# I've Only Had Arlo For A Day And A Half "I've Only Had Arlo For A Day And A Half" is a quote from a January 2016 Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode where Rosa Diaz tearfully declares her love for a puppy she just received, vowing to kill everyone in the room and then herself if anything happened to him. Fans on Tumblr picked up the line in 2017, photoshopping Arlo's face onto anime and video game characters to express instant, protective attachment. By 2019, the reveal of Pokémon Sword and Shield produced a crop of Scorbunny edits in the same template. ## Origin On January 19, 2016, Fox aired "9 Days," the twelfth episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine's third season[3]. In the subplot, Rosa Diaz tries to cheer Charles Boyle by handing him a puppy named Arlo as a replacement for his late dog Jason; Charles refuses, so Rosa ends up with the dog herself. At a surprise funeral for Jason, Rosa delivers the now-famous speech explaining how one and a half days with Arlo helped her understand Charles's grief[1]. The earliest preserved copy of the speech online is a TVGag page hosting four MP4 clips from the funeral scene, the last two of which contain the full quote[2]. An early animated GIF of the line also circulated on a since-deactivated Tumblr account[3]. - **Platform:** Fox (source) / Tumblr (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2016 ## Overview Posts usually feature the exact subtitled shots from Rosa's funeral speech[1], with the puppy's face replaced by a character or creature the poster has fallen for. Some versions swap both Rosa and Arlo for characters from the same fandom[7], often to signal a protective relationship like mentor-and-mentee or senior-and-junior. Earnest and melodramatic in tone, captions tend to mirror Rosa's threat to "kill everyone in this room and then myself." Typical subjects include newly announced game characters or small cartoon animals, and Arlo's line works as a one-line reaction when something cute or unexpectedly endearing debuts[6]. ## How to Use A common convention is to take the two-panel subtitled screenshot of Rosa's speech and paste a new face over Arlo, so that the poster stands in for Rosa and the character fills the puppy role. Two-character versions also work: swap Rosa for an older or stronger character and Arlo for a younger one they would protect. Captions often add a tagline about a recent announcement or episode, like the "borb" line used for Feh in Fire Emblem Heroes[6]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is I've Only Had Arlo For A Day And A Half? It is a Brooklyn Nine-Nine quote by Rosa Diaz about her new puppy Arlo, used online as a reaction template for instant, protective love for a character or animal[3]. ### Where did I've Only Had Arlo For A Day And A Half come from? The line comes from "9 Days," the twelfth episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine's third season, broadcast on Fox on January 19, 2016[1]. ### What does I've Only Had Arlo For A Day And A Half mean? It signals that the speaker has become instantly attached to a newly introduced character or thing and would, in Rosa's words, "kill everyone in this room and then myself" to protect them[2]. ### How do you use I've Only Had Arlo For A Day And A Half? Posters typically paste a character's face over Arlo in the subtitled screenshot, or swap both Rosa and Arlo for two characters from the same fandom[7]. ### Is I've Only Had Arlo For A Day And A Half still popular? It is a classic Tumblr format with waves of use tied to new releases, including a round of Pokémon Sword and Shield Scorbunny edits in 2019[3]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56kcLMRkoBQ]() 2. [https://tvgag.com/gag/ive-only-had-arlo-for-a-day-and-a-half/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ive-only-had-arlo-for-a-day-and-a-half]() 4. [https://www.reddit.com/r/brooklynninenine/comments/84nfe8/rosa_and_arlo/]() 5. [https://orojackson.com/threads/one-post-per-day-one-piece-funny-pictures-memes.2014/page-240#post-2250344]() 6. [https://crystalzenaida.tumblr.com/post/163513139705/they-gave-the-borb-a-voice-she-must-be-protected]() 7. [https://help-what-do-i-name-my-blog.tumblr.com/post/159056551746/their-post-competition-relationship-in-a-nutshell]() 8. [https://galacticonejos.tumblr.com/post/163263225802/missing-scene-from-when-kirishima-visited-fatgums]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/ive-only-had-arlo-for-a-day-and-a-half Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library