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Calculated Shard: 152 (from laksa154)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_(meme)\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_(meme)\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_(meme)","crawl_time":1775269251,"first_indexed_time":1387513634,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Doge_(meme) s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Doge (meme) - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Checked\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nThe original photo of\nKabosu\n, a\nShiba Inu\n, that led to the meme\nDoge\n(\nusually\nDOHJ\n,\nDOHG\nor\nDOHZH\n), an\nInternet meme\nthat became popular in 2013, consists of a picture of a\nShiba Inu\ndog that is accompanied in the foreground by multicolored text in the font\nComic Sans\n. The text, representing a kind of\ninternal monologue\n, is deliberately written in a form of\nbroken English\n. The meme originally and most frequently uses an image of a Shiba Inu named\nKabosu\n, though versions with other Shiba Inus are also popular.\nThe meme is based on a 2010 photograph of Kabosu that became popular in late 2013;\nKnow Your Meme\nnamed it the \"top meme\" of that year. Also in late 2013, the Shiba Inu had a notable presence in popular culture, including a\ncryptocurrency\ncalled\nDogecoin\nthat was launched in December of that year. Several online polls and media outlets recognized Doge as one of the best Internet memes of the 2010s.\nAn example of a Doge meme\nDoge uses two-word phrases. The first word is almost always one of five modifiers (\"so\", \"such\", \"many\", \"much\", and \"very\"), and the departure from correct English is the use of a modifier with a word it cannot properly modify.\n[\n1\n]\nFor example, \"Much respect. So noble.\" uses the Doge modifiers but is not \"proper\" Doge because the modifiers are used in a formally correct fashion; the Doge version would be \"Much noble, so respect.\"\n[\n1\n]\nIn addition to these phrases, a Doge utterance often ends with a single word, most often \"wow\", and \"amaze\" and \"excite\" are also used.\n[\n1\n]\nSince the meme's inception, several variations and spin-offs, including \"liquefied Doge\"—\n[\n2\n]\n[\n3\n]\na variation in which the dog's shape is morphed into that of other animals, and \"ironic Doge\",\n[\n2\n]\na version in which the Doge character is put into ironic and uncharacteristic situations, and is depicted speaking coherent English phrases—have been created. The ironic Doge memes have spawned several other related characters, often also dogs, one of which is\nCheems\n, another Shiba Inu who is typified by a\nspeech impediment\nin which the letter \"M\" is used throughout its speech.\n[\n4\n]\nWalter, a\nBull Terrier\ncharacter who is typically portrayed as liking \"\nmoster trucks\n\"  [\nsic\n] and\nfiretrucks\n, is another commonly recurring ironic Doge character. These memes are mostly present on\nsubreddits\nlike r\/dogelore.\n[\n5\n]\nIn 2020, the meme \"Swole Doge vs. Cheems\", in which a muscular,\nanthropomorphic\nDoge and a baby Cheems are depicted as something that was considered better in the past and its modern version, respectively, became popular.\n[\n6\n]\n[\n7\n]\nOrigin and pronunciation\n[\nedit\n]\nThe original meme featured Kabosu, a\nShiba Inu\ndog whose owner  Atsuko Sato posted the famous picture of her in a 2010 blog post. Variations of the picture with overlaid text in\nComic Sans\nwere later posted on a\nTumblr\nblog called Shiba Confessions.\n[\n8\n]\nThe meme also featured another Shiba Inu named Suki, who belonged to photographer Jonathan Fleming from San Francisco. Fleming's wife had accidentally washed a scarf, making it shrink; he photographed Suki wearing the scarf outside on a cold night in February 2010.\n[\n8\n]\nThe use of the intentionally misspelled word \"Doge\" dates back to June 2005, when it was mentioned in an episode of\nHomestar Runner\n'\ns puppet series.\n[\n9\n]\nThe use of the misspelling began to grow in popularity after it was used in October 2010 on a\nReddit\npost of a\nWelsh Corgi\ntitled \"LMBO LOOK @ THIS FUKKEN DOGE.\"\n[\n2\n]\n[\n8\n]\nThe most common pronunciations of \"Doge\" are\nDOHJ\nand\nDOHG\n, though\n\"doggy\" is also used. In non-English-speaking countries, \"Doge\" is occasionally pronounced\n\"dodge\". Those unfamiliar or unacquainted with the meme also use the pronunciations\nDOG\n-ay\n,\nDOH\n-gay\n, or simply like the word \"dog\"\nDOG\nor\nDAWG\n.\n[\n9\n]\nIn Poland, the meme is known as \"pieseł\" (\n[piɛsɛw]\n), which is derived from the\nPolish\nword \"pies\", which means dog.\n[\n10\n]\n[\n11\n]\n[\n12\n]\nA painting of the Doge (\nPieseł\n) on the wall of a pet shop in\nŁódź\n, Poland\nInitial 2013 spread\n[\nedit\n]\nOnline searches for the meme began to increase in July 2013.\n[\n8\n]\nIn August 2013, images of the meme were\nspammed\non\nReddit\n's subreddit r\/MURICA by\n4chan\n's random imageboard, \/b\/.\n[\n13\n]\nIn late December 2013, members of the\nU.S. Congress\nproduced material in the meme's style;\nThe Huffington Post\ncommented Doge was \"killed\" because of the Congress members' use of the meme.\n[\n14\n]\n[\n15\n]\nIn December 2013, a new\ncryptocurrency\ncalled\nDogecoin\nwas introduced, making it the first cryptocurrency to be based on an Internet meme;\n[\n16\n]\n[\n17\n]\n[\n18\n]\nthe\nviral phenomenon\n, along with use of the typeface Comic Sans MS, gave it \"the Internet density of a large star\" according to\nMedium\nwriter\nQuinn Norton\n.\n[\n19\n]\nThe Doge meme developed popularity on\nChinese social media platforms\nbeginning in 2013.\n[\n20\n]\n: 184 \nIn\nSinophone\nonline contexts, the dog's expression is often viewed as enigmatic.\n[\n20\n]\n: 184 \nWeibo\nimplemented the meme as an emoji, which further increased the meme's popularity, and which is often used to indicate whimsy or ambiguous sarcasm.\n[\n20\n]\n: 184 \nContinued popularity\n[\nedit\n]\nBy early 2014, Doge's popularity was sustained by Internet communities on\nsocial media\n, and was accompanied by the rapid growth and acceptance of Dogecoin. In April 2014, Doge experienced a second major media resurgence due to revelations of the Dogecoin community's intent to sponsor racing driver\nJosh Wise\nin\nNASCAR\nand place a picture of the Shiba Inu on his vehicle.\n[\n21\n]\n[\n22\n]\nThe car appears in\ndownloadable content\n(DLC) for the video game\nNASCAR '14\n.\n[\n23\n]\nMedia outlets embraced the meme while reporting on the cryptocurrency and the car, using titles that included phrases such as \"so wow\" and \"very vroom\".\n[\n24\n]\n[\n25\n]\nIn December 2016, a report on\nThe Daily Dot\nfound Doge's popularity peaked in 2014 and then fell due to \"overexposure and co-option by advertisers and mainstream 'normies\n'\n\", but remained stable since then and returned to\nTumblr\n's top 10 shared memes of the year in 2016.\n[\n26\n]\nFor\nApril Fools' Day\nin 2017,\nChina Central Television\npublished a hoax story of the death of Kabosu.\n[\n27\n]\n[\n28\n]\nIn 2021, PleasrDAO acquired a\nnon-fungible token\n(NFT) depicting the meme for US$4 million.\n[\n29\n]\nIn 2022, during the\nRussian invasion of Ukraine\n, an online phenomenon and group called\nNorth Atlantic Fella Organization\n(NAFO), where participants refer themselves as \"Fellas\", dedicated to countering\nRussian propaganda\nand\nRussian disinformation\n. The group posts pro-Ukraine memes, memes mocking Russian war effort and strategy, and \"\nshitposting\n\", and also raises funds for the\nUkrainian military\nand other pro-Ukrainian causes.\n[\n30\n]\n[\n31\n]\n[\n32\n]\n[\n33\n]\nKabosu died of\nleukemia\nat the age of 18 on May 24, 2024. Her owner, Atsuko Sato, announced the news on her social media, stating Kabosu died peacefully while being caressed. Sato shared a heartfelt message, expressing her gratitude for the time she had with Kabosu and the joy she brought to people's lives through the \"Doge\" meme.\n[\n34\n]\n[\n35\n]\n[\n36\n]\nCultural depictions\n[\nedit\n]\nConvergence\nviewed the use of the image in advertising as a result of it being a widely recognized cultural icon.\n[\n37\n]\nIn mid-2014, the advertisement agency\nDDB Stockholm\nprominently featured Doge in an advertising campaign for the\nStockholm\n, Sweden-based public transportation company\nStorstockholms Lokaltrafik\n(SL). The advertisement promoted the company's special summer tickets, and featured Doge holding a public transportation ticket in his mouth, with phrases such as \"many summer\", \"such cheap\" and \"very buy\".\n[\n38\n]\nA Doge meme using terms related to\nWikipedia\nGoogle\ncreated a Doge\nEaster egg\n: when\ndoge meme\nwas entered into the YouTube search bar, the site's text would be rendered in colorful\nComic Sans\n, similar to the text used in the meme.\n[\n39\n]\nIn January 2014,\nSydney\n-based web developers Katia Eirin and Bennett Wong created\nDoge Weather\n, a weather website and\nmobile app\nincorporating the meme.\nDoge Weather\nreports the temperature and weather conditions at the user's geographic location.\n[\n40\n]\n[\n41\n]\nIn April 2014,\nDoge Weather\nbecame available as a mobile app for\niOS 7\n.\n[\n40\n]\nMozilla's\nServo\nproject incorporated the meme into the project's logo between May 2016 and February 2020.\n[\n42\n]\n[\n43\n]\nBetween April 3 and 7, 2023,\n[\n44\n]\nElon Musk\nreplaced\nTwitter\n's bird logo with an image of Doge for website users. Some speculated it may have been a late-posted April Fools' Day joke;\n[\n45\n]\n[\n46\n]\nhowever, Thomas Barabbi of\nNew York Post\nsaid the Dogecoin logo appeared days after Musk's lawyers asked a judge to dismiss a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit, accusing Musk of boosting the digital currency's value.\n[\n47\n]\nIn the video for\n\"Weird Al\" Yankovic\n's 2014 song \"\nWord Crimes\n\", a song about bad grammar, a Doge\ntweet\nis used to illustrate the types of bad grammar referenced in that part of the song.\n[\n48\n]\nA reference to the meme can be found in the North American version of the 2015 video game\nThe Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes\n. When examining an ancient bookshelf, text reads: \"Still, coming here has at least afforded me the rare chance to explore these ancient ruins. So ancient. Such ruin.\" The reference was met with mixed views from fans of the series.\n[\n49\n]\n[\n50\n]\nIn the 2015 online game\nAgar.io\n, Doge appears as a\nplayable skin\nthat is accessed by typing the name \"Doge\".\n[\n51\n]\nJust Cause 3\nalso included a special mode that popped up text in the style of the meme in response to certain player actions.\n[\n52\n]\n[\n53\n]\nIn 2017, the video game\nSmite\nadded a Doge skin for the goddess\nSkadi\n.\n[\n54\n]\nReception and legacy\n[\nedit\n]\n\"Doge\" was one of several additions to\nDictionary.com\nin November 2015.\n[\n55\n]\nThe website defines \"Doge\" as the image macro and its variants, and the form of \"language\" it uses.\n[\n56\n]\nSeveral media publications included Doge on a list of memes that helped define Internet culture in the 2010s, and wrote on the meme's influence of further online developments, such as\nDoggoLingo\nand\nWeRateDogs\n.\n[\n57\n]\n[\n58\n]\nio9\ncompared the internal dialog of the Shiba Inu dogs to\nlolspeak\n.\n[\n59\n]\nEvan McMurry of\nABC News\nand Stacey Ritzen of\nThe Daily Dot\nboth ranked Doge as the number-one meme of the 2010s.\n[\n2\n]\n[\n60\n]\nIn December 2019, Doge was voted as the best Internet meme of the 2010s on a poll held by\nThe Tab\n, gaining 737 votes, 22 percent of total votes cast.\n[\n61\n]\nVox\n'\ns Aja Romano included Doge on its list of 11 memes \"that captured the decade\", writing it took \"cat memes to new, absurdist heights, an early hallmark of neo-\nDadaist\nmillennial humor.\"\n[\n58\n]\nIt was included on\nMTV\n's \"50 Things Pop Culture Had Us Giving Thanks For\" in 2013.\n[\n62\n]\nAngela Watercutter of\nWired\ndescribed it as one of the best memes of 2013, and was it named the \"top meme\" of 2013 by\nKnow Your Meme\n.\n[\n63\n]\nIn 2014, it became the first meme that was not a cat to win a\nWebby Awards\nfor meme of the year.\n[\n64\n]\nMashable\nsaid Doge is one of the best \"internet moments turning 10 in 2023\".\n[\n65\n]\nIn Japan, Kabosu and Sato are known as pet and owner rather than a meme; Sato's blog was the fourth-most-popular pet-related blog in the country as of December 2013. Reacting to the meme, Sato said: \"To be honest, some pictures are strange for me, but it's still funny! I'm very impressed with their skills and taste. Around me, nobody knows about the Doge meme. Maybe I don't understand memes very well, because I'm living such an analog life.\" Sato has also expressed that she had learned that \"the risk of the internet is that anyone in the world can see my life on my blog\". Fleming stated in his experience, the Shiba Inu breed has become more recognized due to the meme.\n[\n8\n]\nIn 2023, a monument to Kabosu was installed in\nSakura, Chiba\n.\n[\n66\n]\nA manhole cover with Kabosu's image was also installed in Sakura in 2024.\n[\n67\n]\nOn November 12, 2024, U.S. President-elect\nDonald Trump\nannounced\nElon Musk\nwould lead the new administration's\nDepartment of Government Efficiency\n(DOGE), in reference to the internet meme and its namesake cryptocurrency.\n[\n68\n]\nAccording to communication scholars\nRyan M. Milner\n, Doge is a meme that appeals to those within Internet culture but also uses elements that resonate with the general public, comparing it to\nRickrolling\n, a meme involving a song.\n[\n69\n]\n: 83 \nList of individual dogs\nList of Internet phenomena\n^\na\nb\nc\nMcCulloch, Gretchen (February 6, 2014).\n\"A Linguist Explains the Grammar of Doge. Wow\"\n.\nThe Toast\n. Archived from\nthe original\non May 31, 2014\n. Retrieved\nMay 29,\n2014\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\nd\nRitzen, Stacey (December 13, 2019).\n\"The 50 memes that defined the decade\"\n.\nThe Daily Dot\n. Archived from\nthe original\non January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nDecember 19,\n2019\n.\n^\nHathaway, Jay (April 11, 2018).\n\"Something very weird is happening to Doge memes in 2018\"\n.\nThe Daily Dot\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nMarch 21,\n2019\n.\n^\nBanim, Julia (July 4, 2020).\n\"Meet Balltze The Original Cheems Dog And Star Of Your Favourite Memes\"\n.\nUnilad\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 5, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJuly 5,\n2020\n.\n^\nRaphael, Shannon (June 15, 2020).\n\"Is Front Camera Meme Star Walter the Dog Actually Dead?\"\n.\nDistractify\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 27, 2020\n. Retrieved\nJuly 5,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"Swole Doge vs. Cheems: el meme de los perros que se está viralizando en redes\"\n[Swole Doge vs. Cheems: the dog meme that is going viral on the web].\nLa Vanguardia\n(in Spanish). May 27, 2020.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nNovember 8,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"El exitoso meme viral del perro grande contra el pequeño que compara la vida antes y ahora\"\n[The successful meme of the big dog against the little one which compares life before and now].\n20 minutos\n(in Spanish). June 1, 2020.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nNovember 8,\n2020\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\nd\ne\nChayka, Kyle (December 31, 2013).\n\"Wow this is doge\"\n.\nThe Verge\n. Vox Media.\nArchived\nfrom the original on March 14, 2014\n. Retrieved\nDecember 31,\n2013\n.\n^\na\nb\nWickman, Forrest (November 15, 2013).\n\"How Do You Pronounce \"Doge\"?\"\n.\nSlate\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 22, 2013\n. Retrieved\nNovember 22,\n2013\n.\n^\nMajak, Krzysztof (January 22, 2014).\n\"Twórca \"Pieseła\" dla naTemat: Gdy wychodzę na spacer ze swoim psem, ludzie krzyczą na ulicy \"Pieseł, wow\"\n\"\n.\nNaTemat.pl\n(in Polish)\n. Retrieved\nNovember 21,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Pieseł tak sławny, dużo obrazków. Wow. O co tu chodzi?\"\n.\nNext Gazeta.pl\n(in Polish). October 16, 2013\n. Retrieved\nNovember 21,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Pieseł\"\n.\nSłownik Języka Polskiego PWN\n(in Polish).\nWydawnictwo Naukowe PWN\n. December 12, 2016\n. Retrieved\nNovember 21,\n2024\n.\n^\nAlfonso III, Fernando (August 26, 2013).\n\"4chan spammed Reddit with an army of Shiba Inus\"\n.\nThe Daily Dot\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nNovember 22,\n2013\n.\n^\nLogiurato, Brett (December 23, 2013).\n\"Congress Has Finally Discovered 'Doge,' And It's Going About As Badly As You Would Expect\"\n.\nBusiness Insider\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nDecember 29,\n2013\n.\n^\nHorowitz, Alana (December 23, 2013).\n\"GOPers Ruin Beloved Internet Meme\"\n.\nHuffington Post\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nDecember 29,\n2013\n.\n^\nKlee, Miles (December 10, 2013).\n\"With its own cryptocurrency, Doge has officially conquered 2013\"\n.\nThe Daily Dot\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 23, 2014\n. Retrieved\nDecember 25,\n2013\n.\n^\nCouts, Andrew (December 12, 2013).\n\"Wow. Dogecoin is the most Internet thing to happen, ever\"\n.\nDigital Trends\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on December 16, 2013\n. Retrieved\nDecember 25,\n2013\n.\n^\nHillen, Brittany (December 11, 2013).\n\"Dogecoin digital currency takes on Bitcoin with a bit of meme flair\"\n.\nSlashGear\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on September 5, 2015\n. Retrieved\nDecember 25,\n2013\n.\n^\nNorton, Quinn (December 23, 2013).\n\"The Values of Money\"\n.\nMedium\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on October 15, 2014\n. Retrieved\nDecember 25,\n2013\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\nSong, Chenyang (2025).\nNationalist and Popular Culture Practices on Social Media: A Digital Ethnography of Chinese Online Fandom Nationalists\n. Bielefeld: Transcript.\nISBN\n \n978-3-8376-7926-7\n.\n^\nBallaban, Michael (April 8, 2014).\n\"Such NASCAR, Much Motorsports: What It Looks Like When Doge Goes Racing\"\n. Jalopnik.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nApril 2,\n2015\n.\n^\nKooser, Amanda (April 29, 2014).\n\"Dogecoin Nascar paint scheme unveiled. Wow. Such doge\"\n.\nCNET\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nMay 7,\n2014\n.\n^\nGood, Owen S. (May 18, 2014).\n\"Dogecoin, NASCAR's strangest hood sponsor, will appear in its official video game\"\n.\nPolygon\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 18, 2014\n. Retrieved\nMarch 29,\n2015\n.\n^\nSpencer, Malia (May 6, 2014).\n\"When Dogecoin met NASCAR. So wow\"\n.\nPortland Business Journal\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nMay 7,\n2014\n.\n^\nEstrada, Chris (May 4, 2014).\n\"Very vroom: Josh Wise finishes 20th at 'Dega in DogeCoin car\"\n.\nNBC Sports\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nMay 7,\n2014\n.\n^\nHathaway, Jay (December 8, 2016).\n\"The very longevity of Doge, the Shiba Inu meme that is still such popular\"\n.\nThe Daily Dot\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nMarch 21,\n2019\n.\n^\nCovucci, David (April 3, 2017).\n\"Don't worry: Despite reports, Doge is not dead\"\n.\nThe Daily Dot\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nMarch 21,\n2019\n.\n^\nFeinn, Lily (April 4, 2017).\n\"Is Doge Dead? The Famous Meme Dog Was The Subject Of An April Fool's Hoax\"\n.\nBustle\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nMarch 21,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"Iconic 'Doge' meme NFT breaks record, selling for $4 million\"\n.\nNBC News\n. June 11, 2021.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 11, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 15,\n2024\n.\n^\nPearson, Pez (August 15, 2022).\n\"The doges of war: how a Twitter meme is helping fight the Russian war in Ukraine\"\n.\nYorkshire Bylines\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on September 4, 2022\n. Retrieved\nAugust 29,\n2022\n.\n^\nGault, Matthew (July 12, 2022).\n\"Shitposting Shiba Inu Accounts Chased a Russian Diplomat Offline\"\n.\nVice\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on September 4, 2022\n. Retrieved\nAugust 29,\n2022\n.\n^\nZappone, Chris (August 29, 2022).\n\"NAFO, the furry fellas taking a bite out of Russia's info war machine\"\n.\nThe Age\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 29, 2022\n. Retrieved\nAugust 29,\n2022\n.\n^\nCole, Brendan (August 19, 2022).\n\"\n'What Air Defense Doing': Adam Kinzinger Joins Meme Mockery of Russia\"\n.\nNewsweek\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on September 4, 2022\n. Retrieved\nAugust 29,\n2022\n.\n^\nKwai, Isabella (May 24, 2024).\n\"Kabosu, Shiba Inu Who Helped Define the Doge Meme, Dies at 18\"\n.\nThe\nNew York Times\n.\nISSN\n \n0362-4331\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 24, 2024\n. Retrieved\nMay 25,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"ありがとう、かぼちゃん！\"\n[Thank you, Kabo-chan!].\nかぼちゃんとおさんぽ\n. May 24, 2024.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 24, 2024\n. Retrieved\nMay 24,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Kabosu dies: Shiba inu which inspired the 'doge' meme and became face of Dogecoin has died\"\n.\nSky News\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 24, 2024\n. Retrieved\nMay 24,\n2024\n.\n^\nNani, Albi (March 24, 2022).\n\"The doge worth 88 billion dollars: A case study of Dogecoin\"\n.\nConvergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies\n.\n28\n(6):\n1719–\n1736.\ndoi\n:\n10.1177\/13548565211070417\n.\n^\nAndrén, Simon (April 29, 2014).\n\"Många frågor kring SL-kampanj\"\n[Many questions about SL campaign].\nDagens Media\n(in Swedish). Archived from\nthe original\non September 23, 2015\n. Retrieved\nMay 27,\n2014\n.\n^\n\"Easter Egg: YouTube in Comic Sans (Doge Meme)\"\n.\nWebSonic.nl\n. November 24, 2013.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nDecember 1,\n2013\n.\n^\na\nb\nMediati, Nick (April 2, 2014).\n\"Can Doge Weather Become Your Main iOS Weather App?\"\n.\nMacgasm.net\n. Macgasm.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJuly 29,\n2016\n.\n^\nWickman, Forrest (February 12, 2014).\n\"Finally, You Can Get Your Weather From Doge. Wow\"\n.\nSlate\n.\nThe Slate Group\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJuly 29,\n2016\n.\n^\n\"History for resources\/servo.png\"\n.\nGitHub\n. Archived from\nthe original\non January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJuly 1,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"History for resources\/servo.svg\"\n.\nGitHub\n. Archived from\nthe original\non January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJuly 1,\n2020\n.\n^\nLeffer, Lauren (April 7, 2023).\n\"Doge's Twitter Reign Ends, Triggering Memecoin Slump\"\n.\nGizmodo\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on April 8, 2023\n. Retrieved\nApril 8,\n2023\n.\n^\nTaylor, Josh; Hern, Alex (April 4, 2023).\n\"Twitter makes unexplained logo change to Dogecoin cryptocurrency image\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 24, 2024\n. Retrieved\nApril 4,\n2023\n.\n^\nClark, Mitchell (April 3, 2023).