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Sad Baby Monkey
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About
Sad Baby Monkey refers to a painting (or drawing) of a sad baby monkey (or chimp) looking at the viewer with teary, crying eyes over a green background. The art was created by DeviantArt artist faboarts in 2007. After its virality, many artists recreated the drawing in the 2010s. In 2024, the drawing became a notable reaction image and image macro on social media sites like Twitter / X. Creators added text captions to the image, most often relaying scenarios that'd make them feel sad like the baby monkey. Others compared the image to the Sad Ant With Bindle meme.
Origin
On February 13th, 2007, DeviantArt[1] artist faboarts uploaded a drawing called "Chimpance." It showed a sad baby chimpanzee (or monkey) looking over its shoulder at the viewer with a green background. Over 17 years, the drawing gained roughly 259,400 views and 14,300 favorites (shown below).
![Sad Baby Monkey Drawing (original meme)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/752/425/44e.jpg)
Spread
In 2013, the drawing was reposted multiple times on Pinterest. [2][3] Artists on the website began recreating the drawing, like Pinterest[4] artist Alesha Bondy Art (shown below, left). Also, the drawing was remixed on Russian social media sites like VK[5] (example shown below, right).
![Sad Baby Monkey meme Alesha Bondy](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/752/448/ec5.png)
![Sad Baby Monkey meme](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/752/449/b40.png)
On April 1st, 2017, YouTuber [6] Ianapolis uploaded an hour-long video in which he recreated faboarts' drawing, gaining over 9,000 views in seven years (shown below).
Despite prior spread, the Sad Baby Monkey image gained memetic usage en masse starting in late 2023. For instance, on December 15th, 2023, X[7] user @annadeathbed used the monkey to represent before drinking coffee, earning over 2,300 likes in two months (shown below, left).
On December 24th, 2023, Spanish-speaking X[8] user @buffbaabyy wrote, "monkey all sad and stubborn (it's me)," gaining over 13,000 likes in two months (shown below, right).
![Sad Baby Monkey meme annalise @annadeathbed before vs after coffee 1:25 PM . Dec 15, 2023 134K Views Follow](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/752/450/7c7.png)
![Sad Baby Monkey meme k. @buffbaabyy chango todo triste y cabezón (soy yo) Translated from Spanish by Google monkey all sad and stubborn (it's me) 7:42 PM Dec 24, 2023 421.9K Views . :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/752/451/4a8.png)
On January 31st, 2024, X[9] user @eat5G shared the square-cropped version of the image (used by both X[7][8] users @annadeathbed and @buffbaabyy) with no caption, gaining over 10,000 likes in eight days. On the next day, February 1st, X[10] user @noodlehoes shared the image, captioned, "how I look at your fries after I finished my whole meal in 3 minutes," receiving over 245,000 likes in one week (shown below, left).
The trend spread on X going into February 2024, especially among Arabic-speaking users on the app. For instance, on February 2nd, 2024, Arabic-speaking X[11] user @_Sumera wrote, "Your brother, who doesn't have dinner for two hours, saw you making a cheese sandwich," gaining over 6,200 likes in six days (shown below, right).
![how I look at your fries after I finished my whole meal in 3 minutes (sad baby monkey meme) o+ .. +。 (´w `*) @noodlehoes how I look at your fries after I finished my whole meal in 3 minutes 2:59 PM. Feb 1, 2024 6.6M Views :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/752/452/270.png)
![Sad Baby Monkey meme lyney @_Sumera اخوك الي تعشى ماله ساعتين شافك تسوين سندويش جبن Translated from Arabic by Google Your brother, who doesn't have dinner for two hours, saw you making a cheese sandwich 6:49 PM. Feb 2, 2024 1.5M Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/752/468/408.png)
The viral tweets were reposted to Instagram,[12] among other sites, in early February 2024.
Various Examples
![Sad Baby Monkey meme rudy betrayed @rudy_betrayed She stops scratching my back: okay 30 minutes is long enough Me: 9:34 PM Feb 1, 2024 2.1M Views . : uj](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/752/488/e80.png)
![Sad Baby Monkey meme What's this? 8:19 PM A sad monkey? 8:20 PM MMS 8:19 PM](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Sad Baby Monkey fan art ره D](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Sad Baby Monkey meme Fatma @_vintage Translated from Arabic by Google نظرات المتدرب اذا رحت الحمام وما خذيته معك Follow The trainee's looks when you go to the bathroom and don't take anything with you 4:05 AM. Feb 6, 2024 739.6K Views .](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/752/483/98e.png)
![Sad Baby Monkey meme alex Follow @Alexinyaholesa how i look at the customer when they hit no tip 11:11 AM Feb 2, 2024 2,207 Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/752/482/d95.png)
![Sad Ant vs. Sad Baby Monkey سهيلة @ry66y they're having a miskeen off 5:02 PM. Feb 7, 2024 678.2K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/752/487/797.png)
Templates
![Sad Baby Monkey Drawing (original meme)](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/752/425/44e.jpg)
![Sad Baby Monkey meme (square crop)](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
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External References
[1] DeviantArt – Chimpance. by faboarts
[2] Pinterest – The Cuteness Factor – Adorable Critters by Fabo – Pondly
[3] Pinterest – Sad monkey with big eyes
[4] Pinterest – Silly Monkey.
[5] VK – Влад Аполонов
[6] YouTube – #79. how to paint the cute monkey, of Fabo'
[7] X – @annadeathbed
[8] X – @buffbaabyy
[10] X – @noodlehoes
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