THE TRUTH ABOUT PEPE THE FROG AND THE CULT OF KEK Menu SKIP TO CONTENT THE REAL STORY BEHIND HILLARY CLINTON’S “CARTOON NAZI FROG” WILL BLOW YOUR MIND I’ll cut right to the chase: Pepe the Frog isn’t a white nationalist symbol. Pepe the Frog isn’t a harmless meme propagated by teenagers on the internet. Pepe the Frog is, in fact, the modern-day avatar of an ancient Egyptian deity accidentally resurrected by online imageboard culture. Does that sound like the most b@tsh#t crazy thing you’ve ever heard? Strap in, friendo. You’re in for one hell of a ride. (UPDATE 11/9/16: Well memed, America, well memed. A post-election follow-up to this article has been added here. ) When Memes Collide: The Origins of Pepe the Frog The precise origins of Pepe the Frog are, like all imageboards memes, obscure and unimportant. All you really need to know is that sometime around 2010, a sad-looking cartoon frog began to trend among posters on 4chan.org and similar “...
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