If you’ve been on Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok during the past few weeks, you’ve probably already seen vibrant characters from the Mr. Men children’s book series.
People are using these bright and blobby 2D characters to convey their “red flags” and express collective sorrow over the status of the world with a widespread meme trend. The “Littlemiss” hashtag on TikTok has over 89 million views as of date, while specific tweets on Twitter have gotten as much as 43,000 likes.
If you’re not familiar with the history of British children’s literature, the characters are from the Mr. Men series of illustrated books. The series was created by Roger Hargreaves and debuted in 1971. It currently encompasses numerous books, an animated tv show, even a Little Miss spin-off. After Roger’s death, his son Adam continued the series.
A new character named after a single defining trait appears in every Mr. Men narrative. (For instance, Mr. Impossible’s one quality would be that nothing is beyond his ability to accomplish.) The characters have been the subject of memes many times, but in the middle of July, they once again gained popularity on social media.
People are now sharing the characters with alternative captions describing more adult defining traits. The phrases “Little Miss won’t beg for aid despite having a knife in her leg” and “Little Miss indecisive” are frequently used. Mostly people pull on their own lives to create their captions, although occasionally these blobs will be used to describe friends, politicians or celebrities.
It’s a little difficult to pinpoint the exact cause of this surge in popularity, but at least a few well-liked variations have gone viral. The style was made popular by Instagram user Juulpuppy, who posted a slideshow of nine photographs on the platform on April 19 and received about 39,000 likes in a period of three months, according to the meme archive Know Your Meme. Little Miss smokes too much ####, a tweet from Twitter user Dreamgirltat on April 17 garnered over 36,000 likes. Regardless of the photographs’ exact origin, a series of viral posts from other sources contributed to their widespread popularity. However, it still remains a bit of mystery how a British children story back in the 1970 could regain its popularity in such a short time.
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/07/30/little-miss-meme/
People are using these bright and blobby 2D characters to convey their “red flags” and express collective sorrow over the status of the world with a widespread meme trend. The “Littlemiss” hashtag on TikTok has over 89 million views as of date, while specific tweets on Twitter have gotten as much as 43,000 likes.
If you’re not familiar with the history of British children’s literature, the characters are from the Mr. Men series of illustrated books. The series was created by Roger Hargreaves and debuted in 1971. It currently encompasses numerous books, an animated tv show, even a Little Miss spin-off. After Roger’s death, his son Adam continued the series.
A new character named after a single defining trait appears in every Mr. Men narrative. (For instance, Mr. Impossible’s one quality would be that nothing is beyond his ability to accomplish.) The characters have been the subject of memes many times, but in the middle of July, they once again gained popularity on social media.
People are now sharing the characters with alternative captions describing more adult defining traits. The phrases “Little Miss won’t beg for aid despite having a knife in her leg” and “Little Miss indecisive” are frequently used. Mostly people pull on their own lives to create their captions, although occasionally these blobs will be used to describe friends, politicians or celebrities.
It’s a little difficult to pinpoint the exact cause of this surge in popularity, but at least a few well-liked variations have gone viral. The style was made popular by Instagram user Juulpuppy, who posted a slideshow of nine photographs on the platform on April 19 and received about 39,000 likes in a period of three months, according to the meme archive Know Your Meme. Little Miss smokes too much ####, a tweet from Twitter user Dreamgirltat on April 17 garnered over 36,000 likes. Regardless of the photographs’ exact origin, a series of viral posts from other sources contributed to their widespread popularity. However, it still remains a bit of mystery how a British children story back in the 1970 could regain its popularity in such a short time.
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/07/30/little-miss-meme/
