About
Aw Shit Nigga is a catchphrase, normally related to an image of the Clannad character, Ibuki Fuuko. The images are usually preceded by a conversation or another image to show that someone is in a trouble and in a situation to say “Oh Shit”.
Origin
The original picture comes from a scene from the ninth episode of Clannad. In the scene, Nagisa puts a party hat into Fuuko’s head.
While the phrase itself may have predated internet history, The first recorded use of the image macro was on February 24th, 2011, on 4chan’s /a/ board during a discussion about the character Fuuko[1].
Spread
On March 1st, 2013, Urban Dictionary user RocEgg123 submitted an entry regarding the phrase “Shit Nigga”[2] which he describes as “When something happens unexpectedly and you believe that saying this will help cope with the situation.” Around the year 2013, Imgur user Derilz uploaded an edited gif version of the image. As of April, 2015, the post has gained more than 57.000 views and 40 points[3].