Polite Cat
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| 🐈 🐕 🐎 Species | Cat |
|---|---|
| 🐶 🐺 Breed | Mixed |
| 🚻 Sex | Male |
| 📆 🐤 Born | December 21, 2015 |
| Years active | 2018-present |
| Known for | Being an Internet meme |
| Term | Polite Cat |
| 👨 Owner | Khar Aman Ra |
Ollie (December 21, 2015[1]), nicknamed Polite Cat or He Looks Very Polite, is an Internet celebrity cat. He was primarly known for his unusual smile, caused by a misplacement on his jaws.[2] Ollie went viral upon a fake conversation between a person and "Bruce Landlord", posted on Instagram.[3][4]
As of August 31, 2022, the offical social media Twitter account of Ollie has 1,354 followers,[5] 1,775 likes on Facebook,[6] and 449,000 followers on Instagram.[7] On 2020, A YouTube channel named "Beluga", which currently has over 9 million subscribers, based on short skits on the social network Discord and featuring Ollie's likeness as the main character, rose him to fame once again.[8]
Background[edit]
Despite most of his past being unclear, Khar Aman Ra, who has claimed to be the cat's owner, stated on a Facebook post he found Ollie "was not on a good place". He said he found Ollie on October 2016, when the cat was 10 months old, and his former owner did not gave Ollie training nor love.[9]
Expansions and variations of memes[edit]
The first original "polite cat" meme was posted on humor website 9GAG. The post read: "My face when someone expects me to be excited about something that I'm not excited about", followed by an image macro of Ollie.[4] However, Ollie rose to fame due to a fake Facebook Messenger text conversation between a person and a fictional landlord named "Bruce" posted on Instagram. The conversation was about the landlord explaining no pets were allowed inside the apartment, but when shown a photo of Ollie, the landlord states he will make an exception because he "looks very polite". The post recieved more than 21,000 likes in one week.[10] The meme was also shared on websites like Reddit[11] and Twitter.[12]
Since then, several variations of the meme have been posted, including variations with the character Felix Argyle from the Re:Zero manga and anime,[13] another variation featuring a red panda wearing a hat,[14] and finally, a version with a bulldog instead of Ollie.[15] After losing popularity,[4] Ollie once again became a trend when YouTuber Beluga, who currently has over 9 million subscribers, used Ollie's likeness as his Discord-based skits' main character.[8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Happy 5th Birthday Ollie! 🎉🎈🥕 Have The Politest Day Ever 👑 Also Happy Winter Solstice Everyone!". Twitter. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ Sarkar, Madhurima (October 9, 2018). "Ollie, the Polite Cat Goes Viral! Feline With Unique Human-Like Expression Is the Latest Internet Meme; View Pics". LatestLY. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ Linh, Thuy. "Meet Ollie, The Polite Cat With The Amazing Expression". PawsPlanet. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Polite Cat". Know Your Meme. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Polite Cat Ollie (@Polite_Cat_Ollie)". Twitter. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Polite Cat". Facebook. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Polite Cat (@polite_cat_olli_official)". Instagram. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Beluga". YouTube. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Polite Cat on Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ "shout out to bruce the best landlord of all time". Instagram. July 2, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Bruce is the man". Reddit. July 2, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ "hmmmmmmmm nice". Twitter. July 3, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ "he looks very polite". Reddit. July 3, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ "guys can you please remove my warning in the discord, it means nothing but makes me sad when i look at it". Reddit. July 4, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Purple Dank Posse on Instagram". Instagram. July 9, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
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