![Bad Joke Eel Bad Joke Eel](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/square/000/008/356/moray.jpg)
Bad Joke Eel
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About
Bad Joke Eel is an advice animal image macro series featuring a close-up photograph of a Moray eel with various captions delivering unfunny puns and jokes, very similar to Lame Pun Coon.
Origin
The photograph[1] (shown on left) was originally taken by Jeffrey N. Jeffords while scuba diving in the Philippines for his site, Dive Gallery.[2] The first known image macro instance (shown on right) was posted via AdviceAnimals subreddit on January 12th, 2012. The thread[6] reached the frontpage of Reddit and the image has been viewed over 400,000 times in the first four days.
![71e.jpg Copyright](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/234/772/71e.jpg)
![dc8.jpg YOU CAN TUNE A PIANO, BUT YOU CAN'T TUNA FISH! AMIRITE Copyright](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/234/768/dc8.jpg)
Prior to becoming associated with the title "Bad Joke Eel" on Reddit, the same image was used as a punchline for the phrase "That's amore" by a commenter on FARK[3] forum on October 13th, 2009 and in an image macro on the humor site So Much Pun[4] on January 25th, 2011. The series shares similar characteristics with several image macros including Lame Pun Coon and Chemistry Cat.
Spread
The Quickmeme entry[5] for "Bad Joke Eel" was created on the same day of original Reddit post, spawning over 700 instances on the site in four days. A variety of derivative instances were soon posted on a number of internet humor blogs like I Can Has Cheezburger[9], Sad and Useless[8], Tastefully Offensive[11], FunnyJunk[12] and BuzzFeed[10] among others. Additional image macros has been posted on various Tumblr blogs[13], which can be tracked with the hashtag #Bad Joke Eel.
Notable Examples
![25d.jpg I'M ON A SEAFOOD DIET ISEE FOOD LEAT IT Copyright](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/234/787/25d.jpg)
![d60.jpg WHAT DOES A MERMAID WEAR TO MATH CLASS? AN ALGAE-BRA Copyright](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/234/785/d60.jpg)
![d3e.jpg HOW MANY MEXICANS DOES IT TAKETO CHANGEALIGHTBULB? JUST JUAN Copyright](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/234/769/d3e.jpg)
![622.jpg WHAT DO YOU CALLA FISH WITH NO EYESP A FSH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/234/810/622.jpg)
![32a.jpg WHAT DID THE FISH SAY WHEN IT RANINTOAWALL? DAM Copyright](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/234/791/32a.jpg)
![567.jpg CAN FEBRUARY MARCH? NO. BUT APRILMA](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/234/821/567.jpg)
Search Interest
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External References
[3] Fark – When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's a moran
[4] So Much Pun – Um, Correction…
[5] QuickMeme – Bad Joke Eel
[6] Reddit – Bad Joke Eel
[7] Reddit – Search Results for Bad Joke Eel
[8] Sad and Useless – Bad Joke Eel
[9] I Can Has Cheezburger – Bad Joke Eel: Timely and Shocking
[10] BuzzFeed – The Best / Worst of Bad Joke Eel
[11] Tumblr – Tastefully Offensive
[12] FunnyJunk – Bad Joke Eel
[13] Tumblr – Search Results for Bad Joke Eel
Top Comments
A. Zero vs. Inferno
Jan 17, 2012 at 05:34PM EST
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Jan 16, 2012 at 05:54PM EST