Dragon Dildos

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Dragon Dildos are fantasy-shaped adult toys sold by Bad-Dragon that became notorious online after their 2008 launch, spreading as 4chan shock images, greentext punchlines, and bait-and-switch unboxing gags across gaming boards and Reddit.

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Overview

Dragon Dildos are fantasy-shaped silicone adult toys sold by the company Bad-Dragon, designed to resemble the anatomy of dragons and other exotic or mythical creatures2. Photos of the toys spread far beyond their intended buyer base and turned into recurring shock-image material on 4chan, Reddit, and Tumblr3.

The toys are usually molded in bright, unnatural colors with heavily textured reptilian detailing, which is a big part of why photos of them work so well as visual gags1. On 4chan boards like /v/ and /b/, dragon dildos are a staple of bait-and-switch unboxing threads, where a photo teased as an innocuous package reveal turns out to be a Bad-Dragon product instead3.

How It Spread

In May 2009, humor site Cracked ranked Bad-Dragon's 'Drippy Dragon' at number 12 on its list '18 More of the World's Most Disturbing Sex Toys,' giving the brand its first big mainstream write-up1. Urban Dictionary picked up the term in July 2010 when user Theroguesmiler submitted an entry describing the products in graphic terms4. By April 2011 an Encyclopedia Dramatica entry existed, and that July the blog Geekologie ran a bewildered piece called 'Fake Dragon Wieners' about the store3.

The images crossed into gamer circles in November 2011 after a 4chan /v/ unboxing thread showed two Bad-Dragon toys colored to match The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Redditor N4N4KI reposted the photo on November 11, 2011, and the thread pulled over 3,800 upvotes and 480 comments before archival3. Days later, Destructoid released a podcast episode titled 'Twilight Dragonpussy' using the same Skyrim image as its cover art3.

Dragon dildos are still a fixture of 4chan bait-and-switch trolling long after that peak, with users teasing gift or delivery reveals that turn out to be a Bad-Dragon package3. The Tumblr tag 'dragon dildo' also collected years of reblogged photos, reactions, and jokes3.

How to Use This Meme

The typical dragon dildo post is a bait-and-switch: a poster hypes an unboxing, a mystery gift, or a preorder bonus reveal, then drops a photo of a Bad-Dragon toy as the payoff3. On 4chan /v/, this format is often bolted onto video-game news, with the Skyrim-colored pair from November 2011 being the common reference point3.

Frequently Asked Questions

Dragon Dildos

2008shock imageclassic

Dragon Dildos are fantasy-shaped adult toys sold by Bad-Dragon that became notorious online after their 2008 launch, spreading as 4chan shock images, greentext punchlines, and bait-and-switch unboxing gags across gaming boards and Reddit.

shock humor memes bait and switch memes 4chan memes hornyposting memes late 2000s memes

Overview

Dragon Dildos are fantasy-shaped silicone adult toys sold by the company Bad-Dragon, designed to resemble the anatomy of dragons and other exotic or mythical creatures2. Photos of the toys spread far beyond their intended buyer base and turned into recurring shock-image material on 4chan, Reddit, and Tumblr3.

The toys are usually molded in bright, unnatural colors with heavily textured reptilian detailing, which is a big part of why photos of them work so well as visual gags1. On 4chan boards like /v/ and /b/, dragon dildos are a staple of bait-and-switch unboxing threads, where a photo teased as an innocuous package reveal turns out to be a Bad-Dragon product instead3.

How It Spread

In May 2009, humor site Cracked ranked Bad-Dragon's 'Drippy Dragon' at number 12 on its list '18 More of the World's Most Disturbing Sex Toys,' giving the brand its first big mainstream write-up1. Urban Dictionary picked up the term in July 2010 when user Theroguesmiler submitted an entry describing the products in graphic terms4. By April 2011 an Encyclopedia Dramatica entry existed, and that July the blog Geekologie ran a bewildered piece called 'Fake Dragon Wieners' about the store3.

The images crossed into gamer circles in November 2011 after a 4chan /v/ unboxing thread showed two Bad-Dragon toys colored to match The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Redditor N4N4KI reposted the photo on November 11, 2011, and the thread pulled over 3,800 upvotes and 480 comments before archival3. Days later, Destructoid released a podcast episode titled 'Twilight Dragonpussy' using the same Skyrim image as its cover art3.

Dragon dildos are still a fixture of 4chan bait-and-switch trolling long after that peak, with users teasing gift or delivery reveals that turn out to be a Bad-Dragon package3. The Tumblr tag 'dragon dildo' also collected years of reblogged photos, reactions, and jokes3.

How to Use This Meme

The typical dragon dildo post is a bait-and-switch: a poster hypes an unboxing, a mystery gift, or a preorder bonus reveal, then drops a photo of a Bad-Dragon toy as the payoff3. On 4chan /v/, this format is often bolted onto video-game news, with the Skyrim-colored pair from November 2011 being the common reference point3.

Frequently Asked Questions