Grumpy Cat Allusion

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An investigation of the funniness of the meme begins with tracing the history of its allusions and illustrating some of the reference used. These memes used in this paper both feature a separate format, so the first one that is brought up has a “Grumpy Cat” template while the second meme possesses the “Thanks, Obama” layout. “Grumpy Cat” is “the nickname given to Tartar Sauce, a snowshoe cat that rose to online fame after several pictures of her annoyed facial expressions were posted” online (Brad). But, the official allusion in that meme is Obama; by blaming “Grumpy Cats” facial expression on his job as president. “Thanks, Obama!” is a sarcastic expression used by critics of President Barack Obama to blame personal troubles and inconveniences