# Speedycat Speedycat is a yellow cat flash animation that spun out of a late-2005 4chan IRC typo, set to a Beatmania IIDX Engrish track and mirrored across early meme sites. The clickable moon that sent her into 'Warp Speed' made her one of 4chan's early cat mascots alongside Longcat. ## Origin According to the Urban Dictionary account that circulated with the animation, the name Speedycat came from a late-2005 typo inside a 4chan IRC channel that regulars had nicknamed 'speedychat' for its constant spam[3]. An anonymous user misspelled it as 'Speedycat,' and another user quickly built a flash animation of a yellow cat streaking through space and posted it back to 4chan[7]. The soundtrack was pulled from 'SPEEDY CAT' by Y&Co., released on the Konami rhythm game Beatmania IIDX 11: IIDX RED in 2005[2]. The original animator has never been identified. - **Platform:** 4chan (IRC and imageboard) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2005 ## Overview The Speedycat flash shows a small yellow cat zooming through a starry space background while the Y&Co. track 'SPEEDY CAT' plays on loop[1]. Clicking the moon inside the animation triggers a 'Warp Speed' sequence where the cat accelerates with flashing lights and the song plays at double speed[3]. The visual joke is barely more than a sprite over a scrolling starfield, but the Engrish chorus, 'Give you my desire... Splendid like a fire...,' turned it into a repeat-play earworm[7]. The tagline 'Speedycat is speedy' echoes the Longcat template 'Longcat is loooong,' and Dagobah commenters explicitly paired the two, writing 'Speedycat is as speedy as Longcat is loooong' underneath mirrors of the flash[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Speedycat? A yellow cat flash animation set to a Beatmania IIDX song, best known for the tagline 'Speedycat is speedy' and a clickable moon that sends her into 'Warp Speed'[3]. ### Where did Speedycat come from? A late-2005 4chan IRC typo of 'speedychat' as 'Speedycat,' which prompted an anonymous user to build the flash and post it back to 4chan[3]. ### What does Speedycat mean? The name itself is a typo, and the phrase 'Speedycat is speedy' copies the Longcat template 'Longcat is loooong' applied to a fast-moving yellow cat[1]. ### How do you use Speedycat? Fans typically share the original flash on hosts like Dagobah, quote the 'Speedycat is speedy' line, or pair her with Longcat as a matched cat mascot[1]. ### Is Speedycat still popular? No. She was already being called a forgotten meme in a 2007 /b/ thread[6], and later activity is limited to old-flash archives and stray comments[1]. ## References 1. [https://dagobah.biz/flash/speedycat.swf]() 2. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatmania_IIDX_11_IIDXRED]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/speedycat]() 4. [http://meowmeowlol.ytmnd.com/]() 5. [https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/355421]() 6. [http://chanarchive.com/4chan/b/891/memes-time-has-forgotten?style=gray-ish#45132910]() 7. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=speedycat]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/speedycat Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library