Meme lore
What is the Is This a Pigeon? meme?
This reaction template shows an anime character pointing at a butterfly and treating it as something else. Add labels to the character, the butterfly or target object, and the mistaken identification to make jokes about confusion, misplaced priorities, or confidently incorrect conclusions.
Origin & history
The scene depicts a character from The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird pointing at a butterfly while asking whether it is a pigeon. Online users repurposed the scene as a three-part labeling format for intentionally incorrect identifications. Details about the earliest meme edit and first viral posting are unclear.
Customize this template with your own text, then download the finished PNG free for Reddit, X, Instagram, Discord, or the group chat.
