# Groyper Groyper is a chubby Pepe the Frog drawing that alt-right Twitter accounts embraced as a profile avatar starting in 2017, and later the label for a far-right movement led by political commentator Nicholas J. Fuentes[1]. The Groyper Army broke into national news in late 2019 by heckling Turning Point USA events with pointed questions about Israel, immigration, and LGBTQ issues[1]. ## Origin The name "Groyper" first surfaced on 4chan on February 28th, 2015, in an /r9k/ post by a user calling themselves "Big Dog Groyper", and the chin-on-hands Pepe drawing that later took the name was posted to 4chan's /v/ board on March 25th, 2016[2]. When exactly the image and the word attached to each other is not documented, but the two were treated as one meme by 2017. - **Platform:** 4chan (image) / Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview The Groyper image is a plump Pepe leaning forward with his hands laced beneath his chin, a pose that reads as smug, contemplative, or vaguely menacing depending on the caption[3]. Fans edit the frog into themed outfits and settings, producing variants like priest Groyper, cowboy Groyper, and Nordic Groyper, all built off the same expression[1]. The word "Groyper" also works as a self-label for followers of Nicholas J. Fuentes, whose politics mix Catholic traditionalism, hardline immigration restriction, and open hostility to what the group brands "Conservative Inc"[1]. Adopting the frog as an avatar signals allegiance to that faction rather than to mainstream Republican pundits like Ben Shapiro or Charlie Kirk[1]. ## How It Spread By mid-2017, the drawing was moving off 4chan and onto Reddit, YouTube, and Twitter. On July 28th, 2017, YouTuber Savickas uploaded a Groyper hypnosis video, Reddit user depressingmidget posted a Groyper-Wojak hybrid to /r/wojak that same month, and the @that_groyper Twitter feed also launched in July[2]. Over the following weeks, alt-right accounts began swapping their profile pictures for Groyper edits, turning the frog into an avatar for the online far right[1]. The name jumped from image board joke to political label in 2019, when the Groyper Army, fronted by Nicholas J. Fuentes, started ambushing Turning Point USA campus events with pointed questions about Israel, immigration, and LGBTQ issues, hoping to force speakers into answers that could be clipped online as evidence of "fake conservatism"[1]. Vox reported that the network targeted a slate of mainstream figures including Ben Shapiro, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Charlie Kirk, and Donald Trump Jr., whom groypers heckled at a California event in November 2019[1]. The flashpoint came on October 29th, 2019, when attendees derailed a Charlie Kirk event at Ohio State with an anti-Israel question, and Twitter user @EdwardBChang coined "Groyper War" the following day to describe the pattern of ambushes[2]. Vox and other outlets covered the group as a real factional fight over the direction of campus conservatism, not a fringe stunt[1]. ## How to Use Groyper is typically used as a Twitter or 4chan profile avatar or as a smug reaction image in political threads. A common convention is to keep the chin-on-hands pose and swap the setting or wardrobe, adding hats, robes, or outfits that reference a specific subculture such as Catholic Groyper, cowboy Groyper, or Nordic Groyper[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Groyper? Groyper is an exploitable Pepe the Frog drawing of the frog resting his chin on interlinked hands, and also the name of a far-right online movement led by Nicholas J. Fuentes[1]. ### Where did Groyper come from? The word first appeared on 4chan on February 28th, 2015, and the matching Pepe illustration was posted to 4chan's /v/ board on March 25th, 2016[2]. ### What does Groyper mean? Depending on context, "Groyper" refers either to the chubby Pepe image or to a follower of the Fuentes-led Groyper Army of nationalist conservatives who oppose mainstream Republican figures[1]. ### How do you use Groyper? People typically use Groyper as a Twitter profile avatar or as a reaction image, often editing the frog into themed outfits like priest, cowboy, or Nordic Groyper[3]. ### Is Groyper still popular? As of Vox's late 2019 reporting, the image was in active use as an alt-right Twitter avatar and the Groyper Army was disrupting Turning Point USA events across the country[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/11/20948317/alt-right-donald-trump-jr-conservative-tpusa-yaf-racism-antisemitism]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/groyper]() 3. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Groyper]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/groyper Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library