\n\"Today in Twitter: where are the retweet labels, and why did Doge replace the bird?\"\n.\nThe Verge\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on June 2, 2023\n. Retrieved\nApril 3,\n2023\n.\n^\nThomas Barrabi (April 3, 2023).\n\"Dogecoin dog replaces Twitter logo on homepage, meme token's price soars 30%\"\n.\nNew York Post\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 21, 2023\n. Retrieved\nAugust 28,\n2023\n.\n^\nKastrenakes, Jacob (July 15, 2014).\n\"Weird Al's 'Blurred Lines' parody skewers Reddit and doge for grammar crimes\"\n.\nThe Verge\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on July 15, 2014\n. Retrieved\nJuly 16,\n2014\n.\n^\nMandelin, Clyde (October 27, 2015).\n\"The Latest Zelda Game is Such Doge\"\n.\nLegends of Localization\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJuly 12,\n2017\n.\n^\nPhillips, Tom (October 28, 2015).\n\"Zelda fans have a bone to pick with Nintendo over doge meme\"\n.\nEurogamer\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nJuly 12,\n2017\n.\n^\n\"Hands-on with Agar.io: What the heck is it? Why is it so popular?\"\n. August 5, 2015.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 28, 2023\n. Retrieved\nAugust 28,\n2023\n.\n^\n\"Just Cause 3 Easter Egg – Doge Mode\"\n.\nOfficial\nIGN\naccount on YouTube\n. December 13, 2015. Archived from\nthe original\non October 30, 2021\n. Retrieved\nMay 23,\n2021\n.\n^\nPrell, Sam (December 3, 2015).\n\"Wow, such explosion, many meme: how to unlock Doge Mode in Just Cause 3\"\n.\nOfficial PlayStation Magazine\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on December 3, 2015\n. Retrieved\nMay 24,\n2021\n.\n^\nO'Connor, Alice (January 27, 2017).\n\"Wow! Such meme! Very Smite!\"\n.\nRock Paper Shotgun\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nDecember 31,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"\n'Fleek,' 'facepalm' among words added to Dictionary.com\"\n.\nAOL\n. November 10, 2015.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nNovember 23,\n2015\n.\n^\n\"Doge\"\n.\nDictionary.com\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nNovember 23,\n2015\n.\n^\nAmatulli, Jenna (December 17, 2019).\n\"A Guide To The Memes That Defined A Decade (And Where They Are Now)\"\n.\nHuffPost\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nDecember 18,\n2019\n.\n^\na\nb\nRomano, Aja (December 18, 2019).\n\"11 memes that captured the decade\"\n.\nVox\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nMarch 29,\n2020\n.\n^\nNewitz, Annalee (December 11, 2013).\n\"We who spoke LOLcat now speak Doge\"\n. Retrieved\nMarch 6,\n2017\n.\n{{\ncite web\n}}\n:  CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (\nlink\n)\n^\nMcMurry, Evan (December 7, 2019).\n\"The 10 memest memes of this decade, the decade of the meme\"\n.\nABC News\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nDecember 19,\n2019\n.\n^\nSoen, Hayley (December 4, 2019).\n\"The votes are in: This is officially the best meme of the entire decade\"\n.\nThe Tab\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on January 9, 2021\n. Retrieved\nDecember 4,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"From One Direction's Abs To Miley's Joint: 50 Things Pop Culture Had Us Giving Thanks For This Year\"\n. MTV. November 27, 2013. Archived from\nthe original\non May 22, 2014\n. Retrieved\nDecember 1,\n2013\n.\n^\nWatercutter, Angela (December 13, 2013).\n\"The 10 Best Memes of 2013\"\n.\nWired\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on February 22, 2015\n. Retrieved\nMarch 4,\n2015\n.\n^\nKyle Calise (December 24, 2023).\n\"Meme History: The story behind Doge, the Internet's most beloved dog\"\n.\nThe Daily Dot\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 9, 2024\n. Retrieved\nMay 9,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"From Doge to Drake, Here Are 10 Internet Moments Turning 10 in 2023\"\n.\nMashable SEA\n. January 2, 2023.\nArchived\nfrom the original on August 27, 2023\n. Retrieved\nAugust 28,\n2023\n.\n^\n\"Japan creates public monument to original doge meme dog in her home prefecture\"\n.\nSoraNews24 -Japan News-\n. December 21, 2023.\nArchived\nfrom the original on December 29, 2023\n. Retrieved\nDecember 29,\n2023\n.\n^\nBaseel, Casey (March 1, 2024).\n\"Such recognition! Official doge meme dog manhole cover installed in Japan\"\n.\nSoraNews24 -Japan News-\n.\nArchived\nfrom the original on May 9, 2024\n. Retrieved\nMay 10,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Why is Elon Musk becoming Donald Trump's efficiency adviser?\"\n.\nBBC News\n. November 13, 2024.\nArchived\nfrom the original on March 11, 2025\n. Retrieved\nNovember 13,\n2024\n.\n^\nMilner, Ryan M.\n(October 7, 2016).\nThe World Made Meme: Public Conversations and Participatory Media\n(1 ed.).\nThe MIT Press\n.\ndoi\n:\n10.7551\/mitpress\/9780262034999.001.0001\n.\nISBN\n \n978-0-262-03499-9\n.\nWikimedia Commons has media related to\nDoge\n.\nOriginal blog post featuring Kabosu\n(moved from\npost\non old blog)","attrs_markdown":"[Jump to content](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#bodyContent)\n\nMain menu\n\nMain menu\n\nmove to sidebar\n\nhide\n\nNavigation\n\n- [Main page](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page \"Visit the main page [z]\")\n- [Contents](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Contents \"Guides to browsing Wikipedia\")\n- [Current events](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Current_events \"Articles related to current events\")\n- [Random article](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Random \"Visit a randomly selected article [x]\")\n- [About Wikipedia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:About \"Learn about Wikipedia and how it works\")\n- [Contact us](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Contact_us \"How to contact Wikipedia\")\n\nContribute\n\n- [Help](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Contents \"Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia\")\n- [Learn to edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Introduction \"Learn how to edit Wikipedia\")\n- [Community portal](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Community_portal \"The hub for editors\")\n- [Recent changes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:RecentChanges \"A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]\")\n- [Upload file](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard \"Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia\")\n- [Special pages](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:SpecialPages \"A list of all special pages [q]\")\n\n[![](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/icons\/enwiki-25.svg) ![Wikipedia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/mobile\/copyright\/wikipedia-wordmark-en-25.svg) ![The Free Encyclopedia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/mobile\/copyright\/wikipedia-tagline-en-25.svg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page)\n\n[Search](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Search \"Search Wikipedia [f]\")\n\nAppearance\n\n- [Donate](https:\/\/donate.wikimedia.org\/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en)\n- [Create account](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Doge+%28meme%29 \"You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory\")\n- [Log in](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Doge+%28meme%29 \"You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. 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The text, representing a kind of [internal monologue](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internal_monologue \"Internal monologue\"), is deliberately written in a form of [broken English](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broken_English \"Broken English\"). The meme originally and most frequently uses an image of a Shiba Inu named [Kabosu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kabosu_\$dog\$ \"Kabosu (dog)\"), though versions with other Shiba Inus are also popular.\n\nThe meme is based on a 2010 photograph of Kabosu that became popular in late 2013; *[Know Your Meme](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Know_Your_Meme \"Know Your Meme\")* named it the \"top meme\" of that year. Also in late 2013, the Shiba Inu had a notable presence in popular culture, including a [cryptocurrency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cryptocurrency \"Cryptocurrency\") called [Dogecoin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dogecoin \"Dogecoin\") that was launched in December of that year. Several online polls and media outlets recognized Doge as one of the best Internet memes of the 2010s.\n\n## Structure\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section: Structure\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/be\/Doge_meme_example.jpg\/330px-Doge_meme_example.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Doge_meme_example.jpg)\n\nAn example of a Doge meme\n\nDoge uses two-word phrases. The first word is almost always one of five modifiers (\"so\", \"such\", \"many\", \"much\", and \"very\"), and the departure from correct English is the use of a modifier with a word it cannot properly modify.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-mcculloch-1) For example, \"Much respect. So noble.\" uses the Doge modifiers but is not \"proper\" Doge because the modifiers are used in a formally correct fashion; the Doge version would be \"Much noble, so respect.\"[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-mcculloch-1) In addition to these phrases, a Doge utterance often ends with a single word, most often \"wow\", and \"amaze\" and \"excite\" are also used.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-mcculloch-1)\n\nSince the meme's inception, several variations and spin-offs, including \"liquefied Doge\"—[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-stacey-2)[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Hathaway2018-3) a variation in which the dog's shape is morphed into that of other animals, and \"ironic Doge\",[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-stacey-2) a version in which the Doge character is put into ironic and uncharacteristic situations, and is depicted speaking coherent English phrases—have been created. The ironic Doge memes have spawned several other related characters, often also dogs, one of which is [Cheems](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balltze \"Balltze\"), another Shiba Inu who is typified by a [speech impediment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Speech_impediment \"Speech impediment\") in which the letter \"M\" is used throughout its speech.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-:0-4)\n\nWalter, a [Bull Terrier](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bull_Terrier \"Bull Terrier\") character who is typically portrayed as liking \"[moster trucks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monster_truck \"Monster truck\")\" \\[*[sic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sic \"Sic\")*\\] and [firetrucks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fire_engine \"Fire engine\"), is another commonly recurring ironic Doge character. These memes are mostly present on [subreddits](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subreddit \"Subreddit\") like r\/dogelore.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-:1-5) In 2020, the meme \"Swole Doge vs. Cheems\", in which a muscular, [anthropomorphic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anthropomorphism \"Anthropomorphism\") Doge and a baby Cheems are depicted as something that was considered better in the past and its modern version, respectively, became popular.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-6)[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-7)\n\n## Origin and pronunciation\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: Origin and pronunciation\")\\]\n\nMain article: [Kabosu (dog)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kabosu_\$dog\$ \"Kabosu (dog)\")\n\nThe original meme featured Kabosu, a [Shiba Inu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shiba_Inu \"Shiba Inu\") dog whose owner Atsuko Sato posted the famous picture of her in a 2010 blog post. Variations of the picture with overlaid text in [Comic Sans](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comic_Sans \"Comic Sans\") were later posted on a [Tumblr](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tumblr \"Tumblr\") blog called Shiba Confessions.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-the_verge-8) The meme also featured another Shiba Inu named Suki, who belonged to photographer Jonathan Fleming from San Francisco. Fleming's wife had accidentally washed a scarf, making it shrink; he photographed Suki wearing the scarf outside on a cold night in February 2010.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-the_verge-8) The use of the intentionally misspelled word \"Doge\" dates back to June 2005, when it was mentioned in an episode of *[Homestar Runner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homestar_Runner \"Homestar Runner\")*'s puppet series.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-slate-9) The use of the misspelling began to grow in popularity after it was used in October 2010 on a [Reddit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reddit \"Reddit\") post of a [Welsh Corgi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Welsh_Corgi \"Welsh Corgi\") titled \"LMBO LOOK @ THIS FUKKEN DOGE.\"[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-stacey-2)[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-the_verge-8)\n\nThe most common pronunciations of \"Doge\" are [\/ˈdoʊdʒ\/](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English \"Help:IPA\/English\") [*DOHJ*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\") and [\/ˈdoʊɡ\/](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English \"Help:IPA\/English\") [*DOHG*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\"), though [\/ˈdɒɡi\/](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English \"Help:IPA\/English\") \"doggy\" is also used. In non-English-speaking countries, \"Doge\" is occasionally pronounced [\/ˈdɒdʒ\/](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English \"Help:IPA\/English\") \"dodge\". Those unfamiliar or unacquainted with the meme also use the pronunciations [\/ˈdɒɡeɪ\/](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English \"Help:IPA\/English\") [*DOG\\-ay*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\"), [\/ˈdoʊɡeɪ\/](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English \"Help:IPA\/English\") [*DOH\\-gay*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\"), or simply like the word \"dog\" [\/ˈdɒɡ\/](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English \"Help:IPA\/English\") [*DOG*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\") or [\/ˈdɔːɡ\/](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English \"Help:IPA\/English\") [*DAWG*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\").[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-slate-9)\n\nIn Poland, the meme is known as \"pieseł\" ([\\[piɛsɛw\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/Polish \"Help:IPA\/Polish\")), which is derived from the [Polish](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish_language \"Polish language\") word \"pies\", which means dog.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-10)[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-11)[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-12)\n\n## History and spread\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: History and spread\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5e\/Pet_shop_in_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA.jpg\/250px-Pet_shop_in_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Pet_shop_in_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA.jpg)\n\nA painting of the Doge (*Pieseł*) on the wall of a pet shop in [Łódź](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA \"Łódź\"), Poland\n\n### Initial 2013 spread\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: Initial 2013 spread\")\\]\n\nOnline searches for the meme began to increase in July 2013.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-the_verge-8) In August 2013, images of the meme were [spammed](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spam_\$electronic\$ \"Spam (electronic)\") on [Reddit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reddit \"Reddit\")'s subreddit r\/MURICA by [4chan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/4chan \"4chan\")'s random imageboard, \/b\/.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-13) In late December 2013, members of the [U.S. Congress](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress \"United States Congress\") produced material in the meme's style; *[The Huffington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Huffington_Post \"The Huffington Post\")* commented Doge was \"killed\" because of the Congress members' use of the meme.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-14)[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-15) In December 2013, a new [cryptocurrency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cryptocurrency \"Cryptocurrency\") called [Dogecoin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dogecoin \"Dogecoin\") was introduced, making it the first cryptocurrency to be based on an Internet meme;[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-17)[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-18) the [viral phenomenon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viral_phenomenon \"Viral phenomenon\"), along with use of the typeface Comic Sans MS, gave it \"the Internet density of a large star\" according to [Medium](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medium_\$website\$ \"Medium (website)\") writer [Quinn Norton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quinn_Norton \"Quinn Norton\").[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-19)\n\nThe Doge meme developed popularity on [Chinese social media platforms](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_in_China \"Internet in China\") beginning in 2013.[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-:5-20): 184  In [Sinophone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinophone \"Sinophone\") online contexts, the dog's expression is often viewed as enigmatic.[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-:5-20): 184  [Weibo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weibo \"Weibo\") implemented the meme as an emoji, which further increased the meme's popularity, and which is often used to indicate whimsy or ambiguous sarcasm.[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-:5-20): 184\n\n### Continued popularity\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Continued popularity\")\\]\n\nBy early 2014, Doge's popularity was sustained by Internet communities on [social media](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_media \"Social media\"), and was accompanied by the rapid growth and acceptance of Dogecoin. In April 2014, Doge experienced a second major media resurgence due to revelations of the Dogecoin community's intent to sponsor racing driver [Josh Wise](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josh_Wise \"Josh Wise\") in [NASCAR](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASCAR \"NASCAR\") and place a picture of the Shiba Inu on his vehicle.[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-21)[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-22) The car appears in [downloadable content](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Downloadable_content \"Downloadable content\") (DLC) for the video game *[NASCAR '14](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASCAR_%2714 \"NASCAR '14\")*.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-23) Media outlets embraced the meme while reporting on the cryptocurrency and the car, using titles that included phrases such as \"so wow\" and \"very vroom\".[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-24)[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-25)\n\nIn December 2016, a report on *[The Daily Dot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Daily_Dot \"The Daily Dot\")* found Doge's popularity peaked in 2014 and then fell due to \"overexposure and co-option by advertisers and mainstream 'normies'\", but remained stable since then and returned to [Tumblr](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tumblr \"Tumblr\")'s top 10 shared memes of the year in 2016.[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-26) For [April Fools' Day](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_Fools%27_Day \"April Fools' Day\") in 2017, [China Central Television](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_Central_Television \"China Central Television\") published a hoax story of the death of Kabosu.[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-27)[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-28) In 2021, PleasrDAO acquired a [non-fungible token](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Non-fungible_token \"Non-fungible token\") (NFT) depicting the meme for US\\$4 million.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-29) In 2022, during the [Russian invasion of Ukraine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine \"Russian invasion of Ukraine\"), an online phenomenon and group called [North Atlantic Fella Organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NAFO_\$group\$ \"NAFO (group)\") (NAFO), where participants refer themselves as \"Fellas\", dedicated to countering [Russian propaganda](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_propaganda \"Russian propaganda\") and [Russian disinformation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disinformation_in_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine \"Disinformation in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine\"). The group posts pro-Ukraine memes, memes mocking Russian war effort and strategy, and \"[shitposting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shitposting \"Shitposting\")\", and also raises funds for the [Ukrainian military](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukrainian_military \"Ukrainian military\") and other pro-Ukrainian causes.[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-30)[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-31)[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-32)[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-33)\n\nKabosu died of [leukemia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leukemia \"Leukemia\") at the age of 18 on May 24, 2024. Her owner, Atsuko Sato, announced the news on her social media, stating Kabosu died peacefully while being caressed. Sato shared a heartfelt message, expressing her gratitude for the time she had with Kabosu and the joy she brought to people's lives through the \"Doge\" meme.