THE CAT BEHIND THE TICKER
Okay, who is this little guy?
The wide-mouth cat is Oatmeal. A preserved post from its owner describes the original clip as Oatmeal chirping at a bug. Popcat.click turned the image into a popping game with a country leaderboard.
WHY THIS CAT STUCK
A two-frame joke that became a country competition.
Oatmeal’s mouth opens, a pop plays, and someone clicks again. Popcat.click turned that tiny action into national scoreboards. Our read: the appeal is participation with almost no explanation, which is useful for a meme that travels across languages.
Editorial interpretation · Explore The thesis for evidence and limits.
You know them by…
A real cat with a very enlarged, very open mouth.
Also answers to
Pop Cat · Oatmeal
Loose threads & open questions
- Original creator permissions and a fuller dated history remain to be filed.
