About
Butterdog, also spelled as Butter Dog, is a nickname given to a dog in a viral video in which it holds an individual packet of butter on its head and thrashes a red toy while the man recording says, “Dog with the butter on him, dog with the butter.” Originating from a video posted on iFunny in late September 2020, it received viral spread through reposts on TikTok and other platforms, eventually becoming a subject of wholesome ironic memes in the following weeks.
Origin
On September 23rd, 2020, iFunny user coal posted a short video of his dog holding an individual packet of butter on its head and then thrashing an unidentified red-and-green object resembling a dog toy. The video received over 2,900 smiles in one month (shown below).
Spread
On October 23rd, 2020, Twitter user RinCDot tweeted a fan art depiction of Butterdog, receiving over 50 likes and 16 retweets in one week (seen below, left). The next day, Twitter user some_ape then shared their artwork depicting Butterdog, receiving over 105 likes and 13 retweets in six days (seen below, right).
On October 25th, the Instagram account cloutwhore.mp4 reposted the original clip to their feed, accumulating over 5,100 views in five days. On October 27th, the Instagram account criminalmonkeygang.inc posted another video of a different dog reenacting the original, accumulating over 500 views in three days (shown below).
On October 29th, Twitter user ArtistNcs tweeted a video of Butterdog remixing the original audio with their art, receiving over 11,600 likes and 2,700 retweets in 25 hours (seen below).
Butta Dawg pic.twitter.com/13kVEgrTKM
— Ncs_artist 2.0 (@ArtistNcs) October 29, 2020
On October 29th, YouTuberLessons in Meme Culture uploaded a video explaining the meme to their channel, receiving over 107,000 views, 9,400 likes and 800 comments in 24 hours (shown below, left). That same day, YouTuber 10HoursMovies uploaded a 10-hour version of the original video to their channel, receiving over 51,000 views, 6,000 likes and 850 comments in 24 hours (shown below, right).
Various Examples
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External References
Source: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/butterdog