![Knight Protecting Princess Knight Protecting Princess](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/025/557/guard_by_wlop-d9kmnxu.jpg)
Knight Protecting Princess
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About
Knight Protecting Princess refers to a Fantasy Painting Object Labeling image macro of an armored guard protecting a young girl from a horde of onlookers. In the image macros, the knight, princess, and onlookers are labeled different things, creating scenarios where one is defending something against a hoard of critics.
Origin
The painting is called "Guard" and is by DeviantArt artist wlop. It was posted December 19th, 2015.[1]
![Guard](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/346/202/d24.jpg)
Spread
On May 10th, 2016, YouTube account Epic Music World paired a moving version of the image with the track "Carry Me" by Eurielle, gaining over 6.6 million views in nearly two years.
One week later, a picture with the crowd labeled "Pirates" and the knight's shield labeled "Denuvo" was posted to 4chan's /v/ board (shown below, left).[2] However, the image did not see wide use as a meme until February of 2018, after Fantasy Painting Object Labeling grew into a popular meme earlier in the year. The likely cause of the spike can be traced to an /r/dankmemes[3] post by acox_mu from February 21st, 2018, that gained over 31,000 upvotes (shown below, right).
![Denuvo DENUIO SOFTWARE SO irates](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/346/205/688.jpg)
![Adblock ncognito Mode Your f----- up p--- taste FBI](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/346/210/fd9.jpg)
In the following days, the image spread throughout Reddit and Twitter as users labeled the relevant parties in the image different things. Popular examples include a post in /r/animemes celebrating the subreddit that gained over 1,800 upvotes.[4] Twitter user @happycapricorn[5] posted a tweet about the astrological sign Leo with the image, gaining over 250 retweets (shown below, right). A question about the source of the memes was posted to /r/OutOfTheLoop[6] on February 26th, 2018.
![/r/animemes lanimemes all of us real life](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/346/213/353.png)
![Leo Not knowing when to stop talking when emotional Leo Healthy relationships](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/346/215/e30.jpg)
Various Examples
![Warwick Mains ZOE WARWICK NERFS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/346/216/be8.jpg)
![Ur Mom Gay SO gay mom u mom'gay](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/346/218/fc2.jpg)
![The Twitter Experience Pics of dogs C-- town jokes My Twitter ACcount Retweeting Stormare Irony Quote tweets Where I say “me Cussing My actual emotions Finding menial typos References Memes I make in 5 minutes The mute button Texting Friend "lol this idiot"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/346/220/e36.jpg)
![Dysphoria feeling s--- about my body dysphoria](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/346/221/8c8.jpg)
![Nerfs A T5 skirn Hi-Rez has to sell Ulir Profits Nerfs](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/346/222/d88.jpg)
![Alex Jones Protecting the Frogs Alex Jones frogs gay chemicals](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/346/223/f17.jpg)
Search Interest
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External References
[3] Reddit – /r/dankmemes post
[4] Reddit – /r/animemes
[5] Twitter – @happycapricorn
[6] /r/OutOfTheLoop – Can someone explain how the knight protecting princess meme is used?
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Feb 27, 2018 at 08:40PM EST
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