[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-34)[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-kabosu_death-35)[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-36)\n\n## Cultural depictions\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=6 \"Edit section: Cultural depictions\")\\]\n\n### In advertising\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=7 \"Edit section: In advertising\")\\]\n\n*[Convergence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convergence_\$journal\$ \"Convergence (journal)\")* viewed the use of the image in advertising as a result of it being a widely recognized cultural icon.[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-37) In mid-2014, the advertisement agency [DDB Stockholm](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=DDB_Stockholm&action=edit&redlink=1 \"DDB Stockholm (page does not exist)\") prominently featured Doge in an advertising campaign for the [Stockholm](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stockholm \"Stockholm\"), Sweden-based public transportation company [Storstockholms Lokaltrafik](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Storstockholms_Lokaltrafik \"Storstockholms Lokaltrafik\") (SL). The advertisement promoted the company's special summer tickets, and featured Doge holding a public transportation ticket in his mouth, with phrases such as \"many summer\", \"such cheap\" and \"very buy\".[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-38)\n\n### Online\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=8 \"Edit section: Online\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/df\/Doge_homemade_meme.jpg\/250px-Doge_homemade_meme.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Doge_homemade_meme.jpg)\n\nA Doge meme using terms related to [Wikipedia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia \"Wikipedia\")\n\n[Google](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google \"Google\") created a Doge [Easter egg](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Easter_egg_\$media\$ \"Easter egg (media)\"): when *doge meme* was entered into the YouTube search bar, the site's text would be rendered in colorful [Comic Sans](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comic_Sans \"Comic Sans\"), similar to the text used in the meme.[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-39) In January 2014, [Sydney](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sydney \"Sydney\")\\-based web developers Katia Eirin and Bennett Wong created *Doge Weather*, a weather website and [mobile app](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mobile_app \"Mobile app\") incorporating the meme. *Doge Weather* reports the temperature and weather conditions at the user's geographic location.[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Mediati_2014-40)[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Wickman_2014-41) In April 2014, *Doge Weather* became available as a mobile app for [iOS 7](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IOS_7 \"IOS 7\").[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Mediati_2014-40) Mozilla's [Servo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Servo_\$software\$ \"Servo (software)\") project incorporated the meme into the project's logo between May 2016 and February 2020.[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-42)[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-43)\n\nBetween April 3 and 7, 2023,[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-44) [Elon Musk](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elon_Musk \"Elon Musk\") replaced [Twitter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter \"Twitter\")'s bird logo with an image of Doge for website users. Some speculated it may have been a late-posted April Fools' Day joke;[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-45)[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-46) however, Thomas Barabbi of *[New York Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Post \"New York Post\")* said the Dogecoin logo appeared days after Musk's lawyers asked a judge to dismiss a \\$258 billion racketeering lawsuit, accusing Musk of boosting the digital currency's value.[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-47)\n\n### In entertainment\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=9 \"Edit section: In entertainment\")\\]\n\nIn the video for [\"Weird Al\" Yankovic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic \"\\\"Weird Al\\\" Yankovic\")'s 2014 song \"[Word Crimes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Word_Crimes \"Word Crimes\")\", a song about bad grammar, a Doge [tweet](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter \"Twitter\") is used to illustrate the types of bad grammar referenced in that part of the song.[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Yankovic-48) A reference to the meme can be found in the North American version of the 2015 video game *[The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Tri_Force_Heroes \"The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes\")*. When examining an ancient bookshelf, text reads: \"Still, coming here has at least afforded me the rare chance to explore these ancient ruins. So ancient. Such ruin.\" The reference was met with mixed views from fans of the series.[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-49)[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-50) In the 2015 online game *[Agar.io](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agar.io \"Agar.io\")*, Doge appears as a [playable skin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theme_\$computing\$#Video_gaming \"Theme (computing)\") that is accessed by typing the name \"Doge\".[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-51) *[Just Cause 3](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Just_Cause_3 \"Just Cause 3\")* also included a special mode that popped up text in the style of the meme in response to certain player actions.[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-52)[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-53) In 2017, the video game *[Smite](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smite_\$video_game\$ \"Smite (video game)\")* added a Doge skin for the goddess [Skadi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skadi \"Skadi\").[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-54)\n\n## Reception and legacy\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=10 \"Edit section: Reception and legacy\")\\]\n\n\"Doge\" was one of several additions to [Dictionary.com](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dictionary.com \"Dictionary.com\") in November 2015.[\\[55\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-55) The website defines \"Doge\" as the image macro and its variants, and the form of \"language\" it uses.[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-56) Several media publications included Doge on a list of memes that helped define Internet culture in the 2010s, and wrote on the meme's influence of further online developments, such as [DoggoLingo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DoggoLingo \"DoggoLingo\") and [WeRateDogs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WeRateDogs \"WeRateDogs\").[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Amatuilli2019-57)[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Romano2019-58) *[io9](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Io9 \"Io9\")* compared the internal dialog of the Shiba Inu dogs to [lolspeak](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lolcat \"Lolcat\").[\\[59\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-io9-59) Evan McMurry of [ABC News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ABC_News_\$United_States\$ \"ABC News (United States)\") and Stacey Ritzen of *[The Daily Dot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Daily_Dot \"The Daily Dot\")* both ranked Doge as the number-one meme of the 2010s.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-stacey-2)[\\[60\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-abc-60) In December 2019, Doge was voted as the best Internet meme of the 2010s on a poll held by *[The Tab](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Tab \"The Tab\")*, gaining 737 votes, 22 percent of total votes cast.[\\[61\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-TheTab-61) *[Vox](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vox_\$website\$ \"Vox (website)\")*'s Aja Romano included Doge on its list of 11 memes \"that captured the decade\", writing it took \"cat memes to new, absurdist heights, an early hallmark of neo-[Dadaist](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dadaism \"Dadaism\") millennial humor.\"[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Romano2019-58) It was included on [MTV](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MTV \"MTV\")'s \"50 Things Pop Culture Had Us Giving Thanks For\" in 2013.[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-62) Angela Watercutter of *[Wired](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wired_\$magazine\$ \"Wired (magazine)\")* described it as one of the best memes of 2013, and was it named the \"top meme\" of 2013 by [Know Your Meme](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Know_Your_Meme \"Know Your Meme\").[\\[63\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-63) In 2014, it became the first meme that was not a cat to win a [Webby Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Webby_Awards \"Webby Awards\") for meme of the year.[\\[64\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-64) *[Mashable](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mashable \"Mashable\")* said Doge is one of the best \"internet moments turning 10 in 2023\".[\\[65\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-65)\n\nIn Japan, Kabosu and Sato are known as pet and owner rather than a meme; Sato's blog was the fourth-most-popular pet-related blog in the country as of December 2013. Reacting to the meme, Sato said: \"To be honest, some pictures are strange for me, but it's still funny! I'm very impressed with their skills and taste. Around me, nobody knows about the Doge meme. Maybe I don't understand memes very well, because I'm living such an analog life.\" Sato has also expressed that she had learned that \"the risk of the internet is that anyone in the world can see my life on my blog\". Fleming stated in his experience, the Shiba Inu breed has become more recognized due to the meme.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-the_verge-8)\n\nIn 2023, a monument to Kabosu was installed in [Sakura, Chiba](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sakura,_Chiba \"Sakura, Chiba\").[\\[66\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-66) A manhole cover with Kabosu's image was also installed in Sakura in 2024.[\\[67\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-67) On November 12, 2024, U.S. President-elect [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\") announced [Elon Musk](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elon_Musk \"Elon Musk\") would lead the new administration's [Department of Government Efficiency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Department_of_Government_Efficiency \"Department of Government Efficiency\") (DOGE), in reference to the internet meme and its namesake cryptocurrency.[\\[68\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-68) According to communication scholars [Ryan M. Milner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryan_M._Milner \"Ryan M. Milner\"), Doge is a meme that appeals to those within Internet culture but also uses elements that resonate with the general public, comparing it to [Rickrolling](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rickrolling \"Rickrolling\"), a meme involving a song.[\\[69\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Milner-69): 83\n\n## See also\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=11 \"Edit section: See also\")\\]\n\n- [List of individual dogs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_individual_dogs \"List of individual dogs\")\n- [List of Internet phenomena](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Internet_phenomena \"List of Internet phenomena\")\n\n## References\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=12 \"Edit section: References\")\\]\n\n1. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-mcculloch_1-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-mcculloch_1-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-mcculloch_1-2)\n   McCulloch, Gretchen (February 6, 2014). [\"A Linguist Explains the Grammar of Doge. Wow\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140531142710\/http:\/\/the-toast.net\/2014\/02\/06\/linguist-explains-grammar-doge-wow\/). *The Toast*. Archived from [the original](http:\/\/the-toast.net\/2014\/02\/06\/linguist-explains-grammar-doge-wow\/) on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.\n2. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-stacey_2-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-stacey_2-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-stacey_2-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-stacey_2-3)\n   Ritzen, Stacey (December 13, 2019). [\"The 50 memes that defined the decade\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143403\/https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/unclick\/best-memes-decade-2010s\/). *The Daily Dot*. Archived from [the original](https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/unclick\/best-memes-decade-2010s\/) on January 9, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2019.\n3. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-Hathaway2018_3-0)**\n   Hathaway, Jay (April 11, 2018). [\"Something very weird is happening to Doge memes in 2018\"](https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/unclick\/new-doge-memes-arrived-liquified\/). *[The Daily Dot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Daily_Dot \"The Daily Dot\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143403\/https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/unclick\/new-doge-memes-arrived-liquified\/) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2019.\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-:0_4-0)**\n   Banim, Julia (July 4, 2020). [\"Meet Balltze The Original Cheems Dog And Star Of Your Favourite Memes\"](https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/animals\/meet-balltze-the-original-cheems-dog-and-star-of-your-favourite-memes\/). *Unilad*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200705192102\/https:\/\/www.unilad.co.uk\/animals\/meet-balltze-the-original-cheems-dog-and-star-of-your-favourite-memes\/) from the original on July 5, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-:1_5-0)**\n   Raphael, Shannon (June 15, 2020). [\"Is Front Camera Meme Star Walter the Dog Actually Dead?\"](https:\/\/www.distractify.com\/p\/did-walter-the-dog-die). *Distractify*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200627020129\/https:\/\/www.distractify.com\/p\/did-walter-the-dog-die) from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-6)**\n   [\"Swole Doge vs. Cheems: el meme de los perros que se está viralizando en redes\"](https:\/\/www.lavanguardia.com\/cribeo\/fast-news\/20200527\/481425063352\/swole-goge-cheems-meme-perros-comparacion-paises-viralizando-redes.html) \\[Swole Doge vs. Cheems: the dog meme that is going viral on the web\\]. *[La Vanguardia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Vanguardia \"La Vanguardia\")* (in Spanish). May 27, 2020. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143403\/https:\/\/www.lavanguardia.com\/cribeo\/fast-news\/20200527\/481425063352\/swole-goge-cheems-meme-perros-comparacion-paises-viralizando-redes.html) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2020.\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-7)**\n   [\"El exitoso meme viral del perro grande contra el pequeño que compara la vida antes y ahora\"](https:\/\/www.20minutos.es\/gonzoo\/noticia\/4276860\/0\/exitoso-meme-viral-perro-grande-pequeno-compara-vida-antes-ahora\/) \\[The successful meme of the big dog against the little one which compares life before and now\\]. *[20 minutos](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/20_minutos \"20 minutos\")* (in Spanish). June 1, 2020. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143404\/https:\/\/www.20minutos.es\/gonzoo\/noticia\/4276860\/0\/exitoso-meme-viral-perro-grande-pequeno-compara-vida-antes-ahora\/) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2020.\n8. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-the_verge_8-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-the_verge_8-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-the_verge_8-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-the_verge_8-3) [***e***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-the_verge_8-4)\n   Chayka, Kyle (December 31, 2013). [\"Wow this is doge\"](https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/12\/31\/5248762\/doge-meme-rescue-dog-wow). *[The Verge](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Verge \"The Verge\")*. Vox Media. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140314001541\/http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/12\/31\/5248762\/doge-meme-rescue-dog-wow) from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2013.\n9. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-slate_9-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-slate_9-1)\n   Wickman, Forrest (November 15, 2013). [\"How Do You Pronounce \"Doge\"?\"](http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/browbeat\/2013\/11\/15\/doge_pronunciation_how_do_you_pronounce_the_name_of_the_shibe_doge_meme.html). *[Slate](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slate_\$magazine\$ \"Slate (magazine)\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131122223432\/http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/browbeat\/2013\/11\/15\/doge_pronunciation_how_do_you_pronounce_the_name_of_the_shibe_doge_meme.html) from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.\n10. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-10)**\n    Majak, Krzysztof (January 22, 2014). [\"Twórca \"Pieseła\" dla naTemat: Gdy wychodzę na spacer ze swoim psem, ludzie krzyczą na ulicy \"Pieseł, wow\"\"](https:\/\/natemat.pl\/89497,tworca-piesela-dla-natemat-gdy-wychodze-na-spacer-ze-swoim-psem-ludzie-czesto-krzycza-na-ulicy-piesel-wow). *NaTemat.pl* (in Polish). Retrieved November 21, 2024.\n11. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-11)**\n    [\"Pieseł tak sławny, dużo obrazków. Wow. O co tu chodzi?\"](https:\/\/next.gazeta.pl\/internet\/7,104530,14789067,piesel-tak-slawny-duzo-obrazkow-wow-o-co-tu-chodzi.html). *Next Gazeta.pl* (in Polish). October 16, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2024.\n12. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-12)**\n    [\"Pieseł\"](https:\/\/sjp.pwn.pl\/mlodziezowe-slowo-roku\/haslo\/piesel;5899780.html). *Słownik Języka Polskiego PWN* (in Polish). [Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish_Scientific_Publishers_PWN \"Polish Scientific Publishers PWN\"). December 12, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2024.\n13. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-13)**\n    Alfonso III, Fernando (August 26, 2013). [\"4chan spammed Reddit with an army of Shiba Inus\"](http:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/lol\/4chan-raid-reddit-r-murica-shibe\/). *[The Daily Dot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Daily_Dot \"The Daily Dot\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143404\/https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/unclick\/4chan-raid-reddit-r-murica-shibe\/) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2013.\n14. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-14)**\n    Logiurato, Brett (December 23, 2013). [\"Congress Has Finally Discovered 'Doge,' And It's Going About As Badly As You Would Expect\"](http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/doge-memes-congress-steve-stockman-massie-2013-12). *[Business Insider](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Business_Insider \"Business Insider\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143439\/https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/doge-memes-congress-steve-stockman-massie-2013-12) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2013.\n15. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-15)**\n    Horowitz, Alana (December 23, 2013). [\"GOPers Ruin Beloved Internet Meme\"](http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/12\/23\/gop-meme_n_4493685.html). *[Huffington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huffington_Post \"Huffington Post\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143443\/https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/gop-meme_n_4493685) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2013.\n16. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-16)**\n    Klee, Miles (December 10, 2013). [\"With its own cryptocurrency, Doge has officially conquered 2013\"](http:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/business\/shibe-meme-dogecoin-currency\/). *[The Daily Dot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Daily_Dot \"The Daily Dot\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140123002054\/http:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/business\/shibe-meme-dogecoin-currency\/) from the original on January 23, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2013.\n17. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-17)**\n    Couts, Andrew (December 12, 2013). [\"Wow. Dogecoin is the most Internet thing to happen, ever\"](http:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/social-media\/wow-dogecoin-bitcoin\/). *[Digital Trends](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_Trends \"Digital Trends\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131216122800\/http:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/social-media\/wow-dogecoin-bitcoin\/) from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2013.\n18. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-18)**\n    Hillen, Brittany (December 11, 2013). [\"Dogecoin digital currency takes on Bitcoin with a bit of meme flair\"](http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/dogecoin-digital-currency-takes-on-bitcoin-with-a-bit-of-meme-flair-11308557\/). *SlashGear*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150905214710\/http:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/dogecoin-digital-currency-takes-on-bitcoin-with-a-bit-of-meme-flair-11308557\/) from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2013.\n19. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-19)**\n    Norton, Quinn (December 23, 2013). [\"The Values of Money\"](https:\/\/medium.com\/quinn-norton\/the-values-of-money-f3db7e13e6e3). *Medium*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20141015132359\/https:\/\/medium.com\/quinn-norton\/the-values-of-money-f3db7e13e6e3) from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2013.