‘Is This a Pigeon?’ Meme Is Twitter’s New Distraction

Anime character Yutaro Katori mistakes a butterfly for a pigeon.

(Photo Courtesy: Twitter) 

Remember the ‘distracted boyfriend’ and the ‘American chopper’ memes that have been floating around the interwebs for as long as you can remember? Well, it might just be time to move on from them!

If you’ve been on Twitter recently, you can’t have missed the Yutaro Katori meme where the anime character mistakes a butterfly for a pigeon.

“Is this a pigeon?”(Photo Courtesy: Twitter)

The meme was first shared on Tumblr in 2011 and has risen to social media glory once again. The scene in the meme is from the 1990s Japanese television series The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird.

Creative netizens have reworked the meme to describe hilarious and relatable life situations. Here, check it out!

While the viral meme is social media’s new BAE, it remains to be seen whether it will beat other popular memes in social media popularity.

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