# Brides Throwing Cats Brides Throwing Cats is a single-topic Tumblr blog launched on October 5th, 2013 that features wedding photos edited so the bride tosses a cat into her guests instead of a bouquet. The account rode a week of October 2013 coverage from Jezebel, BuzzFeed, Time, and Mashable into wider internet awareness. ## Overview Brides Throwing Cats is a single-topic Tumblr blog where wedding bouquet photos get edited so the bride is tossing a cat into the crowd instead of flowers[1]. Each image plays on the classic bouquet-toss shot, swapping florals for wide-eyed felines mid-flight[2]. The blog fits into a small tradition of 'X replaced with cats' single-topic Tumblrs that started with Ryan Darrenkamp's Boozecats in July 2009 and grew with the April 2013 launch of Sports Balls Replaced With Cats[5]. Brides Throwing Cats moved the joke into wedding photography, and the awkward geometry of a cat frozen in the air over guests is what makes each post work[6]. ## How It Spread Coverage hit fast. On October 9th, 2013, Laughing Squid ran a roundup of favorites from the blog[6], and Jezebel wrote it up the same day as a new wedding 'cativity' for readers to share[2]. Both posts pushed the account into feeds outside Tumblr and drove the first wave of reblogs. The next day, October 10th, BuzzFeed published its own gallery of highlights[7], Time Magazine's Newsfeed picked it as its Tumblr of the Week[4], and The Daily Dot covered the trend as a standout single-topic account[1]. Getting on Time's Newsfeed in particular moved the blog from Tumblr-native humor into general internet awareness. Mashable followed on October 11th with its own writeup, closing out that week of coverage[8]. That four-day run across viral aggregators, women's interest sites, a legacy magazine, and tech blogs was the account's high point of mainstream attention. ## How to Use The template is a two-layer photoshop: start with a real wedding bouquet-toss photo, then paste a cat over the bouquet so the pose reads like the bride is throwing the cat. People typically match the cat's lighting, angle, and motion blur to the original shot, and the funniest edits often use a cat whose flailing pose mirrors what the bouquet was doing[6]. Submissions get sent to the Tumblr for reposting rather than made through any specific tool[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Brides Throwing Cats? A single-topic Tumblr blog featuring photoshopped wedding pictures where the bride tosses a cat into the crowd instead of a bouquet[1]. ### Where did Brides Throwing Cats come from? The blog launched on Tumblr on October 5th, 2013, following in the tradition of Boozecats from 2009 and Sports Balls Replaced With Cats from April 2013[5]. ### What does Brides Throwing Cats mean? It's a visual joke that replaces the wedding bouquet mid-toss with a cat, playing on one of the most recognizable poses in wedding photography[3]. ### How do you use Brides Throwing Cats? People photoshop a cat over the bouquet in a real wedding photo, matching the lighting and motion of the original, then submit it to the blog[6]. ### Is Brides Throwing Cats still popular? The blog's peak attention came in October 2013 when Jezebel, BuzzFeed, Time, and Mashable all covered it within a week[8]. ## References 1. [https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/brides-throwing-cats/]() 2. [https://jezebel.com/brides-throwing-cats-is-your-new-favorite-wedding-cativit-1442892800]() 3. [https://bridesthrowingcats.tumblr.com/]() 4. [https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/10/tumblr-of-the-week-brides-throwing-cats/]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/brides-throwing-cats]() 6. [https://laughingsquid.com/brides-throwing-cats/]() 7. [https://www.buzzfeed.com/mrloganrhoades/brides-throwing-cats]() 8. [https://mashable.com/archive/brides-throwing-cats]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/brides-throwing-cats Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library