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[[YouTube]] user "saraj00n" combined the cat animation with the version of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!"—uploaded by [[Nico Nico Douga]] user "もももも" (Momo Momo)<ref name=Pop />—and uploaded it to YouTube on April 5, 2011.<ref name="Know" />
[[YouTube]] user "saraj00n" combined the cat animation with the version of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanyabanana!"—uploaded by [[Nico Nico Douga]] user "もももも" (Momo Momo)<ref name=Pop />—and uploaded it to YouTube on April 5, 2011.<ref name="Know" />
===''Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!'' the song===
===''Nyanyanyanyanyanyanyabanana!'' the song===
Nico Nico Douga user Momo Momo uploaded his/her version of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!" to Nico Nico Douga on January 31, 2011.<ref name="UTAU">ニコニコ国際交流".【UTAU】Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!【桃音モモ】【ミクカバー】 ‐ ニコニコ動画(原宿). Retrieved May 30, 2011, from http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13455867</ref>
Nico Nico Douga user Momo Momo uploaded his/her version of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanyabanana!" to Nico Nico Douga on January 31, 2011.<ref name="UTAU">ニコニコ国際交流".【UTAU】Nyanyanyanyanyanyanyabanana!【桃音モモ】【ミクカバー】 ‐ ニコニコ動画(原宿). Retrieved May 30, 2011, from http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13455867</ref>


Momo Momo previously made their version of the song with the [[UTAU]] "Momone Momo" {{nihongo|桃音モモ}} whose name comes from the [[kanji]] "momo" [[:wikt:桃|桃]], meaning "peach", and "ne" [[:wikt:音|音]], meaning "sound".<ref>Vocaloidism. Nyan Cat hit 10M views. Retrieved Jun 2, 2011, from http://www.vocaloidism.com/2011/05/22/nyan-cat-hit-10m-views/</ref> The voice source used to create Momone Momo was {{nihongo|Fujimoto Momoko|藤本萌々子}}<ref>ニコニコ大百科. 単語記事: 藤本萌々子. Retrieved June 2, 2011, from dic.nicovideo.jp/a/藤本萌々子</ref> and Momone Momo was created in February 2009.<ref>UTAU ユーザー互助会@ ウィキ. 桃音モモ. Retrieved June 2, 2011, from www20.atwiki.jp/utaou/pages/42.html</ref> The original song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!", made with the [[vocaloid]] {{nihongo|[[Hatsune Miku]]|初音ミク}}, was uploaded by user daniwellP to [[Nico Nico Douga]] July 25, 2010.<ref name="original">ニコニコ動画(原宿).【初音ミク】Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!【オリジナループ】. Retrieved May 30, 2011 from http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11509720?user_nicorepo</ref><ref name="Know2">Know Your Meme. Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! Retrieved may 30, 2011, from http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nyanyanyanyanyanyanya#fn2</ref> The song's lyrics refer to the Japanese word for the sound cats make, "nyā" {{nihongo||にゃあ}},<ref>Denshi Jisho. Retrieved June 2, 2011, from http://jisho.org/words?jap=nya&eng=&dict=edict</ref>
Momo Momo previously made their version of the song with the [[UTAU]] "Momone Momo" {{nihongo|桃音モモ}} whose name comes from the [[kanji]] "momo" [[:wikt:桃|桃]], meaning "peach", and "ne" [[:wikt:音|音]], meaning "sound".<ref>Vocaloidism. Nyan Cat hit 10M views. Retrieved Jun 2, 2011, from http://www.vocaloidism.com/2011/05/22/nyan-cat-hit-10m-views/</ref> The voice source used to create Momone Momo was {{nihongo|Fujimoto Momoko|藤本萌々子}}<ref>ニコニコ大百科. 単語記事: 藤本萌々子. Retrieved June 2, 2011, from dic.nicovideo.jp/a/藤本萌々子</ref> and Momone Momo was created in February 2009.<ref>UTAU ユーザー互助会@ ウィキ. 桃音モモ. Retrieved June 2, 2011, from www20.atwiki.jp/utaou/pages/42.html</ref> The original song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!", made with the [[vocaloid]] {{nihongo|[[Hatsune Miku]]|初音ミク}}, was uploaded by user daniwellP to [[Nico Nico Douga]] July 25, 2010.<ref name="original">ニコニコ動画(原宿).【初音ミク】Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!【オリジナループ】. Retrieved May 30, 2011 from http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11509720?user_nicorepo</ref><ref name="Know2">Know Your Meme. Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! Retrieved may 30, 2011, from http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nyanyanyanyanyanyanya#fn2</ref> The song's lyrics refer to the Japanese word for the sound cats make, "nyā" {{nihongo||にゃあ}},<ref>Denshi Jisho. Retrieved June 2, 2011, from http://jisho.org/words?jap=nya&eng=&dict=edict</ref>

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Nyan Cat

Nyan Cat (also known as Pop Tart Cat)[1] is an internet meme, referring to an animated gif of a cat with the body of a cherry Pop-Tart flying through space, leaving a rainbow trail behind the cat; or to a video of the animated gif, set to a remix of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!",[1] or to any of several Nyan Cat based games.

