<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://t.me/stdif_kos">https://t.me/stdif_kos</a>Pepe the Frog (<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/ˈpɛpeɪ/</a>) is a cartoon character and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme">Internet meme</a> created by cartoonist Matt Furie. Designed as a green <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphic">anthropomorphic</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog">frog</a> with a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid">humanoid</a> body, Pepe originated in Furie's 2005 comic Boy's Club.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#cite_note-4chan's_Pepe-2">[2]</a> The character became an Internet meme when his popularity steadily grew across websites such as <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace">Myspace</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_Online">Gaia Online</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan">4chan</a> in 2008. By 2015, he had become one of the most popular memes used on 4chan and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr">Tumblr</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#cite_note-:2-3">[3]</a> Different types of Pepe memes include "Sad Frog", "Smug Frog", "Angry Pepe", "Feels Frog", and "You will never..." Frog. Since 2014, '<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Pepe">rare Pepes</a>' have been posted on the 'meme market' as if they were <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_card">trading cards</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#cite_note-4chan's_Frog-6">[6]</a>Originally an apolitical character, Pepe was appropriated from 2015 to 2016 onward as a symbol of the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right">alt-right</a> movement.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#cite_note-:6-8">[8]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#cite_note-:7-9">[9]</a> The <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League">Anti-Defamation League</a> included Pepe in its hate symbol database in 2016, but said most instances of Pepe were not used in a hate-related context.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#cite_note-Branded-10">[10]</a><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#cite_note-ADL-11">[11]</a> Since then, Furie has expressed his dismay at Pepe being used as a hate symbol and has sued organizations for doing so.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog#cite_note-Swinyard-12">[12]</a>In 2019, Pepe was used by protesters in the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests">2019–2020 Hong Kong protests</a>. Despite being used in a political context, Pepe the Frog's use in Hong Kong is not perceived as being connected with alt-right ideology. Furie has welcomed the use of Pepe by Hong Kong protesters.Pepe remains a recognizable and familiar sight on social media platforms such as 4chan, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch_(service)">Twitch</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit">Reddit</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord_(software)">Discord</a>, where images are modified into custom Pepe-based emoji.

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