaps when you are bored or when you desperately want to prove that you are in the know. Or, you can put it into context, like this:.

We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. The internet has produced many strange fads throughout the years, from cats getting scared of cucumbers to the weirdly unsettling Lenny Face. But none of these memes have anything on the latest internet phenomenon — one that's literally described as a frog riding a unicycle.