Meanwhile, a post about 'Operation Honk' was created, featuring a screenshot of Clown Pepe illustrations under the Google Image search 'Honkler.' On February 11th, 2019, a post featuring the image along with the message 'Why Honk Honk is the next OK sign' was posted on /pol/, which called for 'taking back the rainbow' (shown below). On January 30th, 2019, the Clown Pepe image was submitted to 4chan's /s4s/ board along with the message ' Honk Honk' (shown below).

On December 19th, the clown Pepe image was submitted to a thread on 4chan's /v/ board. On January 21st, 2019, Redditor Skrub-eon submitted a screenshot of a 4chan post of the character with the message 'What emotion does this image evoke from you?,' to which another user replied 'Honk Honk circus music alcoholism' to /r/4chan (shown below). The base of 'pepoclown' is an emote in The Shadow Isles 'gwoos' which was edited to have the appearance of a clown. The creator of 'pepoclown' goes by the online alias as 'Brizi'. While the reason for creating this is unknown, the user is not. The origin of 'pepoclown', its original name,comes from a Discord server for a 3v3 League of Legends community, The Shadow Isles. Additionally, the character is associated with the term 'honk pill,' which is often described as an absurdist alternative to black pill nihilism allowing a person to appreciate the humor in an absurd universe, interpreting existence as a cosmic joke.

Pepe the frog, /pol/, 4chan, hate symbol, clown, honk honk, frog, racism, anti semitism, marv, honkler, clown world, clownworld, skrub-eon, zimozitrome, james woods, jon levine, lighted_is_lit, tsi, the shadow isles, discord, gwoos, brizi, operation honkĮncyclopedia Dramatica Twitter Urban Dictionary AboutĬlown Pepe, also known as Honk Honk or Honkler, its original name pepoclown, is a depiction of Pepe the Frog wearing a rainbow wig and red clown nose, which is often accompanied by jokes with corny or cringeworthy punchlines and the emojis 🤡🌎 meant to represent the phrase ' Clown World.' In February 2019, racist and anti- Semitic variations of the character named 'Honkler' began appearing on 4chan's /pol/ imageboard.

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