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Hipster Mermaid / Hipster Ariel
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About
Hipster Ariel (a.k.a Hipster Mermaid) is an Advice Animal image macro series featuring a screenshot of Ariel from Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid and a superimposed caption poking fun at hipsterisms, in similar vein to Hipster Kitty.
Origin
The original image comes from the 1989 Disney animated film The Little Mermaid[10], which was based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name. Blogger Braden Graeber[1] is credited as the creator of Hipster Mermaid on the F Yeah Hipster Ariel Tumblr[2], where the earliest known instance was posted on February 2nd, 2011.
Hi, my name's Braden. A little over a week ago. I photoshopped raybans on ariel and posted it as my facebook profile picture (I have red hair and wear raybans) and onto my tumblr. I posted a few more versions with all-caps Helvetica captions. The rest is meme history…
Graeber also operates related social media accounts like Twitter[3] and Facebook[4] pages for "Hipster Mermaid" macros.
Spread
From Tumblr, the image macro series quickly spread elsewhere in February 2011, getting picked up by social media aggregators like Reddit[5], BuzzFeed[6] and MemeBase[7] as well as image generator sites like MemeGenerator[8] and Quickmeme[9]. The series was also highlighted by a number of news sites and daily blogs such as Time Magazine[11] and New York Magazine[12] and Urlesque[13].
Although the captions shared some overlap with previous Hipster Kitty image macros, Ariel's iconic image struck a chord with the Internet's childhood nostalgia. Its popularity soon surpassed that of the former series and went on to inspire a number of other hipster Disney characters spin-offs.
Notable Instances
![tumblr_lgeohwutdx1qzptwgo1_400.png STROLLINGAROUND DOWNTHE WHATS WHAT WORD AGAIN? BEDFORD](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/098/896/tumblr_lgeohwutdx1qzptwgo1_400.png?1318992465)
![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/098/689/tumblr_lgfdnrBJRI1qagc53o1_400.jpg?1318992465)
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![tumblr_lgboe7omaG1qgk1guo1_400.jpg IT'S A DINGLEHOPPER ERIC NEVERMIND. YOUVE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OFIT memagenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/098/961/tumblr_lgboe7omaG1qgk1guo1_400.jpg?1318992465)
![tumblr_lgeuns6LZA1qz7fz0o1_400.jpg IWANT TO BE WHERE THE PBR nerator.not](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/098/674/tumblr_lgeuns6LZA1qz7fz0o1_400.jpg?1318992465)
![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/098/698/tumblr_lgdcxnEUgO1qh1wczo1_400.jpg?1318992465)
![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/098/709/tumblr_lgc1i5z5wd1qzj6y3o1_400.jpg?1318992465)
![tumblr_lg3pocYXna1qgk1guo1_400.jpg DO I GO THRIFTING? HAVE YOU SEEN MY CAVERN? 0](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/098/895/tumblr_lg3pocYXna1qgk1guo1_400.jpg?1318992465)
![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/098/708/tumblr_lgd7qttytf1qzmpcz.jpg?1318992465)
Cosplayers
![2992415.jpg ANIME AMIMEX ANIME X](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/179/544/2992415.jpg?1317233183)
![tumblr_li8ot6Qf7I1qdpz1wo1_500.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/179/545/tumblr_li8ot6Qf7I1qdpz1wo1_500.jpg?1317233201)
![tumblr_llpy71JMR81qbf0z9o1_500.jpg LLER TH ISTOO CURREN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/179/546/tumblr_llpy71JMR81qbf0z9o1_500.jpg?1317233221)
![hipster_ariel_by_oooholliooo-d3eri1c.jpg PHOTOGRAPHY](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/179/548/hipster_ariel_by_oooholliooo-d3eri1c.jpg?1317233275)
![hipster_ariel_by_noofcoursenot-d48t4gc.jpg How many thing-a-ma-bobs do have? t's an bscure numbe You've probably mever heard of it](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/179/542/hipster_ariel_by_noofcoursenot-d48t4gc.jpg?1317233150)
![tumblr_ljhynyJax71qgk1guo1_1280.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/179/543/tumblr_ljhynyJax71qgk1guo1_1280.jpg?1317233165)
Template
![kofi.JPG](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Tumblr (via Wayback Machine) – Braden Graeber
[2] Tumblr – F Yeah Hipster Ariel first post on 2/2/2011
[3] Twitter – @HipsterMermaid Twitter account created on 2/8/2011
[4] Facebook – Little Hipster Mermaid
[5] Reddit – AdviceAnimals Subreddit Post on 2/6/2011
[6] BuzzFeed – The Best of Hipster Little Mermaid on 2/8/2011
[7] MemeBase (via Wayback Machine) – Go Cry Emo Kid: Hipster Ariel
[8] MemeGenerator – Hipster Mermaid
[9] QuickMeme – Hipster Mermaid
[10] Wikipedia – The Little Mermaid
[11] Time Newsfeed – Hipster Ariel Meme Was on Tumblr Before You Were
[12] New York Magazine – See The Little Mermaid Reinvented As a Snarky Hipster
[13] Urlesque – I Liked Hipster Ariel Before She Was Mainstream
Top Comments
Don Staff
Feb 13, 2011 at 06:02PM EST
IronicHipster
Mar 01, 2011 at 05:36PM EST