The nyan cat, also called Pop Tart Cat, is orginally a illustration made by Christopher Torres. It was first posted on LOL-COMICS April 2nd 2011.
On April 5th 2011 Saraj00n uploaded a youtubefilm with Chris Torres illustration set to an japanese popsong. The youtubefilm contains a cat flying in space with an rainbow attached to his tail, a Japanese popsong is playing in the background. The japanese song is called Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya and is orginally performed by Daniwell-P. The song used in the youtubemovie however, is a cover sung by Utauloid Momo Momone.
The Nyan cat had more than one million views, two weeks after it were uploaded on youtube. The meme were spreading through social media, such as Facebook and Twitter. Also, xDaZJMx commented on the youtubemovie and told youtubers to watch the «Slipknot's Psychosocial Video» and play the Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya song. This made the nyan cat even more popular, as youtubers were commented nyananyanyanyan on Slipknot's music video page on Youtube.
Nyan cat became famous in April 2011, approximately at the same time as people were listening to Rebecca Blacks musicvideo, «Friday». The search for nyan cat on Google is most popular in Chile, Norway and Ungarn. Today it is a range of different nyan cats spinoffs on Youtube set do different songs. You can now find a greek, mexican and a british nyan cat on Youtube.
Youtube movie:
Game developers have even made variations of games based on the nyan cat. Are you boored? Here is a link to the most popular nyan cat game: http://www.silvergames.com/nyan-cat. You can also get your own «nyan cat theme» on your computer instead of the Windows progress bar.
Literature
Available from: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nyan-cat-pop-tart-cat Accessed 29.february 2012
Available from:http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=nyan%20cat%20&cmpt=q Accessed 29.february 2012
Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyan_Cat Accessed 29.february 2012
Available from:http://www.cbc.ca/live/5-best-memes-of-2011.html Accessed 2.march 2012
Pictures:
Available from:http://www.cbc.ca/live/5-best-memes-of-2011.html Accessed 2.march 2012
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