\n20. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-:5_20-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-:5_20-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-:5_20-2)\n    Song, Chenyang (2025). *Nationalist and Popular Culture Practices on Social Media: A Digital Ethnography of Chinese Online Fandom Nationalists*. Bielefeld: Transcript. [ISBN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISBN_\$identifier\$ \"ISBN (identifier)\")\n    \n    [978-3-8376-7926-7](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/978-3-8376-7926-7 \"Special:BookSources\/978-3-8376-7926-7\")\n    \n    .\n21. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-21)**\n    Ballaban, Michael (April 8, 2014). [\"Such NASCAR, Much Motorsports: What It Looks Like When Doge Goes Racing\"](http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/such-nascar-much-motorsports-what-it-looks-like-when-1560738434). Jalopnik. 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[Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143450\/https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-highlight\/2019\/12\/11\/20991671\/memes-decade-doge-baby-yoda) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2020.\n59. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-io9_59-0)**\n    Newitz, Annalee (December 11, 2013). [\"We who spoke LOLcat now speak Doge\"](http:\/\/io9.com\/we-who-spoke-lolcat-now-speak-doge-1481243678). Retrieved March 6, 2017.\n    \n    `{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service \"Category:CS1 maint: deprecated archival service\"))\n60. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-abc_60-0)**\n    McMurry, Evan (December 7, 2019). [\"The 10 memest memes of this decade, the decade of the meme\"](https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/10-memest-memes-decade-decade-meme\/story?id=67297133). *ABC News*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143424\/https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/10-memest-memes-decade-decade-meme\/story?id=67297133) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2019.\n61. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-TheTab_61-0)**\n    Soen, Hayley (December 4, 2019). [\"The votes are in: This is officially the best meme of the entire decade\"](https:\/\/thetab.com\/uk\/2019\/12\/04\/meme-of-the-decade-134375). *[The Tab](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Tab \"The Tab\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143433\/https:\/\/thetab.com\/uk\/2019\/12\/04\/meme-of-the-decade-134375) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2019.\n62. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-62)**\n    [\"From One Direction's Abs To Miley's Joint: 50 Things Pop Culture Had Us Giving Thanks For This Year\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140522032825\/http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/1718202\/pop-culture-moments-thankful-for-thanksgiving\/). MTV. November 27, 2013. Archived from [the original](http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/1718202\/pop-culture-moments-thankful-for-thanksgiving\/) on May 22, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2013.\n63. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-63)**\n    Watercutter, Angela (December 13, 2013). [\"The 10 Best Memes of 2013\"](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2013\/12\/best-memes-2013\/). *[Wired](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wired_\$website\$ \"Wired (website)\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150222133434\/http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2013\/12\/best-memes-2013) from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.\n64. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-64)**\n    Kyle Calise (December 24, 2023). [\"Meme History: The story behind Doge, the Internet's most beloved dog\"](https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/video\/doge-memes-meme-history\/). *[The Daily Dot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Daily_Dot \"The Daily Dot\")*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240509110339\/https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/video\/doge-memes-meme-history\/) from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.\n65. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-65)**\n    [\"From Doge to Drake, Here Are 10 Internet Moments Turning 10 in 2023\"](https:\/\/sea.mashable.com\/life\/22185\/from-doge-to-drake-here-are-10-internet-moments-turning-10-in-2023). *[Mashable SEA](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mashable \"Mashable\")*. January 2, 2023. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230827030051\/https:\/\/sea.mashable.com\/life\/22185\/from-doge-to-drake-here-are-10-internet-moments-turning-10-in-2023) from the original on August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.\n66. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-66)**\n    [\"Japan creates public monument to original doge meme dog in her home prefecture\"](https:\/\/soranews24.com\/2023\/12\/22\/japan-creates-public-monument-to-original-doge-meme-dog-in-her-home-prefecture%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91\/). *SoraNews24 -Japan News-*. December 21, 2023. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231229062547\/https:\/\/soranews24.com\/2023\/12\/22\/japan-creates-public-monument-to-original-doge-meme-dog-in-her-home-prefecture%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91\/) from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.\n67. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-67)**\n    Baseel, Casey (March 1, 2024). [\"Such recognition! Official doge meme dog manhole cover installed in Japan\"](https:\/\/soranews24.com\/2024\/03\/01\/such-recognition-official-doge-meme-dog-manhole-cover-installed-in-japan%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91\/). *SoraNews24 -Japan News-*. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240509105741\/https:\/\/soranews24.com\/2024\/03\/01\/such-recognition-official-doge-meme-dog-manhole-cover-installed-in-japan%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91\/) from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.\n68. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-68)**\n    [\"Why is Elon Musk becoming Donald Trump's efficiency adviser?\"](https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cpqd4vw0ejeo). *BBC News*. November 13, 2024. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250311051405\/https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cpqd4vw0ejeo) from the original on March 11, 2025. Retrieved November 13, 2024.\n69. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-Milner_69-0)**\n    [Milner, Ryan M.](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryan_M._Milner \"Ryan M. Milner\") (October 7, 2016). *The World Made Meme: Public Conversations and Participatory Media* (1 ed.). [The MIT Press](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_MIT_Press \"The MIT Press\"). [doi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_\$identifier\$ \"Doi (identifier)\"):[10\\.7551\/mitpress\/9780262034999.001.0001](https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7551%2Fmitpress%2F9780262034999.001.0001). 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Click here for more information.\")\n\n**Checked**\n\n[![Page protected with pending changes](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/b\/b7\/Pending-protection-shackle.svg\/20px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#pending \"All edits by unregistered and new users are subject to review prior to becoming visible to unregistered users\")\n\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/5\/5f\/Original_Doge_meme.jpg\/250px-Original_Doge_meme.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Original_Doge_meme.jpg)\n\nThe original photo of [Kabosu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kabosu_\$dog\$ \"Kabosu (dog)\"), a [Shiba Inu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shiba_Inu \"Shiba Inu\"), that led to the meme\n\n**Doge** (usually  [*DOHJ*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\"),  [*DOHG*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\") or  [*DOHZH*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\")), an [Internet meme](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_meme \"Internet meme\") that became popular in 2013, consists of a picture of a [Shiba Inu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shiba_Inu \"Shiba Inu\") dog that is accompanied in the foreground by multicolored text in the font [Comic Sans](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comic_Sans \"Comic Sans\"). The text, representing a kind of [internal monologue](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internal_monologue \"Internal monologue\"), is deliberately written in a form of [broken English](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broken_English \"Broken English\"). The meme originally and most frequently uses an image of a Shiba Inu named [Kabosu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kabosu_\$dog\$ \"Kabosu (dog)\"), though versions with other Shiba Inus are also popular.\n\nThe meme is based on a 2010 photograph of Kabosu that became popular in late 2013; *[Know Your Meme](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Know_Your_Meme \"Know Your Meme\")* named it the \"top meme\" of that year. Also in late 2013, the Shiba Inu had a notable presence in popular culture, including a [cryptocurrency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cryptocurrency \"Cryptocurrency\") called [Dogecoin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dogecoin \"Dogecoin\") that was launched in December of that year. Several online polls and media outlets recognized Doge as one of the best Internet memes of the 2010s.\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/be\/Doge_meme_example.jpg\/330px-Doge_meme_example.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Doge_meme_example.jpg)\n\nAn example of a Doge meme\n\nDoge uses two-word phrases. The first word is almost always one of five modifiers (\"so\", \"such\", \"many\", \"much\", and \"very\"), and the departure from correct English is the use of a modifier with a word it cannot properly modify.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-mcculloch-1) For example, \"Much respect. So noble.\" uses the Doge modifiers but is not \"proper\" Doge because the modifiers are used in a formally correct fashion; the Doge version would be \"Much noble, so respect.\"[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-mcculloch-1) In addition to these phrases, a Doge utterance often ends with a single word, most often \"wow\", and \"amaze\" and \"excite\" are also used.[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-mcculloch-1)\n\nSince the meme's inception, several variations and spin-offs, including \"liquefied Doge\"—[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-stacey-2)[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Hathaway2018-3) a variation in which the dog's shape is morphed into that of other animals, and \"ironic Doge\",[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-stacey-2) a version in which the Doge character is put into ironic and uncharacteristic situations, and is depicted speaking coherent English phrases—have been created. The ironic Doge memes have spawned several other related characters, often also dogs, one of which is [Cheems](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balltze \"Balltze\"), another Shiba Inu who is typified by a [speech impediment](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Speech_impediment \"Speech impediment\") in which the letter \"M\" is used throughout its speech.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-:0-4)\n\nWalter, a [Bull Terrier](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bull_Terrier \"Bull Terrier\") character who is typically portrayed as liking \"[moster trucks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monster_truck \"Monster truck\")\" \\[*[sic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sic \"Sic\")*\\] and [firetrucks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fire_engine \"Fire engine\"), is another commonly recurring ironic Doge character. These memes are mostly present on [subreddits](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subreddit \"Subreddit\") like r\/dogelore.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-:1-5) In 2020, the meme \"Swole Doge vs. Cheems\", in which a muscular, [anthropomorphic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anthropomorphism \"Anthropomorphism\") Doge and a baby Cheems are depicted as something that was considered better in the past and its modern version, respectively, became popular.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-6)[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-7)\n\n## Origin and pronunciation\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: Origin and pronunciation\")\\]\n\nThe original meme featured Kabosu, a [Shiba Inu](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shiba_Inu \"Shiba Inu\") dog whose owner Atsuko Sato posted the famous picture of her in a 2010 blog post. Variations of the picture with overlaid text in [Comic Sans](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comic_Sans \"Comic Sans\") were later posted on a [Tumblr](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tumblr \"Tumblr\") blog called Shiba Confessions.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-the_verge-8) The meme also featured another Shiba Inu named Suki, who belonged to photographer Jonathan Fleming from San Francisco. Fleming's wife had accidentally washed a scarf, making it shrink; he photographed Suki wearing the scarf outside on a cold night in February 2010.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-the_verge-8) The use of the intentionally misspelled word \"Doge\" dates back to June 2005, when it was mentioned in an episode of *[Homestar Runner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homestar_Runner \"Homestar Runner\")*'s puppet series.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-slate-9) The use of the misspelling began to grow in popularity after it was used in October 2010 on a [Reddit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reddit \"Reddit\") post of a [Welsh Corgi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Welsh_Corgi \"Welsh Corgi\") titled \"LMBO LOOK @ THIS FUKKEN DOGE.\"[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-stacey-2)[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-the_verge-8)\n\nThe most common pronunciations of \"Doge\" are  [*DOHJ*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\") and  [*DOHG*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\"), though  \"doggy\" is also used. In non-English-speaking countries, \"Doge\" is occasionally pronounced  \"dodge\". Those unfamiliar or unacquainted with the meme also use the pronunciations  [*DOG\\-ay*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\"),  [*DOH\\-gay*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\"), or simply like the word \"dog\"  [*DOG*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\") or  [*DAWG*](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key \"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\").[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-slate-9)\n\nIn Poland, the meme is known as \"pieseł\" ([\\[piɛsɛw\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/Polish \"Help:IPA\/Polish\")), which is derived from the [Polish](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish_language \"Polish language\") word \"pies\", which means dog.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-10)[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-11)[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-12)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5e\/Pet_shop_in_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA.jpg\/250px-Pet_shop_in_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Pet_shop_in_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA.jpg)\n\nA painting of the Doge (*Pieseł*) on the wall of a pet shop in [Łódź](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA \"Łódź\"), Poland\n\n### Initial 2013 spread\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: Initial 2013 spread\")\\]\n\nOnline searches for the meme began to increase in July 2013.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-the_verge-8) In August 2013, images of the meme were [spammed](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spam_\$electronic\$ \"Spam (electronic)\") on [Reddit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reddit \"Reddit\")'s subreddit r\/MURICA by [4chan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/4chan \"4chan\")'s random imageboard, \/b\/.[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-13) In late December 2013, members of the [U.S. Congress](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Congress \"United States Congress\") produced material in the meme's style; *[The Huffington Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Huffington_Post \"The Huffington Post\")* commented Doge was \"killed\" because of the Congress members' use of the meme.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-14)[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-15) In December 2013, a new [cryptocurrency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cryptocurrency \"Cryptocurrency\") called [Dogecoin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dogecoin \"Dogecoin\") was introduced, making it the first cryptocurrency to be based on an Internet meme;[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-16)[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-17)[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-18) the [viral phenomenon](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viral_phenomenon \"Viral phenomenon\"), along with use of the typeface Comic Sans MS, gave it \"the Internet density of a large star\" according to [Medium](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medium_\$website\$ \"Medium (website)\") writer [Quinn Norton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quinn_Norton \"Quinn Norton\").[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-19)\n\nThe Doge meme developed popularity on [Chinese social media platforms](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_in_China \"Internet in China\") beginning in 2013.[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-:5-20): 184  In [Sinophone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinophone \"Sinophone\") online contexts, the dog's expression is often viewed as enigmatic.[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-:5-20): 184  [Weibo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weibo \"Weibo\") implemented the meme as an emoji, which further increased the meme's popularity, and which is often used to indicate whimsy or ambiguous sarcasm.[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-:5-20): 184\n\n### Continued popularity\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Continued popularity\")\\]\n\nBy early 2014, Doge's popularity was sustained by Internet communities on [social media](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_media \"Social media\"), and was accompanied by the rapid growth and acceptance of Dogecoin. In April 2014, Doge experienced a second major media resurgence due to revelations of the Dogecoin community's intent to sponsor racing driver [Josh Wise](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josh_Wise \"Josh Wise\") in [NASCAR](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASCAR \"NASCAR\") and place a picture of the Shiba Inu on his vehicle.[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-21)[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-22) The car appears in [downloadable content](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Downloadable_content \"Downloadable content\") (DLC) for the video game *[NASCAR '14](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASCAR_%2714 \"NASCAR '14\")*.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-23) Media outlets embraced the meme while reporting on the cryptocurrency and the car, using titles that included phrases such as \"so wow\" and \"very vroom\".[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-24)[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-25)\n\nIn December 2016, a report on *[The Daily Dot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Daily_Dot \"The Daily Dot\")* found Doge's popularity peaked in 2014 and then fell due to \"overexposure and co-option by advertisers and mainstream 'normies'\", but remained stable since then and returned to [Tumblr](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tumblr \"Tumblr\")'s top 10 shared memes of the year in 2016.[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-26) For [April Fools' Day](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_Fools%27_Day \"April Fools' Day\") in 2017, [China Central Television](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_Central_Television \"China Central Television\") published a hoax story of the death of Kabosu.[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-27)[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-28) In 2021, PleasrDAO acquired a [non-fungible token](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Non-fungible_token \"Non-fungible token\") (NFT) depicting the meme for US\\$4 million.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-29) In 2022, during the [Russian invasion of Ukraine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine \"Russian invasion of Ukraine\"), an online phenomenon and group called [North Atlantic Fella Organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NAFO_\$group\$ \"NAFO (group)\") (NAFO), where participants refer themselves as \"Fellas\", dedicated to countering [Russian propaganda](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_propaganda \"Russian propaganda\") and [Russian disinformation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disinformation_in_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine \"Disinformation in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine\"). The group posts pro-Ukraine memes, memes mocking Russian war effort and strategy, and \"[shitposting](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shitposting \"Shitposting\")\", and also raises funds for the [Ukrainian military](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukrainian_military \"Ukrainian military\") and other pro-Ukrainian causes.