Dat Boi

About

“Dat Boi”, a colloquial pronunciation of “that boy,” is a phrase associated with various images featuring a 3D character model of a green frog on a unicycle, which are typically accompanied by the captions “here comes dat boi!” and “o shit waddup!”

Origin

In July 2014, 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 2015, Tumblr user phalania submitted a post with the message “here come dat boi!!”, followed by a picture of the video game character Pac-Man with the caption “o shit waddup!” (shown below).^[3] Although the original post was removed, reblogs managed to accumulate over 75,800 notes in the next year.

On April 3rd, 2016, 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!!!!!! / o shit waddup!” (shown below).^[8] The frog graphic originates from the Animation Factory Essential Collection 3.^[7]

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On February 23rd, 2016, Tumblr^[5] user gollypon posted a breaking news parody image featuring Pac-Man along with the caption “Here come dat boi!” (shown below, left).On April 23rd, the Browse Dank Memes Tumblr^[2] blog posted a multi-pane comic featuring a scene from 2012 superhero film The Avengers followed by the unicycle frog (shown below, right).

On April 26th, 2016, the tumblr user Browse Dank Memes^[1] posted a poorly compressed image of a frog riding a unicycle with the caption “Here comes dat boi!” (shown below, left). On April 29th, Tumblr user casualchriss^[6] submitted a photoshopped image of five unicycle riding frogs with the caption “We dem bois!!!!!” (shown below, right).