Johnny Catsville is a popular internet meme

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Johnny Catswill is an adorable ginger cat who stretches his paws towards the lens as if taking a picture of himself. Resourceful Internet users turned this cute animal into a meme by changing the background behind him and adding various funny inscriptions. The original image was first posted online in March 2013 on Tumblr and then turned into a meme. In 2014, a wave of popularity reached the Russian-speaking Internet.

Who is Johnny Catswill

The owner of the cat tried to take a picture of him, but at that moment the animal decided to rush to the camera, and the result was an incredibly successful picture. In the photo, the cat looks directly into the lens and holds its paws in such a way as if taking a selfie. American Internet users have caught the similarity of the animal with the famous comedy show Jackass host Johnny Knoxville and turned the photo into a meme. This show aired on MTV.from 2000 to 2002, and always began with the same phrase: "Hello, Johnny Knoxville is with you and today we will be…" - and then incredible and funny tricks were shown on the screen, often quite dangerous.

Popularity in Runet

Since January 2014, the picture with the cat Johnny Catswill began to appear on Russian sites, after which it gained fantastic popularity in Runet. Behind the cat, users added various landscapes, photos of half-naked girls, marching soldiers, and even Darth Vader from the Star Wars saga. Signatures read:

• "Hello! Johnny Catswill is with you again, and today I arrived in Russia!"
• "I'm back with you, Johnny K., and today we're going to try and hook up with hotties."
• "Hi, this is Johnny Catswill and I'll tell you what happens if you don't close the session."
• "Today we will try to go to the dark side!"

Memes with Johnny Catswill began to be published regularly on various sites, and then many VKontakte communities picked up the baton.

Meaning

Memes arise spontaneously and quickly spread through popular Internet channels among a large number of users. The basis, as a rule, is a funny image or a short video, to which text is then added on a topical topic. Cats are an extremely common material for this kind of art, so the photo of Johnny Catswill from the very beginning wasdoomed to popularity. This cute animal is a parody of popular bloggers who, with a camera in hand, shoot a short video and post it on the Web, hoping to attract the attention of viewers. The lens usually captures interesting tricks and tricks, funny events, or just everyday little things played out in a funny manner. Often the author's comments are more interesting than the video itself. Cat lovers use Johnny's photo to illustrate jokes about traditional cat pranks: chewed wires, unwound toilet paper, toppled Christmas tree.

The popularity of the cat has gradually subsided, but from time to time famous bloggers still use his image in their work. This charming red-haired guy is able to make even the most banal event funny and will definitely make the viewer smile.