# Scorpion and Frog Scorpion and Frog is an exploitable image macro based on the Aesop-style fable, showing a scorpion riding on a frog's back as they cross a river. The illustration took hold as a meme format in January 2021 after an iFunny user captioned it with the scorpion laughing off the frog's panic. By March 2021, Monster Hunter World fans were redrawing the pair as a Hunter and a Vespoid for in-game jokes. ## Origin The fable itself has circulated for over a century, and a motion graphics telling was uploaded to YouTube by the channel GangusKitty, which gathered roughly 120,000 views over nine years[5]. The template image for the meme comes from a diagram uploaded to Wikimedia Commons on February 4, 2020, by editor Kurzon for the Wikipedia article on the story[4]. The earliest known meme edit of the illustration appeared on January 9, 2021, when iFunny user GoodSamaritin posted a version in which the frog voices concern and the scorpion replies with "lol" and "lmao"[1]. That post picked up 48 likes across seven months before the format moved to other sites[3]. - **Platform:** iFunny (first meme edit) / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** GoodSamaritin (iFunny, earliest known meme edit) - **Date:** 2021 ## Overview The format places the frog as the earnest, sympathetic party and the scorpion as an aggressor who waves off consequences. People Photoshop faces, logos, or dialogue onto the two animals and let the fable's doomed river trip carry the punchline[3]. Captions often give the frog a worried line while the scorpion answers with something dismissive like "lol" or "lmao," borrowing the fatalism of the original story and translating it into current internet speech[1]. Styles range from minimal text layered on the plain Wikipedia illustration to heavier redraws that turn both characters into video game monsters, fandom mascots, or politicians[4]. A viewer only gets the joke if they already know the ending, where the scorpion stings the frog midway across the water and dooms them both[5]. ## How to Use A typical post keeps the Wikipedia diagram intact and adds captioned dialogue above each animal, with the frog saying something sincere or worried and the scorpion answering flippantly. Heavier edits replace the animals' heads with faces of public figures, fictional characters, or fandom targets, letting the story's ending supply the implied punchline[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Scorpion and Frog? Scorpion and Frog is an exploitable image macro based on the fable of the same name, showing a scorpion on a frog's back during a river crossing, with captions or face edits layered over the two animals[3]. ### Where did Scorpion and Frog come from? The template is a Wikipedia illustration uploaded by editor Kurzon on February 4, 2020[4], first used as a meme by iFunny user GoodSamaritin on January 9, 2021[1]. ### What does Scorpion and Frog mean? The frog stands in for a sincere or trusting party while the scorpion stands in for an aggressor who harms others out of nature despite dooming themselves too, matching the fable's grim moral[5]. ### How do you use Scorpion and Frog? People add text or edit faces onto the frog and scorpion, with the frog typically voicing worry and the scorpion answering dismissively, as in the original iFunny post with "lol" and "lmao"[1]. ### Is Scorpion and Frog still popular? The format saw its main run in early 2021 across iFunny and Reddit, including a Monster Hunter World edit that drew 2,100 upvotes on /r/MonsterHunterWorld[6], and still sees occasional reuse[3]. ## References 1. [https://ifunny.co/picture/b-we-shall-both-said-the-frog-lol-said-the-qbAqJBhH8]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubehaiku/comments/l03zik/haiku_but_now_we_shall_both_surely_drown/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/scorpion-and-frog]() 4. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scorpion_and_the_frog_kurzon.png]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H4knv_KsPk]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunterWorld/comments/lz6u2h/every_time/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/scorpion-and-frog Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library