Terrorist Freddie Benson

About

Terrorist Freddie Benson is a series of image edits depicting the character Freddie Benson from the Nickelodeon television series iCarly as an ally of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. These images include Freddie sitting with the group's late leader Osama bin Laden, Freddie with a bin Laden tattoo and Freddie filming the September 11th, 2001.

Origin

The character Freddie (portrayed by Nathan Kress) debuted in the pilot for the television series iCarly on September 8th, 2007.^[1] A little over a decade later, Memedroid^[2] user ultracarlos999 published the earliest known and available image of Freddie as a terrorist, editing the character into a photograph of Osama bin Laden filming a video at a long table. The post received more than 1,000 points (60% upvoted) in less than three years (shown below).

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Days later, Redditor ^[3] LoadedPotatetoe posted the image in the /r/dankmemes subreddit, receiving more than 4,800 points (95% upvoted) in less than three years.

The following year, on June 24th, 2018 Redditor^[4] katakanbr posted an image of Freddie showing a tattoo depicting Osama bin Laden's portrait on his left arm. The post received more than 1,700 points (98% upvoted) in less than two years (shown below, left). Later that summer, on August 3rd, Redditor^[4] NAtE_1_ shared the image on the /r/hmmm subreddit, where it received more than 36,000 points (90% upvoted) and 240 comments in less than two years.

On January 13th, 2020, Redditor^[5] littlemorven shared the image of Freddie with bin Laden with the caption "Teacher: The history test isn't that confusing." The image then represents the "history test." The post received more than 71,000 points (95% upvoted) and 340 comments in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).

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