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In the world of Internet Meme, there are not many that are prominent as well as memorable for Internet users. Some that stands out are of course like the Lolcats but this time, we are going to look at something slightly different but still catch peoples’ attention. “Little Fatty” is an Internet Meme that was “born” eight years ago in 2002. What is Little Fatty? It is actually a boy named Qian Zhijun from China and he was only sixteen years old when this Internet Meme became popular.
And surprisingly, the mastermind behind Qian’s rise is one of his teachers because this teacher was the one who posted up one of Qian’s funny looking face expression picture on the Internet and it became famous. At the start of it, most of the Asians know this person and start to edit his pictures on different characters and movie poster by using Photoshop because of his funny looking expression. As a result of this, he gained the name “Little Fatty” or as Xiao Ping throughout China.
Then in early 2003, this particular “virus” as we would call it reached the Western Country and majority of them were attracted by Qian’s funny expression and started to pay attention to him. “Little Fatty” became so well known till the Times Online calling him “One of the most famous faces in China.”. On the other hand, the Reuters proclaimed “Little Fatty Rules Chinese Web” and other publications praise Qian the same way.
Because of his popularity, he got the chance to host a cooking show for China FoodTV. Qian then went one even further as he took on a role in the movie; Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon which also features Maggie Q and Andy Lau. We are pretty sure that most of you would have heard of this movie before, right? He also used his gained fame to become a spokesperson for awareness of Chinese obesity.
Chris Menning & Brad Kim, Little Fatty, Know Your Meme [Online] Retrieved on 5th March 2010.
URL: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/little-fatty
To think one became famous just through expression is just somewhat baffling. But of course, Qian would not have gained the fame if he does not have any talent in communicating and acting and we guess he owes his teacher a huge massive gratitude for this, don’t you think? And from our point of view, we do think some of the pictures shown above are funny especially with his face replacing Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Carribean poster and Mona Lisa in the painting.
What do you think of this “Little Fatty” Internet Meme and Qian as a person? Did you watch the Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon movie? Share with us your opinion about Qian and maybe his acting in the movie, if you know anything about it.
References:
1. Chris Menning & Brad Kim, Little Fatty, Know Your Meme [Online] Retrieved on 5th March 2010.
URL: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/little-fatty
Advin
In the world of Internet Meme, there are not many that are prominent as well as memorable for Internet users. Some that stands out are of course like the Lolcats but this time, we are going to look at something slightly different but still catch peoples’ attention. “Little Fatty” is an Internet Meme that was “born” eight years ago in 2002. What is Little Fatty? It is actually a boy named Qian Zhijun from China and he was only sixteen years old when this Internet Meme became popular.
Chris Menning & Brad Kim, Little Fatty, Know Your Meme [Online] Retrieved on 5th March 2010.
URL: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/little-fatty
URL: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/little-fatty
And surprisingly, the mastermind behind Qian’s rise is one of his teachers because this teacher was the one who posted up one of Qian’s funny looking face expression picture on the Internet and it became famous. At the start of it, most of the Asians know this person and start to edit his pictures on different characters and movie poster by using Photoshop because of his funny looking expression. As a result of this, he gained the name “Little Fatty” or as Xiao Ping throughout China.
Then in early 2003, this particular “virus” as we would call it reached the Western Country and majority of them were attracted by Qian’s funny expression and started to pay attention to him. “Little Fatty” became so well known till the Times Online calling him “One of the most famous faces in China.”. On the other hand, the Reuters proclaimed “Little Fatty Rules Chinese Web” and other publications praise Qian the same way.
Because of his popularity, he got the chance to host a cooking show for China FoodTV. Qian then went one even further as he took on a role in the movie; Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon which also features Maggie Q and Andy Lau. We are pretty sure that most of you would have heard of this movie before, right? He also used his gained fame to become a spokesperson for awareness of Chinese obesity.
Chris Menning & Brad Kim, Little Fatty, Know Your Meme [Online] Retrieved on 5th March 2010.
URL: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/little-fatty
To think one became famous just through expression is just somewhat baffling. But of course, Qian would not have gained the fame if he does not have any talent in communicating and acting and we guess he owes his teacher a huge massive gratitude for this, don’t you think? And from our point of view, we do think some of the pictures shown above are funny especially with his face replacing Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Carribean poster and Mona Lisa in the painting.
What do you think of this “Little Fatty” Internet Meme and Qian as a person? Did you watch the Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon movie? Share with us your opinion about Qian and maybe his acting in the movie, if you know anything about it.
References:
1. Chris Menning & Brad Kim, Little Fatty, Know Your Meme [Online] Retrieved on 5th March 2010.
URL: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/little-fatty
2. Hong Kong Cinemagic - Three Kingdoms - Resurrection of the Dragon [Online] Retrieved on 6th March 2010.
URL: http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=9536&showmovfullcast=1
URL: http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=9536&showmovfullcast=1
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