Boxxy

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Boxxy
Born Catherine "Catie" Wayne
April 28, 1992 (1992-04-28) (age 19)
Nationality American
Known for Viral videos
Internet information
Web alias(es) S4TISFACTION (inactive)
boxxybabe (closed)
boxxybabee
ANewHopeee
bodaciousboxxy
Web hosting service(s) YouTube
Meme "You's Trollin'"[1]
Boxxy Guevara
Website
www.catiewayne.com

Catherine "Catie" Wayne (born April 28, 1992), better known as the character Boxxy, is an American internet celebrity known for her highly energetic vlogs.[2] Her rise to exposure began in late 2008 and early 2009, surrounding self-made videos featuring Wayne under the pseudonym "Boxxy".[2]

The videos were initially made to be posted to her Gaia Online profile to which they then lead onto the website i-am-bored.com, which then spread to 4chan resulting in a large online following and becoming an Internet meme.

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[edit] History

The presence of the videos created a dispute on 4chan, leading to various flame wars and hacking incidents among factions that claimed to either support or oppose Boxxy.[3][4] This led to a denial of service attack on 4chan itself, shutting the site down for several hours.[2] Participants went elsewhere, launching a "Twitter bomb" that May.[5] On YouTube, the popular Boxxy channel was hacked and the source's identity outed.[6] A number of spoofs, parody videos, and remixes were posted throughout the web.[4][6][2]

In 2010, Urlesque named Boxxy number 104 on its list of "The 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos".[7] In late 2010, Wayne began selling Boxxy items on eBay.[8]

On January 10, 2011, she posted a new, more introspective video[9] onto a new YouTube account (ANewHopeee)[10] in-which she tells that Boxxy is a made-up character and that she acts. This video caused some discussions on its authenticity.[11][8] On January 19, 2011, Boxxy was mentioned in a local Fox 11 report on Internet trolls.[12]

On June 17, 2011, Wayne made a third YouTube account (Bodaciousboxxy)[13] and continued uploading videos of herself. [14] In this video she claims that the Boxxy in the video of January 2011 is not the real Boxxy, but a girl who looks a lot like her, who was supposedly hacked by a character named "Svetlana". In actuality, Boxxy and Svetlana both are Wayne herself, made evident by the copyright notice in her video descriptions: "© 2011 Catie Wayne (ANewHopeee/Boxxybabee/bodaciousboxxy) All rights reserved.",[15] and confirmed by Wayne in a later video.

On July 21, 2011, she made a new video called "Calm Down, Holden." on the ANewHopeee channel clarifying that Boxxy and Svetlana are just characters created by her and thanking her fans for all their support.

[edit] Videography

The videos depict Wayne in heavy eyeliner[8][3][16] rambling excitedly about various things while displaying "ridiculous" and possibly "fake" odd personality quirks.[11][2] They were originally posted to Gaia Online early in 2008, reposted to the site i-am-bored.com later in the year, and then eventually appeared on 4chan's "/b/" message board.

Wayne currently publishes videos to YouTube under the aliases boxxybabee, ANewHopeee and bodaciousboxxy. She has previously published videos using two other accounts, S4TISFACTION and boxxybabe, both of which are now inactive. The following table contains a selection of videos and films in which Wayne has appeared, or is expected to appear in.

Title Date Role Notes
"FOAR 4DD1 FRUM BOXXY" January 8, 2009 Boxxy Re-published on boxxybabee's channel, addressing Gaia user 4DM1R4L 4WS0M3
"FOAR ANT FRUM BOXXY" January 8, 2009 Addressing Gaia user 4nt
"FOAR EVERYWUN FRUM BOXXY" January 9, 2009
"A New Hope" November 25, 2010 Princess Leia Organa Published on ANewHopeee's channel
"Things are about to get intense." January 10, 2011 Herself
"Wassupp" April 1, 2011 Svetlana
"FOAR SVETLANA FRUM BOXXY" July 17, 2011 Boxxy Published on bodaciousboxxy's channel, re-published the next month on boxxybabee's channel
"Calm down, Holden." July 21, 2011 Herself Published on ANewHopeee's channel
"FOAR LITTLE KINKY FRUM BOXXY" August 21, 2011 Boxxy Published on boxxybabee's channel
"Meet 3v3!" December 11, 2011 3v3 Published on ANewHopeee's channel
"Santa baby - 3v3" December 23, 2011 Published on ANewHopeee's channel
"FOAR POCKY FRUM BOXXY" February 14, 2012 Boxxy Published on boxxybabee's channel
The Chronicles of Rick Roll[17] 2012[18]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wayne, Catherine (January 9, 2009). "FOAR EVERYWUN FRUM BOXXY". YouTube. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e Johnson, Bobbie (January 20, 2009). "How Boxxy brought the web to its knees". The Guardian. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/jan/20/internet. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Jutras, Lisan (February 6, 2009). "The face that launched an online war". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article970184.ece. 
  4. ^ a b Phillips, Tom (2009-01-22). "Voxy Boxxy's proxy war". Metro. 
  5. ^ Hickey, Matt (May 20, 2009). "4chan legions game Twitter, bring back Boxxy". CNET. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10246055-2.html. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
  6. ^ a b Phillips, Tom (January 21, 2009). "Boxxy, or How A Teenage Girl May Destroy The Internet As We Know It Without Really Trying". Metro. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. http://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/2009/01/boxxy-or-how-a-teenage-girl-may-destroy-the-internet-as-we-know-it-without-really-trying.html. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
  7. ^ Weber, Lindsey (March 5, 2010). "Boxxy - #104 - The 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos". AOL. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. http://www.urlesque.com/2010/03/05/boxxy. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
  8. ^ a b c Cario, Erwan (January 11, 2011). "Le grand retour de Boxxy" (in French). Libération. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. http://www.ecrans.fr/Le-grand-retour-de-Boxxy,11740.html. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
  9. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZrYDwLjbtE
  10. ^ http://www.youtube.com/user/ANewHopeee
  11. ^ a b Plafke, James (January 11, 2011). "Lord in Internet Heaven Save Us, Boxxy is Back". Geekosystem. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. http://www.geekosystem.com/lord-in-internet-heaven-save-us-boxxy-is-back/. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
  12. ^ "Trolls". Fox 11 News. January 19, 2011. 
  13. ^ Bodaciousboxxy's's channel on YouTube
  14. ^ Plafke, James (June 17, 2011). "Lord in Internet Heaven Save Us Once More, Boxxy is Back Again". Geekosystem. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. http://www.geekosystem.com/boxxy-is-back-again. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
  15. ^ Wayne, Catherine (June 17, 2011). "FOAR SVETLANA FRUM BOXXY". Bodaciousboxxy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQyK8NbGFGA&t=35s. 
  16. ^ Larrouy, Sophie-Marie (January 22, 2009). "Foxy Boxxy : celle qui parle pour ne rien dire" (in French). madmoiZelle.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. http://www.madmoizelle.com/foxy-boxxy-celle-qui-parle-pour-ne-rien-dire_2009-01-21-2108. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
  17. ^ "Internet Meme Movie ‘Rick Roll’ Gears For Hollywood, Picks Up New Stars". Nurv. May 25, 2011. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/60TOiYkeo. Retrieved July 26, 2011. 
  18. ^ "The Chronicles of Rick Roll (2012)". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853693/. Retrieved December 22, 2011. 

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