[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-30)[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-31)[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-32)[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-33)\n\nKabosu died of [leukemia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leukemia \"Leukemia\") at the age of 18 on May 24, 2024. Her owner, Atsuko Sato, announced the news on her social media, stating Kabosu died peacefully while being caressed. Sato shared a heartfelt message, expressing her gratitude for the time she had with Kabosu and the joy she brought to people's lives through the \"Doge\" meme.[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-34)[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-kabosu_death-35)[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-36)\n\n## Cultural depictions\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=6 \"Edit section: Cultural depictions\")\\]\n\n*[Convergence](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convergence_\$journal\$ \"Convergence (journal)\")* viewed the use of the image in advertising as a result of it being a widely recognized cultural icon.[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-37) In mid-2014, the advertisement agency [DDB Stockholm](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=DDB_Stockholm&action=edit&redlink=1 \"DDB Stockholm (page does not exist)\") prominently featured Doge in an advertising campaign for the [Stockholm](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stockholm \"Stockholm\"), Sweden-based public transportation company [Storstockholms Lokaltrafik](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Storstockholms_Lokaltrafik \"Storstockholms Lokaltrafik\") (SL). The advertisement promoted the company's special summer tickets, and featured Doge holding a public transportation ticket in his mouth, with phrases such as \"many summer\", \"such cheap\" and \"very buy\".[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-38)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/df\/Doge_homemade_meme.jpg\/250px-Doge_homemade_meme.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Doge_homemade_meme.jpg)\n\nA Doge meme using terms related to [Wikipedia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia \"Wikipedia\")\n\n[Google](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google \"Google\") created a Doge [Easter egg](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Easter_egg_\$media\$ \"Easter egg (media)\"): when *doge meme* was entered into the YouTube search bar, the site's text would be rendered in colorful [Comic Sans](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comic_Sans \"Comic Sans\"), similar to the text used in the meme.[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-39) In January 2014, [Sydney](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sydney \"Sydney\")\\-based web developers Katia Eirin and Bennett Wong created *Doge Weather*, a weather website and [mobile app](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mobile_app \"Mobile app\") incorporating the meme. *Doge Weather* reports the temperature and weather conditions at the user's geographic location.[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Mediati_2014-40)[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Wickman_2014-41) In April 2014, *Doge Weather* became available as a mobile app for [iOS 7](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IOS_7 \"IOS 7\").[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Mediati_2014-40) Mozilla's [Servo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Servo_\$software\$ \"Servo (software)\") project incorporated the meme into the project's logo between May 2016 and February 2020.[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-42)[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-43)\n\nBetween April 3 and 7, 2023,[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-44) [Elon Musk](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elon_Musk \"Elon Musk\") replaced [Twitter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter \"Twitter\")'s bird logo with an image of Doge for website users. Some speculated it may have been a late-posted April Fools' Day joke;[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-45)[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-46) however, Thomas Barabbi of *[New York Post](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Post \"New York Post\")* said the Dogecoin logo appeared days after Musk's lawyers asked a judge to dismiss a \\$258 billion racketeering lawsuit, accusing Musk of boosting the digital currency's value.[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-47)\n\nIn the video for [\"Weird Al\" Yankovic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic \"\\\"Weird Al\\\" Yankovic\")'s 2014 song \"[Word Crimes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Word_Crimes \"Word Crimes\")\", a song about bad grammar, a Doge [tweet](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter \"Twitter\") is used to illustrate the types of bad grammar referenced in that part of the song.[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Yankovic-48) A reference to the meme can be found in the North American version of the 2015 video game *[The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Tri_Force_Heroes \"The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes\")*. When examining an ancient bookshelf, text reads: \"Still, coming here has at least afforded me the rare chance to explore these ancient ruins. So ancient. Such ruin.\" The reference was met with mixed views from fans of the series.[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-49)[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-50) In the 2015 online game *[Agar.io](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agar.io \"Agar.io\")*, Doge appears as a [playable skin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theme_\$computing\$#Video_gaming \"Theme (computing)\") that is accessed by typing the name \"Doge\".[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-51) *[Just Cause 3](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Just_Cause_3 \"Just Cause 3\")* also included a special mode that popped up text in the style of the meme in response to certain player actions.[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-52)[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-53) In 2017, the video game *[Smite](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smite_\$video_game\$ \"Smite (video game)\")* added a Doge skin for the goddess [Skadi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skadi \"Skadi\").[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-54)\n\n## Reception and legacy\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Doge_\$meme\$&action=edit&section=10 \"Edit section: Reception and legacy\")\\]\n\n\"Doge\" was one of several additions to [Dictionary.com](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dictionary.com \"Dictionary.com\") in November 2015.[\\[55\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-55) The website defines \"Doge\" as the image macro and its variants, and the form of \"language\" it uses.[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-56) Several media publications included Doge on a list of memes that helped define Internet culture in the 2010s, and wrote on the meme's influence of further online developments, such as [DoggoLingo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DoggoLingo \"DoggoLingo\") and [WeRateDogs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WeRateDogs \"WeRateDogs\").[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Amatuilli2019-57)[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Romano2019-58) *[io9](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Io9 \"Io9\")* compared the internal dialog of the Shiba Inu dogs to [lolspeak](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lolcat \"Lolcat\").[\\[59\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-io9-59) Evan McMurry of [ABC News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ABC_News_\$United_States\$ \"ABC News (United States)\") and Stacey Ritzen of *[The Daily Dot](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Daily_Dot \"The Daily Dot\")* both ranked Doge as the number-one meme of the 2010s.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-stacey-2)[\\[60\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-abc-60) In December 2019, Doge was voted as the best Internet meme of the 2010s on a poll held by *[The Tab](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Tab \"The Tab\")*, gaining 737 votes, 22 percent of total votes cast.[\\[61\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-TheTab-61) *[Vox](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vox_\$website\$ \"Vox (website)\")*'s Aja Romano included Doge on its list of 11 memes \"that captured the decade\", writing it took \"cat memes to new, absurdist heights, an early hallmark of neo-[Dadaist](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dadaism \"Dadaism\") millennial humor.\"[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Romano2019-58) It was included on [MTV](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MTV \"MTV\")'s \"50 Things Pop Culture Had Us Giving Thanks For\" in 2013.[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-62) Angela Watercutter of *[Wired](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wired_\$magazine\$ \"Wired (magazine)\")* described it as one of the best memes of 2013, and was it named the \"top meme\" of 2013 by [Know Your Meme](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Know_Your_Meme \"Know Your Meme\").[\\[63\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-63) In 2014, it became the first meme that was not a cat to win a [Webby Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Webby_Awards \"Webby Awards\") for meme of the year.[\\[64\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-64) *[Mashable](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mashable \"Mashable\")* said Doge is one of the best \"internet moments turning 10 in 2023\".[\\[65\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-65)\n\nIn Japan, Kabosu and Sato are known as pet and owner rather than a meme; Sato's blog was the fourth-most-popular pet-related blog in the country as of December 2013. Reacting to the meme, Sato said: \"To be honest, some pictures are strange for me, but it's still funny! I'm very impressed with their skills and taste. Around me, nobody knows about the Doge meme. Maybe I don't understand memes very well, because I'm living such an analog life.\" Sato has also expressed that she had learned that \"the risk of the internet is that anyone in the world can see my life on my blog\". Fleming stated in his experience, the Shiba Inu breed has become more recognized due to the meme.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-the_verge-8)\n\nIn 2023, a monument to Kabosu was installed in [Sakura, Chiba](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sakura,_Chiba \"Sakura, Chiba\").[\\[66\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-66) A manhole cover with Kabosu's image was also installed in Sakura in 2024.[\\[67\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-67) On November 12, 2024, U.S. President-elect [Donald Trump](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump \"Donald Trump\") announced [Elon Musk](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elon_Musk \"Elon Musk\") would lead the new administration's [Department of Government Efficiency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Department_of_Government_Efficiency \"Department of Government Efficiency\") (DOGE), in reference to the internet meme and its namesake cryptocurrency.[\\[68\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-68) According to communication scholars [Ryan M. Milner](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ryan_M._Milner \"Ryan M. Milner\"), Doge is a meme that appeals to those within Internet culture but also uses elements that resonate with the general public, comparing it to [Rickrolling](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rickrolling \"Rickrolling\"), a meme involving a song.[\\[69\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_note-Milner-69): 83\n\n- [List of individual dogs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_individual_dogs \"List of individual dogs\")\n- [List of Internet phenomena](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Internet_phenomena \"List of Internet phenomena\")\n\n1. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-mcculloch_1-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-mcculloch_1-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-mcculloch_1-2)\n   McCulloch, Gretchen (February 6, 2014). [\"A Linguist Explains the Grammar of Doge. Wow\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140531142710\/http:\/\/the-toast.net\/2014\/02\/06\/linguist-explains-grammar-doge-wow\/). *The Toast*. Archived from [the original](http:\/\/the-toast.net\/2014\/02\/06\/linguist-explains-grammar-doge-wow\/) on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.\n2. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-stacey_2-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-stacey_2-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-stacey_2-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-stacey_2-3)\n   Ritzen, Stacey (December 13, 2019). [\"The 50 memes that defined the decade\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143403\/https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/unclick\/best-memes-decade-2010s\/). *The Daily Dot*. Archived from [the original](https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/unclick\/best-memes-decade-2010s\/) on January 9, 2021. 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Retrieved July 5, 2020.\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-6)**\n   [\"Swole Doge vs. Cheems: el meme de los perros que se está viralizando en redes\"](https:\/\/www.lavanguardia.com\/cribeo\/fast-news\/20200527\/481425063352\/swole-goge-cheems-meme-perros-comparacion-paises-viralizando-redes.html) \\[Swole Doge vs. Cheems: the dog meme that is going viral on the web\\]. *[La Vanguardia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Vanguardia \"La Vanguardia\")* (in Spanish). May 27, 2020. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143403\/https:\/\/www.lavanguardia.com\/cribeo\/fast-news\/20200527\/481425063352\/swole-goge-cheems-meme-perros-comparacion-paises-viralizando-redes.html) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2020.\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-7)**\n   [\"El exitoso meme viral del perro grande contra el pequeño que compara la vida antes y ahora\"](https:\/\/www.20minutos.es\/gonzoo\/noticia\/4276860\/0\/exitoso-meme-viral-perro-grande-pequeno-compara-vida-antes-ahora\/) \\[The successful meme of the big dog against the little one which compares life before and now\\]. *[20 minutos](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/20_minutos \"20 minutos\")* (in Spanish). June 1, 2020. [Archived](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210109143404\/https:\/\/www.20minutos.es\/gonzoo\/noticia\/4276860\/0\/exitoso-meme-viral-perro-grande-pequeno-compara-vida-antes-ahora\/) from the original on January 9, 2021. 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[\"Twórca \"Pieseła\" dla naTemat: Gdy wychodzę na spacer ze swoim psem, ludzie krzyczą na ulicy \"Pieseł, wow\"\"](https:\/\/natemat.pl\/89497,tworca-piesela-dla-natemat-gdy-wychodze-na-spacer-ze-swoim-psem-ludzie-czesto-krzycza-na-ulicy-piesel-wow). *NaTemat.pl* (in Polish). Retrieved November 21, 2024.\n11. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-11)**\n    [\"Pieseł tak sławny, dużo obrazków. Wow. O co tu chodzi?\"](https:\/\/next.gazeta.pl\/internet\/7,104530,14789067,piesel-tak-slawny-duzo-obrazkow-wow-o-co-tu-chodzi.html). *Next Gazeta.pl* (in Polish). October 16, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2024.\n12. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doge_\$meme\$#cite_ref-12)**\n    [\"Pieseł\"](https:\/\/sjp.pwn.pl\/mlodziezowe-slowo-roku\/haslo\/piesel;5899780.html). *Słownik Języka Polskiego PWN* (in Polish). [Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polish_Scientific_Publishers_PWN \"Polish Scientific Publishers PWN\"). December 12, 2016. 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Boilerpipe Text	Checked From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The original photo of Kabosu , a Shiba Inu , that led to the meme Doge ( usually DOHJ , DOHG or DOHZH ), an Internet meme that became popular in 2013, consists of a picture of a Shiba Inu dog that is accompanied in the foreground by multicolored text in the font Comic Sans . The text, representing a kind of internal monologue , is deliberately written in a form of broken English . The meme originally and most frequently uses an image of a Shiba Inu named Kabosu , though versions with other Shiba Inus are also popular. The meme is based on a 2010 photograph of Kabosu that became popular in late 2013; Know Your Meme named it the "top meme" of that year. Also in late 2013, the Shiba Inu had a notable presence in popular culture, including a cryptocurrency called Dogecoin that was launched in December of that year. Several online polls and media outlets recognized Doge as one of the best Internet memes of the 2010s. An example of a Doge meme Doge uses two-word phrases. The first word is almost always one of five modifiers ("so", "such", "many", "much", and "very"), and the departure from correct English is the use of a modifier with a word it cannot properly modify. [ 1 ] For example, "Much respect. So noble." uses the Doge modifiers but is not "proper" Doge because the modifiers are used in a formally correct fashion; the Doge version would be "Much noble, so respect." [ 1 ] In addition to these phrases, a Doge utterance often ends with a single word, most often "wow", and "amaze" and "excite" are also used. [ 1 ] Since the meme's inception, several variations and spin-offs, including "liquefied Doge"— [ 2 ] [ 3 ] a variation in which the dog's shape is morphed into that of other animals, and "ironic Doge", [ 2 ] a version in which the Doge character is put into ironic and uncharacteristic situations, and is depicted speaking coherent English phrases—have been created. The ironic Doge memes have spawned several other related characters, often also dogs, one of which is Cheems , another Shiba Inu who is typified by a speech impediment in which the letter "M" is used throughout its speech. [ 4 ] Walter, a Bull Terrier character who is typically portrayed as liking " moster trucks " [ sic ] and firetrucks , is another commonly recurring ironic Doge character. These memes are mostly present on subreddits like r/dogelore. [ 5 ] In 2020, the meme "Swole Doge vs. Cheems", in which a muscular, anthropomorphic Doge and a baby Cheems are depicted as something that was considered better in the past and its modern version, respectively, became popular. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Origin and pronunciation [ edit ] The original meme featured Kabosu, a Shiba Inu dog whose owner Atsuko Sato posted the famous picture of her in a 2010 blog post. Variations of the picture with overlaid text in Comic Sans were later posted on a Tumblr blog called Shiba Confessions. [ 8 ] The meme also featured another Shiba Inu named Suki, who belonged to photographer Jonathan Fleming from San Francisco. Fleming's wife had accidentally washed a scarf, making it shrink; he photographed Suki wearing the scarf outside on a cold night in February 2010. [ 8 ] The use of the intentionally misspelled word "Doge" dates back to June 2005, when it was mentioned in an episode of Homestar Runner ' s puppet series. [ 9 ] The use of the misspelling began to grow in popularity after it was used in October 2010 on a Reddit post of a Welsh Corgi titled "LMBO LOOK @ THIS FUKKEN DOGE." [ 2 ] [ 8 ] The most common pronunciations of "Doge" are DOHJ and DOHG , though "doggy" is also used. In non-English-speaking countries, "Doge" is occasionally pronounced "dodge". Those unfamiliar or unacquainted with the meme also use the pronunciations DOG -ay , DOH -gay , or simply like the word "dog" DOG or DAWG . [ 9 ] In Poland, the meme is known as "pieseł" ( [piɛsɛw] ), which is derived from the Polish word "pies", which means dog. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] A painting of the Doge ( Pieseł ) on the wall of a pet shop in Łódź , Poland Initial 2013 spread [ edit ] Online searches for the meme began to increase in July 2013. [ 8 ] In August 2013, images of the meme were spammed on Reddit 's subreddit r/MURICA by 4chan 's random imageboard, /b/. [ 13 ] In late December 2013, members of the U.S. Congress produced material in the meme's style; The Huffington Post commented Doge was "killed" because of the Congress members' use of the meme. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In December 2013, a new cryptocurrency called Dogecoin was introduced, making it the first cryptocurrency to be based on an Internet meme; [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] the viral phenomenon , along with use of the typeface Comic Sans MS, gave it "the Internet density of a large star" according to Medium writer Quinn Norton . [ 19 ] The Doge meme developed popularity on Chinese social media platforms beginning in 2013. [ 20 ] : 184 In Sinophone online contexts, the dog's expression is often viewed as enigmatic. [ 20 ] : 184 Weibo implemented the meme as an emoji, which further increased the meme's popularity, and which is often used to indicate whimsy or ambiguous sarcasm. [ 20 ] : 184 Continued popularity [ edit ] By early 2014, Doge's popularity was sustained by Internet communities on social media , and was accompanied by the rapid growth and acceptance of Dogecoin. In April 2014, Doge experienced a second major media resurgence due to revelations of the Dogecoin community's intent to sponsor racing driver Josh Wise in NASCAR and place a picture of the Shiba Inu on his vehicle. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The car appears in downloadable content (DLC) for the video game NASCAR '14 . [ 23 ] Media outlets embraced the meme while reporting on the cryptocurrency and the car, using titles that included phrases such as "so wow" and "very vroom". [ 24 ] [ 25 ] In December 2016, a report on The Daily Dot found Doge's popularity peaked in 2014 and then fell due to "overexposure and co-option by advertisers and mainstream 'normies ' ", but remained stable since then and returned to Tumblr 's top 10 shared memes of the year in 2016. [ 26 ] For April Fools' Day in 2017, China Central Television published a hoax story of the death of Kabosu. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] In 2021, PleasrDAO acquired a non-fungible token (NFT) depicting the meme for US$4 million. [ 29 ] In 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine , an online phenomenon and group called North Atlantic Fella Organization (NAFO), where participants refer themselves as "Fellas", dedicated to countering Russian propaganda and Russian disinformation . The group posts pro-Ukraine memes, memes mocking Russian war effort and strategy, and " shitposting ", and also raises funds for the Ukrainian military and other pro-Ukrainian causes. