4chan Flag Bearers
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About
4chan Flagbearers is the name given to a series of exploitable drawings featuring several standard-bearers. The images are often used to make humorous listings and rankings on countries, ethnicities and other groups.
Origin
It's believed that the first image was posted in Krautchan's international board in late 2010, comparing Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (shown below).
![Balkans CM 父 SERBS CROATS SLOVENES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/119/751/743.png)
However, the earliest known use of a flag bearer image online comes from the Warosu traditional games board, or /tg/, on September 25th, 2013. The image had a lineup of 10 flag bearers, all referencing characters from The Elder Scrolls game universe. The image was then subsequently posted seven more times within Warosu.
![elder scrolls example >criminal scum Skooma BOBMER ReDGUARD KhAJIIT ORC BRETON ALTMER IMPERIAL DUNMER HRGONIHN NORD](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/100/314/aa7.png)
![warosu first usage Anonymous Wed Sep 25 19:21:05 2013 No .27422319 File: 311 KB, 4372x808, races.png [View same] [iadb] [saucenao] [google] [report] ?Ti: rr..… Reminder that unless one of your rulers has achieved godhood, or you can beat the armies of Mehrunes Dagon in a straight-up fight, you are n'wah scum.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/100/313/4c8.png)
Spread
The earliest appearance on 4chan belongs to a thread from the politically incorrect board, /pol/, submitted on July 19th, 2014.[1] In the thread, the submitter posted a template for several standard-bearers, inspiring other users to make their own versions; the thread eventually acquired over 200 comments.
![Earliest use Anonymous Sat 19 Jul 2014 19:35:11 No.32634941 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>32635059 >>32635093 >>32643388 Let's get some of these goin. OC encouraged 100KiB, 1619x754, Flagbearers Template.png View Same Google iqdb SauceNA。 View Same Google SauceNAO Anonymous Sat 19 Jul 2014 19:36:14 No.32634983 Quoted By: >>32641956 >>32668605 iqdb Nazis Rule Fascists Drool.png, 64 KiB, 1300x810 Report View Same Google adb SauceNAO nwo png, 48KiB, 1300x810 Anonymous Sat 19 Jul 2014 19:36:45 No.32635006 Quoted By: >>32664025 Report](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/099/706/882.jpg)
A template was posted on iFunny in Fall 2015, where there are 34 different examples of the meme.[6] A search of "flag bearer on 4plebs pulls in 420 results.[3]
Various Examples
![Korea vs Japan KOREA JAPAN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/099/714/a88.jpg)
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![Modern Germany 6oly Roman Empire of the erman nation (1st Xeícb) German Empire (2nb Xeicb) 3rd Reich Modern Germany](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/099/726/1aa.png)
Template
![Template](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/099/704/d2e.png)
External References
[1] Archive.4plebs – Let's get some of these goin'
[2] Archive.4plebs – Flagbearer thread go!
[3] Archive.4plebs – Search for flagbearer
[4] Warosu – anon's post
[5] Warosu – /tg/ search: races.png
[6] iFunny – flag meme template
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Tags: 4chan, flag, groups, /pol/, /int/, exploitable, ms paint, krautchan, warosu,
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