Memes around Pepé the King Prawn, the beloved character from the 1996 comedy television series Muppets Tonight are taking the internet by storm. Bill Baretta is credited with the character's performance. The character features in other iconic muppet movies as well. He is seen in Muppets from Space (1999), It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002), The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005), and A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008).
Pepé's character is remembered for his short temper and flamboyant attitude. Along with Rizzo the Rat, his character adds a touch of comic relief to the entire dramatic fabric of the cute muppet acts.
What makes him a humorous character?
Well, King Prawn would mind it very much if you called him a shrimp! If you call him a shrimp, he will reply with a grumpy reply.
I am Pepé, okay? I am not just another shrimp in the sea, okay
He uses the word like a punctuation making him come off as a very self-aware, flamboyant King Prawn character.
His physical presentation will seriously send you into a laughing frenzy. With Small, reddish-orange long antennae, four arms, and expressive bug-like eyes he does look like a prawn out of water. He also donned a fancy jacket.
Recently an Image of Pepe has started widely reappearing on social media. The meme is used in contexts where someone tries to share a confession or a dark untold secret.
Pepé has inspired the netizens to poke fun out of absurd situations just like he does in Muppet situations. His sarcastic and sassy comments are what everyone laughs at. The same King Prawn with a sad and desperate face, entices humor out of the Muppet Show’s Pepé the King Prawn meme.
Muppet characters have played a significant position in contemporary culture and have established a place in the world of comic shows. They have earned themselves a unique appeal, credited to their art of juxtaposing humor with humanity. The show has also received critical appreciation for being relatable, creative, and timeless.
We all have funny and embarrassing situations in our lives. The best way to walk out of these situations harm-free and happy is to see the humor in them. Humor makes a mundane situation memorable. This is why social media users have been using iconic comic characters like Pepe the King Prawn as a source for meme content and using music tracks on gifs to create funny memes. Some netizens are also sharing traumatizing experiences from their childhood using this template as well.
Here is a collection of all the funny memes featuring the King Prawn character from the Muppet Show:
1) Bad Weather Face
2) The Prayer Song
3) Taking the Trash Out
4) No Storytime Needed
5) The King Prawn
6) Traumatized
7)The Face of Multitasking
8) Exam Meme
9) Free Call
10) Favorite Book Meme
11) Long Call be Like
12) Virus Meme
13) When HR Calls and You're Already on Leave
14) Golf Meme
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