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Kabosu died of leukemia at the age of 18 on May 24, 2024. Her owner, Atsuko Sato, announced the news on her social media, stating Kabosu died peacefully while being caressed. Sato shared a heartfelt message, expressing her gratitude for the time she had with Kabosu and the joy she brought to people's lives through the "Doge" meme. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Cultural depictions [ edit ] Convergence viewed the use of the image in advertising as a result of it being a widely recognized cultural icon. [ 37 ] In mid-2014, the advertisement agency DDB Stockholm prominently featured Doge in an advertising campaign for the Stockholm , Sweden-based public transportation company Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). The advertisement promoted the company's special summer tickets, and featured Doge holding a public transportation ticket in his mouth, with phrases such as "many summer", "such cheap" and "very buy". [ 38 ] A Doge meme using terms related to Wikipedia Google created a Doge Easter egg : when doge meme was entered into the YouTube search bar, the site's text would be rendered in colorful Comic Sans , similar to the text used in the meme. [ 39 ] In January 2014, Sydney -based web developers Katia Eirin and Bennett Wong created Doge Weather , a weather website and mobile app incorporating the meme. Doge Weather reports the temperature and weather conditions at the user's geographic location. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] In April 2014, Doge Weather became available as a mobile app for iOS 7 . [ 40 ] Mozilla's Servo project incorporated the meme into the project's logo between May 2016 and February 2020. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] Between April 3 and 7, 2023, [ 44 ] Elon Musk replaced Twitter 's bird logo with an image of Doge for website users. Some speculated it may have been a late-posted April Fools' Day joke; [ 45 ] [ 46 ] however, Thomas Barabbi of New York Post said the Dogecoin logo appeared days after Musk's lawyers asked a judge to dismiss a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit, accusing Musk of boosting the digital currency's value. [ 47 ] In the video for "Weird Al" Yankovic 's 2014 song " Word Crimes ", a song about bad grammar, a Doge tweet is used to illustrate the types of bad grammar referenced in that part of the song. [ 48 ] A reference to the meme can be found in the North American version of the 2015 video game The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes . When examining an ancient bookshelf, text reads: "Still, coming here has at least afforded me the rare chance to explore these ancient ruins. So ancient. Such ruin." The reference was met with mixed views from fans of the series. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] In the 2015 online game Agar.io , Doge appears as a playable skin that is accessed by typing the name "Doge". [ 51 ] Just Cause 3 also included a special mode that popped up text in the style of the meme in response to certain player actions. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] In 2017, the video game Smite added a Doge skin for the goddess Skadi . [ 54 ] Reception and legacy [ edit ] "Doge" was one of several additions to Dictionary.com in November 2015. [ 55 ] The website defines "Doge" as the image macro and its variants, and the form of "language" it uses. [ 56 ] Several media publications included Doge on a list of memes that helped define Internet culture in the 2010s, and wrote on the meme's influence of further online developments, such as DoggoLingo and WeRateDogs . [ 57 ] [ 58 ] io9 compared the internal dialog of the Shiba Inu dogs to lolspeak . [ 59 ] Evan McMurry of ABC News and Stacey Ritzen of The Daily Dot both ranked Doge as the number-one meme of the 2010s. [ 2 ] [ 60 ] In December 2019, Doge was voted as the best Internet meme of the 2010s on a poll held by The Tab , gaining 737 votes, 22 percent of total votes cast. [ 61 ] Vox ' s Aja Romano included Doge on its list of 11 memes "that captured the decade", writing it took "cat memes to new, absurdist heights, an early hallmark of neo- Dadaist millennial humor." [ 58 ] It was included on MTV 's "50 Things Pop Culture Had Us Giving Thanks For" in 2013. [ 62 ] Angela Watercutter of Wired described it as one of the best memes of 2013, and was it named the "top meme" of 2013 by Know Your Meme . [ 63 ] In 2014, it became the first meme that was not a cat to win a Webby Awards for meme of the year. [ 64 ] Mashable said Doge is one of the best "internet moments turning 10 in 2023". [ 65 ] In Japan, Kabosu and Sato are known as pet and owner rather than a meme; Sato's blog was the fourth-most-popular pet-related blog in the country as of December 2013. Reacting to the meme, Sato said: "To be honest, some pictures are strange for me, but it's still funny! I'm very impressed with their skills and taste. Around me, nobody knows about the Doge meme. Maybe I don't understand memes very well, because I'm living such an analog life." Sato has also expressed that she had learned that "the risk of the internet is that anyone in the world can see my life on my blog". Fleming stated in his experience, the Shiba Inu breed has become more recognized due to the meme. [ 8 ] In 2023, a monument to Kabosu was installed in Sakura, Chiba . [ 66 ] A manhole cover with Kabosu's image was also installed in Sakura in 2024. [ 67 ] On November 12, 2024, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced Elon Musk would lead the new administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), in reference to the internet meme and its namesake cryptocurrency. [ 68 ] According to communication scholars Ryan M. 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Internet meme [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Original_Doge_meme.jpg/250px-Original_Doge_meme.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Original_Doge_meme.jpg) The original photo of [Kabosu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabosu_$dog$ "Kabosu (dog)"), a [Shiba Inu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiba_Inu "Shiba Inu"), that led to the meme Doge (usually [/doʊdʒ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English") [DOHJ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key"), [/doʊɡ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English") [DOHG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key") or [/doʊʒ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English") [DOHZH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key")), an [Internet meme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme "Internet meme") that became popular in 2013, consists of a picture of a [Shiba Inu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiba_Inu "Shiba Inu") dog that is accompanied in the foreground by multicolored text in the font [Comic Sans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans "Comic Sans"). The text, representing a kind of [internal monologue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_monologue "Internal monologue"), is deliberately written in a form of [broken English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_English "Broken English"). The meme originally and most frequently uses an image of a Shiba Inu named [Kabosu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabosu_$dog$ "Kabosu (dog)"), though versions with other Shiba Inus are also popular. The meme is based on a 2010 photograph of Kabosu that became popular in late 2013; [Know Your Meme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Your_Meme "Know Your Meme") named it the "top meme" of that year. Also in late 2013, the Shiba Inu had a notable presence in popular culture, including a [cryptocurrency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency "Cryptocurrency") called [Dogecoin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin "Dogecoin") that was launched in December of that year. Several online polls and media outlets recognized Doge as one of the best Internet memes of the 2010s. ## Structure \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Structure")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Doge_meme_example.jpg/330px-Doge_meme_example.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Doge_meme_example.jpg) An example of a Doge meme Doge uses two-word phrases. The first word is almost always one of five modifiers ("so", "such", "many", "much", and "very"), and the departure from correct English is the use of a modifier with a word it cannot properly modify.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-mcculloch-1) For example, "Much respect. So noble." uses the Doge modifiers but is not "proper" Doge because the modifiers are used in a formally correct fashion; the Doge version would be "Much noble, so respect."[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-mcculloch-1) In addition to these phrases, a Doge utterance often ends with a single word, most often "wow", and "amaze" and "excite" are also used.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-mcculloch-1) Since the meme's inception, several variations and spin-offs, including "liquefied Doge"—[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-stacey-2)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Hathaway2018-3) a variation in which the dog's shape is morphed into that of other animals, and "ironic Doge",[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-stacey-2) a version in which the Doge character is put into ironic and uncharacteristic situations, and is depicted speaking coherent English phrases—have been created. The ironic Doge memes have spawned several other related characters, often also dogs, one of which is [Cheems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balltze "Balltze"), another Shiba Inu who is typified by a [speech impediment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_impediment "Speech impediment") in which the letter "M" is used throughout its speech.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-:0-4) Walter, a [Bull Terrier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Terrier "Bull Terrier") character who is typically portrayed as liking "[moster trucks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_truck "Monster truck")" \[[sic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic "Sic")\] and [firetrucks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_engine "Fire engine"), is another commonly recurring ironic Doge character. These memes are mostly present on [subreddits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subreddit "Subreddit") like r/dogelore.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-:1-5) In 2020, the meme "Swole Doge vs. Cheems", in which a muscular, [anthropomorphic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism "Anthropomorphism") Doge and a baby Cheems are depicted as something that was considered better in the past and its modern version, respectively, became popular.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-6)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-7) ## Origin and pronunciation \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Origin and pronunciation")\] Main article: [Kabosu (dog)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabosu_$dog$ "Kabosu (dog)") The original meme featured Kabosu, a [Shiba Inu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiba_Inu "Shiba Inu") dog whose owner Atsuko Sato posted the famous picture of her in a 2010 blog post. Variations of the picture with overlaid text in [Comic Sans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans "Comic Sans") were later posted on a [Tumblr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr "Tumblr") blog called Shiba Confessions.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-the_verge-8) The meme also featured another Shiba Inu named Suki, who belonged to photographer Jonathan Fleming from San Francisco. Fleming's wife had accidentally washed a scarf, making it shrink; he photographed Suki wearing the scarf outside on a cold night in February 2010.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-the_verge-8) The use of the intentionally misspelled word "Doge" dates back to June 2005, when it was mentioned in an episode of [Homestar Runner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestar_Runner "Homestar Runner")'s puppet series.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-slate-9) The use of the misspelling began to grow in popularity after it was used in October 2010 on a [Reddit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit "Reddit") post of a [Welsh Corgi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Corgi "Welsh Corgi") titled "LMBO LOOK @ THIS FUKKEN DOGE."[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-stacey-2)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-the_verge-8) The most common pronunciations of "Doge" are [/ˈdoʊdʒ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English") [DOHJ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key") and [/ˈdoʊɡ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English") [DOHG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key"), though [/ˈdɒɡi/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English") "doggy" is also used. In non-English-speaking countries, "Doge" is occasionally pronounced [/ˈdɒdʒ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English") "dodge". Those unfamiliar or unacquainted with the meme also use the pronunciations [/ˈdɒɡeɪ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English") [DOG\-ay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key"), [/ˈdoʊɡeɪ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English") [DOH\-gay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key"), or simply like the word "dog" [/ˈdɒɡ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English") [DOG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key") or [/ˈdɔːɡ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English "Help:IPA/English") [DAWG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key").[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-slate-9) In Poland, the meme is known as "pieseł" ([\[piɛsɛw\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish "Help:IPA/Polish")), which is derived from the [Polish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language "Polish language") word "pies", which means dog.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-10)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-11)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-12) ## History and spread \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: History and spread")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Pet_shop_in_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA.jpg/250px-Pet_shop_in_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pet_shop_in_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA.jpg) A painting of the Doge (Pieseł) on the wall of a pet shop in [Łódź](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA "Łódź"), Poland ### Initial 2013 spread \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Initial 2013 spread")\] Online searches for the meme began to increase in July 2013.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-the_verge-8) In August 2013, images of the meme were [spammed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_$electronic$ "Spam (electronic)") on [Reddit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit "Reddit")'s subreddit r/MURICA by [4chan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan "4chan")'s random imageboard, /b/.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-13) In late December 2013, members of the [U.S. Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress "United States Congress") produced material in the meme's style; [The Huffington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post "The Huffington Post") commented Doge was "killed" because of the Congress members' use of the meme.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-14)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-15) In December 2013, a new [cryptocurrency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency "Cryptocurrency") called [Dogecoin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin "Dogecoin") was introduced, making it the first cryptocurrency to be based on an Internet meme;[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-17)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-18) the [viral phenomenon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_phenomenon "Viral phenomenon"), along with use of the typeface Comic Sans MS, gave it "the Internet density of a large star" according to [Medium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_$website$ "Medium (website)") writer [Quinn Norton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinn_Norton "Quinn Norton").[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-19) The Doge meme developed popularity on [Chinese social media platforms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_China "Internet in China") beginning in 2013.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-:5-20): 184 In [Sinophone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinophone "Sinophone") online contexts, the dog's expression is often viewed as enigmatic.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-:5-20): 184 [Weibo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weibo "Weibo") implemented the meme as an emoji, which further increased the meme's popularity, and which is often used to indicate whimsy or ambiguous sarcasm.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-:5-20): 184 ### Continued popularity \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Continued popularity")\] By early 2014, Doge's popularity was sustained by Internet communities on [social media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media "Social media"), and was accompanied by the rapid growth and acceptance of Dogecoin. In April 2014, Doge experienced a second major media resurgence due to revelations of the Dogecoin community's intent to sponsor racing driver [Josh Wise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wise "Josh Wise") in [NASCAR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR "NASCAR") and place a picture of the Shiba Inu on his vehicle.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-21)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-22) The car appears in [downloadable content](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downloadable_content "Downloadable content") (DLC) for the video game [NASCAR '14](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR_%2714 "NASCAR '14").[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-23) Media outlets embraced the meme while reporting on the cryptocurrency and the car, using titles that included phrases such as "so wow" and "very vroom".[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-25) In December 2016, a report on [The Daily Dot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Dot "The Daily Dot") found Doge's popularity peaked in 2014 and then fell due to "overexposure and co-option by advertisers and mainstream 'normies'", but remained stable since then and returned to [Tumblr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr "Tumblr")'s top 10 shared memes of the year in 2016.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-26) For [April Fools' Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day "April Fools' Day") in 2017, [China Central Television](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Central_Television "China Central Television") published a hoax story of the death of Kabosu.[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-27)[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-28) In 2021, PleasrDAO acquired a [non-fungible token](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token "Non-fungible token") (NFT) depicting the meme for US\$4 million.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-29) In 2022, during the [Russian invasion of Ukraine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine "Russian invasion of Ukraine"), an online phenomenon and group called [North Atlantic Fella Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAFO_$group$ "NAFO (group)") (NAFO), where participants refer themselves as "Fellas", dedicated to countering [Russian propaganda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_propaganda "Russian propaganda") and [Russian disinformation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_in_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine "Disinformation in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine"). The group posts pro-Ukraine memes, memes mocking Russian war effort and strategy, and "[shitposting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitposting "Shitposting")", and also raises funds for the [Ukrainian military](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_military "Ukrainian military") and other pro-Ukrainian causes.[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-30)[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-31)[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-32)[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-33) Kabosu died of [leukemia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia "Leukemia") at the age of 18 on May 24, 2024. Her owner, Atsuko Sato, announced the news on her social media, stating Kabosu died peacefully while being caressed. Sato shared a heartfelt message, expressing her gratitude for the time she had with Kabosu and the joy she brought to people's lives through the "Doge" meme.[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-34)[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-kabosu_death-35)[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-36) ## Cultural depictions \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Cultural depictions")\] ### In advertising \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: In advertising")\] [Convergence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergence_$journal$ "Convergence (journal)") viewed the use of the image in advertising as a result of it being a widely recognized cultural icon.[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-37) In mid-2014, the advertisement agency [DDB Stockholm](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DDB_Stockholm&action=edit&redlink=1 "DDB Stockholm (page does not exist)") prominently featured Doge in an advertising campaign for the [Stockholm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm "Stockholm"), Sweden-based public transportation company [Storstockholms Lokaltrafik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storstockholms_Lokaltrafik "Storstockholms Lokaltrafik") (SL). The advertisement promoted the company's special summer tickets, and featured Doge holding a public transportation ticket in his mouth, with phrases such as "many summer", "such cheap" and "very buy".