
The majority of uses of Pepe the Frog have been, and continue to be, non-bigoted. Many variations of the meme became rather esoteric, resulting in the phenomenon of so-called "rare Pepes." Internet users appropriated the character and turned him into a meme, placing the frog in a variety of circumstances and saying many different things. The Pepe the Frog character did not originally have racist or anti-Semitic connotations. In that appearance, the character also first used its catchphrase, "feels good, man." The character first appeared in 2005 in the on-line cartoon Boy's Club.


Pepe the Frog is a cartoon character that has become a popular Internet meme (often referred to as the "sad frog meme" by people unfamiliar with the name of the character).
