# Pusheen Pusheen is a chubby gray tabby cat character created by artists Clare Belton and Andrew Duff for their 2010 webcomic Everyday Cute. She got her own dedicated blog of animated GIFs in February 2011, and her signature bopping walk and snack-obsessed antics made her a viral Tumblr cat character before spawning a merchandise line and a 2013 book deal. ## Origin Pusheen was created by artists Clare Belton and Andrew Duff as a character in their webcomic Everyday Cute, which launched in May 2010[3]. Belton based her on a chubby gray tabby cat from her own childhood and gave her a name derived from the Irish word 'puisín,' meaning 'kitten,' which she had used for her real family cat after adopting it from a shelter[1]. Early Everyday Cute strips followed cartoon versions of Belton, Duff, their yellow dog Carmen and Pusheen herself. On February 26th, 2011, the pair announced a dedicated Pusheen blog at pusheen.com, opening with three animations and a static webcomic about the games Pusheen liked to play[2]. Those first posts each picked up more than 1,500 Tumblr notes, and one bouncing animated GIF passed 7,200 notes by August 2012[3]. - **Platform:** Everyday Cute webcomic / Tumblr (viral spread) - **Creator:** Clare Belton and Andrew Duff - **Date:** 2010 ## Overview Pusheen is drawn as a short, roundish gray tabby with pale stripes, black-dot eyes, tiny arms and a small pink mouth. Her comics and animated GIFs tend to feature simple everyday gags: eating cookies, dressing up in costumes, sitting on warm computers, playing with yarn and generally being a lazy indoor cat[1]. The animation style is deliberately basic, a few frames of bouncing or wiggling that gave her the signature 'bop' walk fans copy in stickers and emoji. The format works because the humor is quiet and character-driven rather than punchline-heavy. Instead of a captioned image macro, most posts are short animated loops or two-to-four-panel comics on a plain background[2]. Urban Dictionary entries sum her up as 'the fattest and laziest cat you'll see,' which captures the affectionate tone of the whole property[4]. ## How to Use People share Pusheen most often as reblogged animated GIFs, Facebook Messenger stickers and small reaction images. Common conventions include using a snack-eating loop to react to food posts, a bouncing walk GIF to signal excitement, and a sleeping or loafing pose to signal laziness. Fan-made 'Pusheen day of the week' outfit comics and dress-up variations are typical of how the format is extended without changing the character. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Pusheen? Pusheen is a chubby gray tabby cat character from the 2010 webcomic Everyday Cute, best known for short animated GIFs of her bopping walk, snack habits and dress-up bits[1]. ### Where did Pusheen come from? Artists Clare Belton and Andrew Duff created Pusheen for their webcomic Everyday Cute in May 2010, then launched a dedicated Pusheen blog on February 26th, 2011[3]. ### What does Pusheen mean? The name comes from the Irish word 'puisín,' meaning 'kitten,' which Belton had used for her real childhood cat adopted from a shelter[1]. ### How do you use Pusheen? People share Pusheen mostly as reblogged animated GIFs, messaging stickers and reaction images to signal cuteness, hunger or lazy-cat energy[2]. ### Is Pusheen still popular? Pusheen is a Tumblr-era classic that grew into an active licensed brand of stickers, plushes and books, with a Facebook page that passed one million likes by 2013[3]. ## References 1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120617154639/http://storyboard.tumblr.com/post/25155724981/pusheen-the-cat-tells-all-like-most-members-of]() 2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180515015833/https://www.pusheen.com:80/post/25113235004]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pusheen]() 4. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pusheen]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/pusheen Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library