![Aigis Toaster Toaster with an anime face Aigis from Persona 3](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/036/408/COVER3.jpg)
Aigis Toaster
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About
Aigis Toaster refers to a series of fan art and memes imagining Persona 3 character Aigis as a toaster. The meme received viral spread within the Persona fanbase in 2017 following series of fan art.
Origin
On July 13th, 2006, role-playing video game Persona 3 was released for PlayStation 2 in Japan.[1] In the game, character Aigis,[2] a robot high school student, was introduced (image shown below).
While the exact origin of the jokes about Aigis being a toaster is unknown, the joke has circulated online at least since 2014.[3] The joke stems from a combinations of two factors, including Aigis being a robot character, and the lyric in the song Burn My Dread from the Persona 3 soundtrack being jokingly misinterpreted as "burn my bread."
On December 30th, 2014, GotFunnyPictures[3] user Salvador Lukyanov cataloged one of the earliest memes that referred to Aigis as a toaster (shown below).
![Trust nobody not even your toaster Persona 3 Trust nobody not even your toaster](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/888/802/50f.jpg)
Spread
In the following years, the joke has maintained moderate popularity within the Persona community. In October 2017, the meme saw a surge of popularity among Persona fans; for example, on October 10th, 2017, Twitter[4] user @SuperButterBuns tweeted "Aigis is best toaster," with the tweet gaining over 60 retweets and 290 likes in three years.
On November 7th, 2017, Tumblr[5] user lesserdrawbro posted the earliest viral fan art depicting Aigis as a toaster, with the post gaining over 580 likes and reblogs in three years (shown below, left). On January 9th, 2018, Tumblr[6] user gasp-theenemy posted a 3D render of the drawing (shown below, center and right), with the post gaining over 800 likes and reblogs in three years, with multiple reposts appearing online in the following months.
![Aigis Toaster by lesserdrawbro AUTO OFF ©gusgux](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/004/939/929.png)
![Aigis Toaster by gasp-theenemy](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/004/940/611.png)
![Aigis Holding Aigis Toaster](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/004/942/809.png)
On August 8th, 2019, gasp-theenemy uploaded a video in which they demonstrated a Half-Life 2 based on the meme. The video received over 174,000 views on YouTube[7] and over 115,000 views on Twitter[8] in two years (shown below).
Various Examples
![Creator: "Someone take my tablet away from me" ISNE PRESENTS OASTER](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/960/360/929.jpg)
![Persona 3: The heartfelt story of a door who had no f---- to give, And the toaster who loved him. Man Gets Penis Stuck In Toaster, Firefighters Carry Out Hard Rescue Posted: 10/08/2013 1:44 pm EDT Updated: 10/08/2013 4:49 pm EDT](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/907/708/555.png)
![Consider the following:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/414/929/382.jpg)
![Wait why is it called burn my bread Faz @ScrambledFaz Wait why is it called burn my bread : Persona OST P3 PERSONAB Original Soundtrack Burn My Bread -Last Battle- Lotus Juice, JI|D](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/004/937/4a7.jpg)
![Best toaster](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/377/812/1c0.gif)
![Aigis Toaster by icewings03 OICEWINGSO3.DEVIANTART.COM](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/004/933/d03.png)
Search Interest
External References
[2] Megami Tensei Wiki – Aigis
[3] GotFunnyPictures – Image #888,802
[4] Twitter – @SuperButterBuns
[5] Tumblr – Lesser Drawings
[6] Tumblr – gasp-theenemy
[7] YouTube – A New Way to Toast
[8] Twitter – @gasp_the_enemy
Top Comments
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Jan 28, 2021 at 03:56PM EST
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