[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-38) ### Online \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Online")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Doge_homemade_meme.jpg/250px-Doge_homemade_meme.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Doge_homemade_meme.jpg) A Doge meme using terms related to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia "Wikipedia") [Google](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google "Google") created a Doge [Easter egg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_$media$ "Easter egg (media)"): when doge meme was entered into the YouTube search bar, the site's text would be rendered in colorful [Comic Sans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans "Comic Sans"), similar to the text used in the meme.[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-39) In January 2014, [Sydney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney "Sydney")\-based web developers Katia Eirin and Bennett Wong created Doge Weather, a weather website and [mobile app](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_app "Mobile app") incorporating the meme. Doge Weather reports the temperature and weather conditions at the user's geographic location.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Mediati_2014-40)[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Wickman_2014-41) In April 2014, Doge Weather became available as a mobile app for [iOS 7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_7 "IOS 7").[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Mediati_2014-40) Mozilla's [Servo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servo_$software$ "Servo (software)") project incorporated the meme into the project's logo between May 2016 and February 2020.[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-42)[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-43) Between April 3 and 7, 2023,[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-44) [Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk "Elon Musk") replaced [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter")'s bird logo with an image of Doge for website users. Some speculated it may have been a late-posted April Fools' Day joke;[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-45)[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-46) however, Thomas Barabbi of [New York Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Post "New York Post") said the Dogecoin logo appeared days after Musk's lawyers asked a judge to dismiss a \$258 billion racketeering lawsuit, accusing Musk of boosting the digital currency's value.[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-47) ### In entertainment \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: In entertainment")\] In the video for ["Weird Al" Yankovic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic "\"Weird Al\" Yankovic")'s 2014 song "[Word Crimes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_Crimes "Word Crimes")", a song about bad grammar, a Doge [tweet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter") is used to illustrate the types of bad grammar referenced in that part of the song.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Yankovic-48) A reference to the meme can be found in the North American version of the 2015 video game [The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Tri_Force_Heroes "The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes"). When examining an ancient bookshelf, text reads: "Still, coming here has at least afforded me the rare chance to explore these ancient ruins. So ancient. Such ruin." The reference was met with mixed views from fans of the series.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-49)[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-50) In the 2015 online game [Agar.io](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agar.io "Agar.io"), Doge appears as a [playable skin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_$computing$#Video_gaming "Theme (computing)") that is accessed by typing the name "Doge".[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-51) [Just Cause 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Cause_3 "Just Cause 3") also included a special mode that popped up text in the style of the meme in response to certain player actions.[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-52)[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-53) In 2017, the video game [Smite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smite_$video_game$ "Smite (video game)") added a Doge skin for the goddess [Skadi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skadi "Skadi").[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-54) ## Reception and legacy \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Reception and legacy")\] "Doge" was one of several additions to [Dictionary.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary.com "Dictionary.com") in November 2015.[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-55) The website defines "Doge" as the image macro and its variants, and the form of "language" it uses.[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-56) Several media publications included Doge on a list of memes that helped define Internet culture in the 2010s, and wrote on the meme's influence of further online developments, such as [DoggoLingo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoggoLingo "DoggoLingo") and [WeRateDogs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeRateDogs "WeRateDogs").[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Amatuilli2019-57)[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Romano2019-58) [io9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io9 "Io9") compared the internal dialog of the Shiba Inu dogs to [lolspeak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcat "Lolcat").[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-io9-59) Evan McMurry of [ABC News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_News_$United_States$ "ABC News (United States)") and Stacey Ritzen of [The Daily Dot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Dot "The Daily Dot") both ranked Doge as the number-one meme of the 2010s.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-stacey-2)[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-abc-60) In December 2019, Doge was voted as the best Internet meme of the 2010s on a poll held by [The Tab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tab "The Tab"), gaining 737 votes, 22 percent of total votes cast.[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-TheTab-61) [Vox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_$website$ "Vox (website)")'s Aja Romano included Doge on its list of 11 memes "that captured the decade", writing it took "cat memes to new, absurdist heights, an early hallmark of neo-[Dadaist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadaism "Dadaism") millennial humor."[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Romano2019-58) It was included on [MTV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV "MTV")'s "50 Things Pop Culture Had Us Giving Thanks For" in 2013.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-62) Angela Watercutter of [Wired](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_$magazine$ "Wired (magazine)") described it as one of the best memes of 2013, and was it named the "top meme" of 2013 by [Know Your Meme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Your_Meme "Know Your Meme").[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-63) In 2014, it became the first meme that was not a cat to win a [Webby Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webby_Awards "Webby Awards") for meme of the year.[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-64) [Mashable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashable "Mashable") said Doge is one of the best "internet moments turning 10 in 2023".[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-65) In Japan, Kabosu and Sato are known as pet and owner rather than a meme; Sato's blog was the fourth-most-popular pet-related blog in the country as of December 2013. Reacting to the meme, Sato said: "To be honest, some pictures are strange for me, but it's still funny! I'm very impressed with their skills and taste. Around me, nobody knows about the Doge meme. Maybe I don't understand memes very well, because I'm living such an analog life." Sato has also expressed that she had learned that "the risk of the internet is that anyone in the world can see my life on my blog". Fleming stated in his experience, the Shiba Inu breed has become more recognized due to the meme.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-the_verge-8) In 2023, a monument to Kabosu was installed in [Sakura, Chiba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakura,_Chiba "Sakura, Chiba").[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-66) A manhole cover with Kabosu's image was also installed in Sakura in 2024.[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-67) On November 12, 2024, U.S. President-elect [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump") announced [Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk "Elon Musk") would lead the new administration's [Department of Government Efficiency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency "Department of Government Efficiency") (DOGE), in reference to the internet meme and its namesake cryptocurrency.[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-68) According to communication scholars [Ryan M. Milner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_M._Milner "Ryan M. Milner"), Doge is a meme that appeals to those within Internet culture but also uses elements that resonate with the general public, comparing it to [Rickrolling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling "Rickrolling"), a meme involving a song.[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Milner-69): 83 ## See also \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: See also")\] - [List of individual dogs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_individual_dogs "List of individual dogs") - [List of Internet phenomena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_phenomena "List of Internet phenomena") ## References \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: References")\] 1. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-mcculloch_1-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-mcculloch_1-1) [c](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-mcculloch_1-2) McCulloch, Gretchen (February 6, 2014). ["A Linguist Explains the Grammar of Doge. Wow"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140531142710/http://the-toast.net/2014/02/06/linguist-explains-grammar-doge-wow/). The Toast. Archived from [the original](http://the-toast.net/2014/02/06/linguist-explains-grammar-doge-wow/) on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014. 2. ^ [a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-stacey_2-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-stacey_2-1) [c](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-stacey_2-2) [d](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-stacey_2-3) Ritzen, Stacey (December 13, 2019). ["The 50 memes that defined the decade"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210109143403/https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/best-memes-decade-2010s/). The Daily Dot. Archived from [the original](https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/best-memes-decade-2010s/) on January 9, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2019. 3. 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["11 memes that captured the decade"](https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/12/11/20991671/memes-decade-doge-baby-yoda). [Vox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_$website$ "Vox (website)"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210109143450/https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/12/11/20991671/memes-decade-doge-baby-yoda) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2020. 59. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-io9_59-0)* Newitz, Annalee (December 11, 2013). ["We who spoke LOLcat now speak Doge"](http://io9.com/we-who-spoke-lolcat-now-speak-doge-1481243678). Retrieved March 6, 2017. `{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service "Category:CS1 maint: deprecated archival service")) 60. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-abc_60-0) McMurry, Evan (December 7, 2019). ["The 10 memest memes of this decade, the decade of the meme"](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/10-memest-memes-decade-decade-meme/story?id=67297133). ABC News. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210109143424/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/10-memest-memes-decade-decade-meme/story?id=67297133) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2019. 61. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-TheTab_61-0) Soen, Hayley (December 4, 2019). ["The votes are in: This is officially the best meme of the entire decade"](https://thetab.com/uk/2019/12/04/meme-of-the-decade-134375). [The Tab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tab "The Tab"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210109143433/https://thetab.com/uk/2019/12/04/meme-of-the-decade-134375) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2019. 62. 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["Meme History: The story behind Doge, the Internet's most beloved dog"](https://www.dailydot.com/video/doge-memes-meme-history/). [The Daily Dot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Dot "The Daily Dot"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240509110339/https://www.dailydot.com/video/doge-memes-meme-history/) from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024. 65. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-65) ["From Doge to Drake, Here Are 10 Internet Moments Turning 10 in 2023"](https://sea.mashable.com/life/22185/from-doge-to-drake-here-are-10-internet-moments-turning-10-in-2023). [Mashable SEA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashable "Mashable"). January 2, 2023. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230827030051/https://sea.mashable.com/life/22185/from-doge-to-drake-here-are-10-internet-moments-turning-10-in-2023) from the original on August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023. 66. 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[Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240509105741/https://soranews24.com/2024/03/01/such-recognition-official-doge-meme-dog-manhole-cover-installed-in-japan%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91/) from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024. 68. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-68) ["Why is Elon Musk becoming Donald Trump's efficiency adviser?"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqd4vw0ejeo). BBC News. November 13, 2024. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250311051405/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqd4vw0ejeo) from the original on March 11, 2025. Retrieved November 13, 2024. 69. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-Milner_69-0) [Milner, Ryan M.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_M._Milner "Ryan M. Milner") (October 7, 2016). The World Made Meme: Public Conversations and Participatory Media (1 ed.). [The MIT Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_MIT_Press "The MIT Press"). 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Checked [![Page protected with pending changes](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#pending "All edits by unregistered and new users are subject to review prior to becoming visible to unregistered users") From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Original_Doge_meme.jpg/250px-Original_Doge_meme.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Original_Doge_meme.jpg) The original photo of [Kabosu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabosu_$dog$ "Kabosu (dog)"), a [Shiba Inu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiba_Inu "Shiba Inu"), that led to the meme Doge (usually [DOHJ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key"), [DOHG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key") or [DOHZH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key")), an [Internet meme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme "Internet meme") that became popular in 2013, consists of a picture of a [Shiba Inu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiba_Inu "Shiba Inu") dog that is accompanied in the foreground by multicolored text in the font [Comic Sans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans "Comic Sans"). The text, representing a kind of [internal monologue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_monologue "Internal monologue"), is deliberately written in a form of [broken English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_English "Broken English"). The meme originally and most frequently uses an image of a Shiba Inu named [Kabosu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabosu_$dog$ "Kabosu (dog)"), though versions with other Shiba Inus are also popular. The meme is based on a 2010 photograph of Kabosu that became popular in late 2013; [Know Your Meme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Your_Meme "Know Your Meme") named it the "top meme" of that year. Also in late 2013, the Shiba Inu had a notable presence in popular culture, including a [cryptocurrency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency "Cryptocurrency") called [Dogecoin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin "Dogecoin") that was launched in December of that year. Several online polls and media outlets recognized Doge as one of the best Internet memes of the 2010s. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Doge_meme_example.jpg/330px-Doge_meme_example.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Doge_meme_example.jpg) An example of a Doge meme Doge uses two-word phrases. The first word is almost always one of five modifiers ("so", "such", "many", "much", and "very"), and the departure from correct English is the use of a modifier with a word it cannot properly modify.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-mcculloch-1) For example, "Much respect. So noble." uses the Doge modifiers but is not "proper" Doge because the modifiers are used in a formally correct fashion; the Doge version would be "Much noble, so respect."[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-mcculloch-1) In addition to these phrases, a Doge utterance often ends with a single word, most often "wow", and "amaze" and "excite" are also used.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-mcculloch-1) Since the meme's inception, several variations and spin-offs, including "liquefied Doge"—[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-stacey-2)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Hathaway2018-3) a variation in which the dog's shape is morphed into that of other animals, and "ironic Doge",[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-stacey-2) a version in which the Doge character is put into ironic and uncharacteristic situations, and is depicted speaking coherent English phrases—have been created. The ironic Doge memes have spawned several other related characters, often also dogs, one of which is [Cheems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balltze "Balltze"), another Shiba Inu who is typified by a [speech impediment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_impediment "Speech impediment") in which the letter "M" is used throughout its speech.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-:0-4) Walter, a [Bull Terrier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Terrier "Bull Terrier") character who is typically portrayed as liking "[moster trucks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_truck "Monster truck")" \[[sic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic "Sic")\] and [firetrucks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_engine "Fire engine"), is another commonly recurring ironic Doge character. These memes are mostly present on [subreddits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subreddit "Subreddit") like r/dogelore.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-:1-5) In 2020, the meme "Swole Doge vs. Cheems", in which a muscular, [anthropomorphic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism "Anthropomorphism") Doge and a baby Cheems are depicted as something that was considered better in the past and its modern version, respectively, became popular.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-6)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-7) ## Origin and pronunciation \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Origin and pronunciation")\] The original meme featured Kabosu, a [Shiba Inu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiba_Inu "Shiba Inu") dog whose owner Atsuko Sato posted the famous picture of her in a 2010 blog post. Variations of the picture with overlaid text in [Comic Sans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans "Comic Sans") were later posted on a [Tumblr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr "Tumblr") blog called Shiba Confessions.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-the_verge-8) The meme also featured another Shiba Inu named Suki, who belonged to photographer Jonathan Fleming from San Francisco. Fleming's wife had accidentally washed a scarf, making it shrink; he photographed Suki wearing the scarf outside on a cold night in February 2010.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-the_verge-8) The use of the intentionally misspelled word "Doge" dates back to June 2005, when it was mentioned in an episode of [Homestar Runner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestar_Runner "Homestar Runner")'s puppet series.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-slate-9) The use of the misspelling began to grow in popularity after it was used in October 2010 on a [Reddit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit "Reddit") post of a [Welsh Corgi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Corgi "Welsh Corgi") titled "LMBO LOOK @ THIS FUKKEN DOGE."[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-stacey-2)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-the_verge-8) The most common pronunciations of "Doge" are [DOHJ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key") and [DOHG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key"), though "doggy" is also used. In non-English-speaking countries, "Doge" is occasionally pronounced "dodge". Those unfamiliar or unacquainted with the meme also use the pronunciations [DOG\-ay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key"), [DOH\-gay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key"), or simply like the word "dog" [DOG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key") or [DAWG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key "Help:Pronunciation respelling key").