Frisbee Doge

About

"Frisbee Doge" refers to a humorous image of a dog getting hit in the face by a frisbee. The image is frequently used in photoshops and is typically accompanied by the phrase RIP in Peace, in reference to the dog supposedly being killed by the frisbee.

Origin

The image originates from a post to /r/funny by Reddit user ozone_one of their dog "Mango" on January 21st, 2013 entitled "For my cake day, I would like to show you the EXACT moment my dog decided he was done playing Catch The Frisbee".^[1] The post has since gained over 1,600 points (95% upvoted). The image was later reposted by ozone_one to /r/PerfectTiming, where it gained almost 4 thousand points (95% upvoted).^[2]

Spread

A video of a picture of Frisbee Doge paired with a sad anime background was uploaded to YouTube on June 11th, 2013 and has since gained over 100 thousand views. On February 17th, 2013 a post was made to /r/photoshopbattles of the image by user JohnTheRockCena entitled "Doge vs. Frisbee."^[3] The post has since gained over
2 thousand points (87% upvoted).^[3] A Facebook community entitled "Frisbee Doge" was later created on November 29th, 2013 and has since gained over 6 thousand likes.^[4]

Death

In February, 2016, Mango passed away at the age of 14 of old age after several health problems. The news was posted by the owner ozone_one to /r/funny in a post titled "RIP Mango aka Frisbee Doge – for real", which has since garnered over 176 points .^[5] Mango's owner stated in a comment on the post that the dog had been ill, and so they put him to sleep. Tributes were posted on many dog meme blogs, including Facebook groups like Obscure Dog Images, which garnered more than 700 reactions (below), and the Frisbee Doge group, which received more than 3,900 reactions.^[7] The Daily Dot wrote a eulogy.^[6]

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