Origin

Animated gif

The original animation was made by Chris Torres (PRguitarman)[2] on April 2, 2011.[3] He then posted it to the website LOL-Comics (prguitarman.com), intending it to be "cute".[3]

YouTube video

YouTube user "saraj00n" combined the cat animation with the version of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanyabanana!"—uploaded by Nico Nico Douga user "もももも" (Momo Momo)[3]—and uploaded it to YouTube on April 5, 2011.[1]

Nyanyanyanyanyanyanyabanana! the song

Nico Nico Douga user Momo Momo uploaded his/her version of the song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanyabanana!" to Nico Nico Douga on January 31, 2011.[4]

Momo Momo previously made their version of the song with the UTAU "Momone Momo" error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) whose name comes from the kanji "momo" 桃, meaning "peach", and "ne" 音, meaning "sound".[5] The voice source used to create Momone Momo was Fujimoto Momoko (藤本萌々子)[6] and Momone Momo was created in February 2009.[7] The original song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!", made with the vocaloid Hatsune Miku (初音ミク), was uploaded by user daniwellP to Nico Nico Douga July 25, 2010.[8][9] The song's lyrics refer to the Japanese word for the sound cats make, "nyā" (にゃあ),[10]

Games

Several fan created games featuring Nyan Cat were developed, after its development as a meme. One of the first ones was Nyan Cat: Reloaded (formerly Nyan Cat Game) by MeisterMariues, created on April 20, 2011.[11] It was developed with Game Maker. Later, more Nyan Cat games[12] were created, like Lost in Space[13] by mylostgames, or Nyan Cat FLY[14] by krangGAMES. Chris Torres (prguitarman) developed his own game called "Nyan Cat" for iOS, and it became the first official game. On September 2011, Chris Torres collaborated with S2 Games to include a Nyan Cat character in Heroes of Newerth.[15]

Popularity

Nyan Cat saw increased popularity after being featured on the blog for Tosh.0 on April 15, 2011.[16] Later, the Annoying Orange made a parody of the video, further popularizing it, and as of September 29, 2011, the YouTube video has had over 39 million views. Due to its popularity, many new remixes and cover versions have been made, some hours long, and applications, ringtones and wallpapers were created for Windows 7,[17] Nokia,[18] iPhone, iPad,[19] Android,[20] HP webOS.[21] and Windows Phone 7.[22]

On June 27, 2011, the video was removed due to a fraudulent copyright claim from someone claiming to be Prguitarman, who owns the copyright to the Nyan Cat gif. Soon after, it was found that Prguitarman did not actually make the claim and as soon as the takedown notice came to his attention, he filed a counter-complaint with YouTube. However, in order to file a counter DMCA, he had to get into contact with both Saraj00n and Daniwell, who hold the copyrights for the video and the song, respectively. On June 28, 2011, the video was restored to YouTube. During the interim period, however, Prguitarman received both hate mail and death threats because of the fraudulent DMCA notice.[1][23]

The hacker group LulzSec also uses Nyan Cat. When the group attacked the website of PBS, they left a picture of Nyan Cat.[24]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Nyan Cat / Pop Tart Cat". Know Your Meme.
  2. ^ "PRguitarman".
  3. ^ a b c Pop Goes the Week. (2011). POP Profile: The Guy Behind The Viral Phenomenon “Nyan Cat”. Retrieved May 30, 2011, from http://popgoestheweek.com/2011/04/pop-profile-the-brains-behind-the-viral-phenomenon-nyan-cat/
  4. ^ ニコニコ国際交流".【UTAU】Nyanyanyanyanyanyanyabanana!【桃音モモ】【ミクカバー】 ‐ ニコニコ動画(原宿). Retrieved May 30, 2011, from http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13455867
  5. ^ Vocaloidism. Nyan Cat hit 10M views. Retrieved Jun 2, 2011, from http://www.vocaloidism.com/2011/05/22/nyan-cat-hit-10m-views/
  6. ^ ニコニコ大百科. 単語記事: 藤本萌々子. Retrieved June 2, 2011, from dic.nicovideo.jp/a/藤本萌々子
  7. ^ UTAU ユーザー互助会@ ウィキ. 桃音モモ. Retrieved June 2, 2011, from www20.atwiki.jp/utaou/pages/42.html
  8. ^ ニコニコ動画(原宿).【初音ミク】Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!【オリジナループ】. Retrieved May 30, 2011 from http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11509720?user_nicorepo
  9. ^ Know Your Meme. Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! Retrieved may 30, 2011, from http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nyanyanyanyanyanyanya#fn2
  10. ^ Denshi Jisho. Retrieved June 2, 2011, from http://jisho.org/words?jap=nya&eng=&dict=edict
  11. ^ "Nyan Cat:Reloaded".
  12. ^ "Nyan Cat games".
  13. ^ "Nyan Cat: Lost in Space".
  14. ^ "Nyan Cat FLY".
  15. ^ "Heroes of Newerth Adds Nyan Cat".
  16. ^ "TOP VIRAL VIDEOS OF APRIL: What's A "Nyan Cat"?".
  17. ^ Brandrick, Chris (2011-07-13). "Nyan Cat Invades Windows 7, Dances Along Progress Bars". PCWorld. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  18. ^ "Nyan Cat on the Nokia Cell Phone". Pdadevice.com. 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  19. ^ Dredge, Stuart (May 14, 2011). "Apps rush: Nutkin, Nyan Cat and more". The Guardian. London.
  20. ^ "Galactic Nyan Cat".
  21. ^ "Download page of NYAN CAT! for HP webOS". Developer.palm.com. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  22. ^ "Nyan Cat strays into the Marketplace".
  23. ^ "YouTube Twitter feed entry".
  24. ^ "LulzSec, #weinergate and #ghettospellingbee: Cheezburger's top memes of the week". CBS News. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
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