Hey! It’s a wonderful kind of day, where we can learn to work and play, and retweet a ton of memes from the ’90s PBS cartoon Arthur.
The beloved, morally upright aardvark from your childhood is all over your timeline today, and you may be wondering why. Why Arthur? Why now? Well, why not?
The Arthur resurgence started with @AlmostJT, who was taken by how many different affects one cartoon aardvark’s fist could convey.
This is just a pic of Arthur’s fist but idk how I feel that it’s just so relatable. So many emotions in one fist pic.twitter.com/WHU9o7XeAG
— wtf tv is this (@AlmostJT) July 28, 2016
The fist says everything.
https://twitter.com/SoAnxious_mp3/status/758545698883108866
https://twitter.com/senderblock23/status/758694728397447168
https://twitter.com/SniperDeuceZero/status/758538748267229184
https://twitter.com/jstcwarrior/status/758570659303854080
https://twitter.com/hyped_resonance/status/758733231856295936
https://twitter.com/Kristianity_/status/758533802172047362
When you get on the train and hear “It’s Showtime!” https://t.co/qeb28StCPb
— Jeff Johnson (@JeffJSays) July 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/FUTUREPLANSSS/status/758542700379533318
It can even be used to react to the proliferation of Arthur Fist memes.
https://twitter.com/cubchilada/status/758639055634518016
Although today’s Arthur spree started with the fist, it’s now expanded to Arthur screencaps in general. In spite of Politics Time, everything is very good on Twitter right now because of Arthur. Bless him.
https://twitter.com/JayRanoOWA/status/758691997167353856
“Aye moe, francine gettin jih like phat bob i stamp” pic.twitter.com/DNVktYxqlG
— kendrick up 2-0 (@cruddydre_) July 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/audacityofDOPE_/status/758659932556263424
https://twitter.com/Arthurtbh/status/758678584164777984
https://twitter.com/Arthurtbh/status/758739831501393920
https://twitter.com/Arthurtbh/status/758686411553845248
Arthur memes look like they’re definitely going to have some longevity. Like Spongebob Squarepants memes before them, they combine nostalgia with the flexibility to express basically anything you want. Complex is onto something when they suggest Arthur’s fist is the new Mr. Krabs.
Enjoy it while it lasts, because we’ll be back to politics and shitposting soon enough.
