# Butterdog Butterdog, also spelled Butter Dog, is the nickname for a brown dog filmed with a single-serve butter packet balanced on its head while thrashing a red toy, as its owner mumbles 'dog with the butter on him, dog with the butter.' iFunny user coal uploaded the clip on September 23, 2020, and within a month fan artists on Twitter and reposters on Instagram had turned it into a wholesome ironic staple. By October 29, 2020, YouTuber Lessons in Meme Culture had posted an explainer that drew over 107,000 views in its first day. ## Origin On September 23, 2020, iFunny user coal uploaded a short video of their brown dog standing with an individual butter packet balanced on its head, while off-camera the owner says 'dog with the butter on him, dog with the butter' in a flat, mumbled voice[1]. The dog ignores the butter entirely and instead attacks a red and green object that looks like a tug or chew toy. The post collected more than 2,900 smiles on iFunny over the following month before being lifted onto other platforms[6]. - **Platform:** iFunny (origin) / Twitter and Instagram (viral spread) - **Creator:** iFunny user coal - **Date:** 2020 ## Overview What makes the clip stick is the mismatch between the dog's aggressive thrashing of the red toy and the owner's flat, mumbled narration. The butter packet stays balanced on the dog's head through the whole bit, while the voice off-camera keeps looping 'dog with the butter on him, dog with the butter' without ever changing tone. KYM compared the delivery to the earlier Salami Lid video, which uses the same kind of plain, matter-of-fact description of what is physically on an animal[6]. Instead of becoming a text template, Butterdog spread as reposts of the clip and as fan art. Twitter user RinCDot posted an illustration on October 23, 2020[2], and some_ape followed the next day with a different stylized take[3]. Remix accounts also layered the original audio over animations and still artwork, and alternate spellings like 'Butta Dawg' and 'Butterdawg' circulated alongside the standard name. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Butterdog? Butterdog is the nickname for a brown dog filmed with a single-serve butter packet balanced on its head while thrashing a red toy, as the owner narrates 'dog with the butter on him, dog with the butter'[1]. ### Where did Butterdog come from? iFunny user coal uploaded the original clip on September 23, 2020, and it collected over 2,900 smiles on the platform within a month[1][6]. ### What does Butterdog mean? The name is a literal description taken from the owner's narration about the butter packet sitting on the dog's head, with alternate spellings like 'Butta Dawg' circulating in fan posts[3]. ### How do you use Butterdog? People typically share the original clip, post fan art of the dog in different styles, or layer the mumbled narration audio over animated edits, as ArtistNcs did on Twitter[8]. ### Is Butterdog still popular? Butterdog is a classic 2020 wholesome ironic meme that peaked on October 29, 2020, when a Lessons in Meme Culture explainer drew more than 107,000 views in a day[7]. ## References 1. [https://ifunny.co/video/3iaE15G08]() 2. [https://twitter.com/RinCDot/status/1319786096637730817]() 3. [https://twitter.com/some_ape/status/1320168267227537414]() 4. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CGxhL54JHAw/]() 5. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2zfcXCbo8/]() 6. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/butterdog]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNYt17Z8QD0]() 8. [https://twitter.com/ArtistNcs/status/1321922295225556992]() 9. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lEfBU3ikN4]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/butterdog Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library