# Kerfus Kerfuś is a cat-faced Pudu Robotics BellaBot deployed at Polish Carrefour supermarkets that went viral in September and October 2022. Clips of the meowing, obstacle-dodging service robot spread from TikTok to Twitter and Reddit, spawning wholesome fan art, exploitable templates, and a dedicated subreddit. ## Overview Kerfuś is a service robot stationed inside Polish Carrefour supermarkets that became a viral meme in October 2022. The robot itself is a BellaBot, a cat-faced hospitality unit made by Shenzhen-based Pudu Robotics[1]. Polish shoppers nicknamed it Kerfuś, a portmanteau of Carrefour with a Polish diminutive suffix, after clips of the meowing, obstacle-dodging robot spread on TikTok and Twitter[4]. The meme cluster leans wholesome. Fan artists drew Kerfuś with Pepsi and KFC logos and treated the robot as a sweet character rather than a corporate machine[7]. NSFW and Rule 34 output surfaced within days of the initial spread, tying the robot to broader robot fetish art trends[8]. ## How It Spread Hours after the Carrefour post, TikToker @khghjvfrh posted the first non-promotional Kerfuś clip, which pulled around 532,700 plays and 65,200 likes over the next month[4]. Twitter caught on the next day; user @gutekofiszjal tweeted a Kerfuś photo captioned 'Taki słodziak podał mi pizzę' ('Such a sweetie gave me a pizza,' translated from Polish), reaching roughly 6,800 likes in a month[5]. Reddit lagged by about three weeks. The dedicated /r/kerfus subreddit went up on October 18th, 2022[6], and Polish subs like /r/Polska_wpz filled with Drakeposting edits and image macros that same day[7]. Fan art escalated fast: Twitter user @POCHOWEK drew Kerfuś with two knives on October 13th, and @PaulMcIcedTea's NSFW rendition on October 19th cleared 10,900 likes in a day[8]. ## How to Use Kerfuś images typically show the robot's tablet-face edited with brand logos (Pepsi and KFC are common) or dropped into exploitable templates like Drakeposting[7]. Polish captions and pet-language endearments are a common convention rather than a strict rule. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Kerfus? Kerfuś is a cat-faced Pudu Robotics BellaBot deployed in Polish Carrefour supermarkets that became a viral meme after clips of it greeting customers spread on TikTok in September 2022[1]. ### Where did Kerfus come from? Carrefour Polska introduced the robot on its Warsaw Facebook page on September 22nd, 2022, and TikToker @khghjvfrh's non-promotional clip the same day made the nickname stick[2][4]. ### What does Kerfus mean? The name is a Polish diminutive form of Carrefour, coined by Carrefour Polska itself when the store announced the robot as a 'new team member'[2]. ### How do you use Kerfus? People typically edit the robot's tablet-face with brand logos like Pepsi and KFC, draw fan art, or drop screenshots into exploitable formats like Drakeposting[7]. ### Is Kerfus still popular? The viral peak was October 2022 across Polish TikTok, Twitter, and Reddit, and Kerfuś is now considered a classic piece of Polish internet culture rather than active trending content[7]. ## References 1. [https://www.pudurobotics.com/en/products/bellabot]() 2. [https://www.facebook.com/CarrefourPolska/]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/@PuduRobotics]() 4. [https://www.tiktok.com/@khghjvfrh]() 5. [https://twitter.com/gutekofiszjal]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/kerfus/]() 7. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kerfus]() 8. [https://twitter.com/PaulMcIcedTea]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/kerfus Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library