Something Different

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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.

Chris Menning & Brad Kim, Little Fatty, Know Your Meme [Online] Retrieved on 5th March 2010.
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

Advin

Weekly Poll Result 7 - Yes or No?

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This week's poll finds out from our voters whether they have ever used an Internet Meme. From the previous weekly poll result, as a common reason of the existence of Internet Meme, majority view Internet Meme to have a laugh but have they ever used it for their own purpose instead of just viewing it? Surprisingly, yes. Majority of the votes said that they have not used an Internet Meme.

This result shows that many people used Internet Meme for their own personal experience only. They do not share the meme with their friends. Funnily enough, Internet Meme come about because people spread the meme around to their friends and other Internet users. However, this week's result differs.

Taking the tie is "I think so". With 40% of the votes, the voters have utterly no idea whether they have used an Internet Meme before or rather, they have forgotten. This shows that, although there are tons of Internet Memes out there and people are continuing spreading it through the internet, there are people who do not know what the term Internet Meme is.

These people may know for a fact what is LOLCats or Dancing Baby but they do not know that these so-called "phenomenon" is categorized as Internet Meme. It is hard to blame them because people who spread a meme do not tell that it is called an Internet Meme but rather the main purpose is to just spread the meme.

Only a mere 20% of people used Internet Meme. Partly, the voters may be inexperience with the term Internet Meme, therefore, such result is shown. Just like all the memes mention, all Internet Memes are spread through e-mails, social networking sites, chat rooms and so on. It is spread vastly until it becomes known to everyone. And once it is widely known, that Internet Meme can we safely called as a phenomenon.

So Everything Meme readers, have you or have you not used an Internet Meme before?


Vivienne

It's Quiz Time!

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Projected Games Ltd - Games [Online] Retrieved on 4th March 2010.
URL: http://www.projectedgames.com/games/gameInfo.php?game=quiz&country=GB

Quiz? Yes, quiz! Shocked? Well, don't be. In this post, we have prepared a quiz about Internet Meme for the first time where you users can test your knowledge about Internet Meme by answering the fifteen questions. Not all the of the questions are from this blog. In other words, only some of the questions that we came out are from we have written or mentioned in this blog such as the prominent Lolcats. While the other questions are related to other Internet Meme that we have not discuss in this blog like the ORLY Internet Meme.

Now, you maybe wondering, "Since I do not know much about Internet Meme and only some of the questions are related to what has been written in here, how am I going to answer the questions?". Do not worry. Quizzes are meant for entertainment and even if you do not know all of it, you can still take it to have fun and we are sure that you will gain something from it at the end. So, why not give it a try by clicking the link provided below:


Internet Meme Quiz on Quibblo


Hope you will have a great time with the quiz and do share your opinion with us.


Jason