![Go, Do a Crime An image of the original raccoon picture with the caption.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/042/280/dc.jpg)
Go, Do a Crime
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About
Go, Do a Crime refers to an image of a person giving a handgun to a raccoon captioned, "Go, do a crime." The image was posted to Twitter in 2021 and became an exploitable redraw format over the following months, depicting an unknown person giving a gun to a well-known character.
Origin
On September 5th, 2021, Twitter[1] user @sweetraccoons posted an image of an off-camera person giving a gun to a raccoon, captioned with a text banner, "Go, do a crime" (shown below, left). The post gained over 211,000 likes and 35,000 retweets in a year. The meme gained viral spread over the following days. On September 8th, Minecraft streamer Tommyinnit posted a screenshot of a Discord conversation to Twitter[2] with Wilbur Soot where Soot sends him the image, garnering over 289,000 likes and 8,300 retweets in a year (shown below, right).
![Go, Do a Crime Raccoon meme (original) Go, do a crime.](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Tommyinnit Wilbur Soot go do a crime racoon meme TommyInnit @tommyinnit BIG POG WilburSoot Yesterday at 4:46 PM Go, do a crime. ... me passing down the dirty crime boy title to you (edited) TommyInnit Yesterday at 4:53 PM Really???](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/459/079/af8.jpg)
On September 15th, Twitter[3] user @willump posted a redraw of the meme replacing the raccoon with Neco Arc, garnering over 4,000 likes and 1,400 retweets in a year (shown below). This is the first known redraw of the meme.
![go do a crime little gremlin](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Spread
On November 26th, 2021, Twitter[4] user @raccoonhourly reposted the original meme, garnering over 197,000 likes and 30,000 retweets in 11 months. On April 8th, 2022, Facebook[5] page Otaku For Life posted a redraw replacing the raccoon with Gawr Gura, garnering over 1,300 shares and 3,300 reactions in six months (shown below, left). On August 23rd, Twitter[6] user @todosmeIapelan posted a version using the Sonic Frontiers character Sage, garnering over 600 likes in two months (shown below, right).
![go do a crime gawr gura Go, do a crime.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/459/082/ae6.jpg)
![Sage does a crime q 23-08-22 SOUNDOG 2031/ A go, do a crime.](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
On September 19th, Twitter[7] user @pan14_sub posted a redraw replacing the raccoon with Rebecca from Edgerunners, garnering over 4,000 likes in a month (shown below).
![Time to commit warcrimes Go, do a crime.](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Various Examples
![go do a crime lil buddy by Twitter user @Gilgummybear 0 Go, do a crime, lil' buddy @Gilgummybear PLEASE DON'T EPOSTARACE/COLOR/CLAIM USE/ETC Gil ummy bear](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![go do a crime furry edition Go, do a crime.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/459/089/9c9.jpg)
![raccoon girl does a crime c Go, do a crime. E O](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Kasumi Yoshizawa go do a crime meme Go, do a crime.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/459/104/e05.jpg)
![Spyro, Go Do a Crime Go, do a crime. 31 Wa Moggly](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/459/106/c98.jpg)
![lil panda go do crime Go, do a crime. Helbeglin](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/459/107/147.jpeg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter β sweetraccoons
[2] Twitter β tommyinnit
[4] Twitter β raccoonhourly
[5] Facebook β Go forth and make me proud
[6] Twitter β FUNTIMEDELUXEGO
Top Comments
Quiet_boi
Oct 14, 2022 at 04:41PM EDT
DocPropane
Oct 15, 2022 at 06:48AM EDT