[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-slate-9) In Poland, the meme is known as "pieseł" ([\[piɛsɛw\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish "Help:IPA/Polish")), which is derived from the [Polish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language "Polish language") word "pies", which means dog.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-10)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-11)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-12) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Pet_shop_in_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA.jpg/250px-Pet_shop_in_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pet_shop_in_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA.jpg) A painting of the Doge (Pieseł) on the wall of a pet shop in [Łódź](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA "Łódź"), Poland ### Initial 2013 spread \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Initial 2013 spread")\] Online searches for the meme began to increase in July 2013.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-the_verge-8) In August 2013, images of the meme were [spammed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_$electronic$ "Spam (electronic)") on [Reddit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit "Reddit")'s subreddit r/MURICA by [4chan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan "4chan")'s random imageboard, /b/.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-13) In late December 2013, members of the [U.S. Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress "United States Congress") produced material in the meme's style; [The Huffington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Huffington_Post "The Huffington Post") commented Doge was "killed" because of the Congress members' use of the meme.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-14)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-15) In December 2013, a new [cryptocurrency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency "Cryptocurrency") called [Dogecoin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin "Dogecoin") was introduced, making it the first cryptocurrency to be based on an Internet meme;[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-16)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-17)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-18) the [viral phenomenon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_phenomenon "Viral phenomenon"), along with use of the typeface Comic Sans MS, gave it "the Internet density of a large star" according to [Medium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_$website$ "Medium (website)") writer [Quinn Norton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinn_Norton "Quinn Norton").[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-19) The Doge meme developed popularity on [Chinese social media platforms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_China "Internet in China") beginning in 2013.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-:5-20): 184 In [Sinophone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinophone "Sinophone") online contexts, the dog's expression is often viewed as enigmatic.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-:5-20): 184 [Weibo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weibo "Weibo") implemented the meme as an emoji, which further increased the meme's popularity, and which is often used to indicate whimsy or ambiguous sarcasm.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-:5-20): 184 ### Continued popularity \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Continued popularity")\] By early 2014, Doge's popularity was sustained by Internet communities on [social media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media "Social media"), and was accompanied by the rapid growth and acceptance of Dogecoin. In April 2014, Doge experienced a second major media resurgence due to revelations of the Dogecoin community's intent to sponsor racing driver [Josh Wise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wise "Josh Wise") in [NASCAR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR "NASCAR") and place a picture of the Shiba Inu on his vehicle.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-21)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-22) The car appears in [downloadable content](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downloadable_content "Downloadable content") (DLC) for the video game [NASCAR '14](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR_%2714 "NASCAR '14").[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-23) Media outlets embraced the meme while reporting on the cryptocurrency and the car, using titles that included phrases such as "so wow" and "very vroom".[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-25) In December 2016, a report on [The Daily Dot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Dot "The Daily Dot") found Doge's popularity peaked in 2014 and then fell due to "overexposure and co-option by advertisers and mainstream 'normies'", but remained stable since then and returned to [Tumblr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr "Tumblr")'s top 10 shared memes of the year in 2016.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-26) For [April Fools' Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day "April Fools' Day") in 2017, [China Central Television](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Central_Television "China Central Television") published a hoax story of the death of Kabosu.[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-27)[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-28) In 2021, PleasrDAO acquired a [non-fungible token](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token "Non-fungible token") (NFT) depicting the meme for US\$4 million.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-29) In 2022, during the [Russian invasion of Ukraine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine "Russian invasion of Ukraine"), an online phenomenon and group called [North Atlantic Fella Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAFO_$group$ "NAFO (group)") (NAFO), where participants refer themselves as "Fellas", dedicated to countering [Russian propaganda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_propaganda "Russian propaganda") and [Russian disinformation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_in_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine "Disinformation in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine"). The group posts pro-Ukraine memes, memes mocking Russian war effort and strategy, and "[shitposting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitposting "Shitposting")", and also raises funds for the [Ukrainian military](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_military "Ukrainian military") and other pro-Ukrainian causes.[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-30)[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-31)[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-32)[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-33) Kabosu died of [leukemia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia "Leukemia") at the age of 18 on May 24, 2024. Her owner, Atsuko Sato, announced the news on her social media, stating Kabosu died peacefully while being caressed. Sato shared a heartfelt message, expressing her gratitude for the time she had with Kabosu and the joy she brought to people's lives through the "Doge" meme.[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-34)[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-kabosu_death-35)[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-36) ## Cultural depictions \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Cultural depictions")\] [Convergence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergence_$journal$ "Convergence (journal)") viewed the use of the image in advertising as a result of it being a widely recognized cultural icon.[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-37) In mid-2014, the advertisement agency [DDB Stockholm](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DDB_Stockholm&action=edit&redlink=1 "DDB Stockholm (page does not exist)") prominently featured Doge in an advertising campaign for the [Stockholm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm "Stockholm"), Sweden-based public transportation company [Storstockholms Lokaltrafik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storstockholms_Lokaltrafik "Storstockholms Lokaltrafik") (SL). The advertisement promoted the company's special summer tickets, and featured Doge holding a public transportation ticket in his mouth, with phrases such as "many summer", "such cheap" and "very buy".[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-38) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Doge_homemade_meme.jpg/250px-Doge_homemade_meme.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Doge_homemade_meme.jpg) A Doge meme using terms related to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia "Wikipedia") [Google](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google "Google") created a Doge [Easter egg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_$media$ "Easter egg (media)"): when doge meme was entered into the YouTube search bar, the site's text would be rendered in colorful [Comic Sans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans "Comic Sans"), similar to the text used in the meme.[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-39) In January 2014, [Sydney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney "Sydney")\-based web developers Katia Eirin and Bennett Wong created Doge Weather, a weather website and [mobile app](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_app "Mobile app") incorporating the meme. Doge Weather reports the temperature and weather conditions at the user's geographic location.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Mediati_2014-40)[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Wickman_2014-41) In April 2014, Doge Weather became available as a mobile app for [iOS 7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_7 "IOS 7").[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Mediati_2014-40) Mozilla's [Servo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servo_$software$ "Servo (software)") project incorporated the meme into the project's logo between May 2016 and February 2020.[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-42)[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-43) Between April 3 and 7, 2023,[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-44) [Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk "Elon Musk") replaced [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter")'s bird logo with an image of Doge for website users. Some speculated it may have been a late-posted April Fools' Day joke;[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-45)[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-46) however, Thomas Barabbi of [New York Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Post "New York Post") said the Dogecoin logo appeared days after Musk's lawyers asked a judge to dismiss a \$258 billion racketeering lawsuit, accusing Musk of boosting the digital currency's value.[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-47) In the video for ["Weird Al" Yankovic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic "\"Weird Al\" Yankovic")'s 2014 song "[Word Crimes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_Crimes "Word Crimes")", a song about bad grammar, a Doge [tweet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter") is used to illustrate the types of bad grammar referenced in that part of the song.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Yankovic-48) A reference to the meme can be found in the North American version of the 2015 video game [The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Tri_Force_Heroes "The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes"). When examining an ancient bookshelf, text reads: "Still, coming here has at least afforded me the rare chance to explore these ancient ruins. So ancient. Such ruin." The reference was met with mixed views from fans of the series.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-49)[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-50) In the 2015 online game [Agar.io](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agar.io "Agar.io"), Doge appears as a [playable skin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_$computing$#Video_gaming "Theme (computing)") that is accessed by typing the name "Doge".[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-51) [Just Cause 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Cause_3 "Just Cause 3") also included a special mode that popped up text in the style of the meme in response to certain player actions.[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-52)[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-53) In 2017, the video game [Smite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smite_$video_game$ "Smite (video game)") added a Doge skin for the goddess [Skadi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skadi "Skadi").[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-54) ## Reception and legacy \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doge_$meme$&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Reception and legacy")\] "Doge" was one of several additions to [Dictionary.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary.com "Dictionary.com") in November 2015.[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-55) The website defines "Doge" as the image macro and its variants, and the form of "language" it uses.[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-56) Several media publications included Doge on a list of memes that helped define Internet culture in the 2010s, and wrote on the meme's influence of further online developments, such as [DoggoLingo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoggoLingo "DoggoLingo") and [WeRateDogs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeRateDogs "WeRateDogs").[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Amatuilli2019-57)[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Romano2019-58) [io9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io9 "Io9") compared the internal dialog of the Shiba Inu dogs to [lolspeak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcat "Lolcat").[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-io9-59) Evan McMurry of [ABC News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_News_$United_States$ "ABC News (United States)") and Stacey Ritzen of [The Daily Dot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Dot "The Daily Dot") both ranked Doge as the number-one meme of the 2010s.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-stacey-2)[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-abc-60) In December 2019, Doge was voted as the best Internet meme of the 2010s on a poll held by [The Tab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tab "The Tab"), gaining 737 votes, 22 percent of total votes cast.[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-TheTab-61) [Vox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_$website$ "Vox (website)")'s Aja Romano included Doge on its list of 11 memes "that captured the decade", writing it took "cat memes to new, absurdist heights, an early hallmark of neo-[Dadaist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadaism "Dadaism") millennial humor."[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Romano2019-58) It was included on [MTV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV "MTV")'s "50 Things Pop Culture Had Us Giving Thanks For" in 2013.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-62) Angela Watercutter of [Wired](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_$magazine$ "Wired (magazine)") described it as one of the best memes of 2013, and was it named the "top meme" of 2013 by [Know Your Meme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Your_Meme "Know Your Meme").[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-63) In 2014, it became the first meme that was not a cat to win a [Webby Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webby_Awards "Webby Awards") for meme of the year.[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-64) [Mashable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashable "Mashable") said Doge is one of the best "internet moments turning 10 in 2023".[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-65) In Japan, Kabosu and Sato are known as pet and owner rather than a meme; Sato's blog was the fourth-most-popular pet-related blog in the country as of December 2013. Reacting to the meme, Sato said: "To be honest, some pictures are strange for me, but it's still funny! I'm very impressed with their skills and taste. Around me, nobody knows about the Doge meme. Maybe I don't understand memes very well, because I'm living such an analog life." Sato has also expressed that she had learned that "the risk of the internet is that anyone in the world can see my life on my blog". Fleming stated in his experience, the Shiba Inu breed has become more recognized due to the meme.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-the_verge-8) In 2023, a monument to Kabosu was installed in [Sakura, Chiba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakura,_Chiba "Sakura, Chiba").[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-66) A manhole cover with Kabosu's image was also installed in Sakura in 2024.[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-67) On November 12, 2024, U.S. President-elect [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump") announced [Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk "Elon Musk") would lead the new administration's [Department of Government Efficiency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency "Department of Government Efficiency") (DOGE), in reference to the internet meme and its namesake cryptocurrency.[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-68) According to communication scholars [Ryan M. Milner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_M._Milner "Ryan M. Milner"), Doge is a meme that appeals to those within Internet culture but also uses elements that resonate with the general public, comparing it to [Rickrolling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling "Rickrolling"), a meme involving a song.[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_note-Milner-69): 83 - [List of individual dogs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_individual_dogs "List of individual dogs") - [List of Internet phenomena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_phenomena "List of Internet phenomena") 1. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-mcculloch_1-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-mcculloch_1-1) [c](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-mcculloch_1-2) McCulloch, Gretchen (February 6, 2014). ["A Linguist Explains the Grammar of Doge. 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Retrieved November 8, 2020. 7. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-7) ["El exitoso meme viral del perro grande contra el pequeño que compara la vida antes y ahora"](https://www.20minutos.es/gonzoo/noticia/4276860/0/exitoso-meme-viral-perro-grande-pequeno-compara-vida-antes-ahora/) \[The successful meme of the big dog against the little one which compares life before and now\]. [20 minutos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_minutos "20 minutos") (in Spanish). June 1, 2020. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210109143404/https://www.20minutos.es/gonzoo/noticia/4276860/0/exitoso-meme-viral-perro-grande-pequeno-compara-vida-antes-ahora/) from the original on January 9, 2021. 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O co tu chodzi?"](https://next.gazeta.pl/internet/7,104530,14789067,piesel-tak-slawny-duzo-obrazkow-wow-o-co-tu-chodzi.html). Next Gazeta.pl (in Polish). October 16, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2024. 12. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-12) ["Pieseł"](https://sjp.pwn.pl/mlodziezowe-slowo-roku/haslo/piesel;5899780.html). Słownik Języka Polskiego PWN (in Polish). [Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Scientific_Publishers_PWN "Polish Scientific Publishers PWN"). December 12, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2024. 13. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-13) Alfonso III, Fernando (August 26, 2013). ["4chan spammed Reddit with an army of Shiba Inus"](http://www.dailydot.com/lol/4chan-raid-reddit-r-murica-shibe/). [The Daily Dot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Dot "The Daily Dot"). 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[Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240509105741/https://soranews24.com/2024/03/01/such-recognition-official-doge-meme-dog-manhole-cover-installed-in-japan%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91/) from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024. 68. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-68) ["Why is Elon Musk becoming Donald Trump's efficiency adviser?"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqd4vw0ejeo). BBC News. November 13, 2024. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250311051405/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqd4vw0ejeo) from the original on March 11, 2025. Retrieved November 13, 2024. 69. [^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_$meme$#cite_ref-Milner_69-0) [Milner, Ryan M.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_M._Milner "Ryan M. Milner") (October 7, 2016). The World Made Meme: Public Conversations and Participatory Media (1 ed.). [The MIT Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_MIT_Press "The MIT Press"). [doi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doi_$identifier$ "Doi (identifier)"):[10\.7551/mitpress/9780262034999.001.0001](https://doi.org/10.7551%2Fmitpress%2F9780262034999.001.0001). [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_$identifier$ "ISBN (identifier)") [978-0-262-03499-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-262-03499-9 "Special:BookSources/978-0-262-03499-9") . [![Wikimedia Commons logo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg) Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Doge](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Doge "commons:Category:Doge"). - [Original blog post featuring Kabosu](http://kabochan.blog.jp/archives/9733755.html) (moved from [post](http://kabosu112.exblog.jp/9944144/) on old blog)
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