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Add Category

Since you can find LOLcats in "Category:Cats in popular culture" I propose Nyan Cat should be included in that category as well. Japan-Jens (talk • contribs) 19:45, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Citation fix needed

Can someone please fix my broken Citation? I forgot how to put one -_-' Please do not revert, this is some added info, Nyan cat was taking too much credit. -htfkid2000 68.206.67.245 (talk)

 Done Badmachine (talk) 10:20, 28 May 2011 (UTC)


the propaganda speculation

The Nyan cat song is very similar to Aaron Coplands classical work Rodeo Hoedown The visual has starsnstripes as well as a chocolate flavored poptart that looks rather like the Japanese flag basically its kind of a magic practitioners remix of two national flags with an anthemlike song I urge people that are able to confirm this to describe the actual purpose of the video 163.41.136.51 (talk) 16:54, 1 June 2011 (UTC)


Low Importance?

Given the impact and lasting impression of the Nyan Cat, i don't see how the "Low Importance" category would fit this article... Breakingspell (talk) 06:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Nyannyannyannyannyannyan! --220.253.111.219 (talk) 11:44, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
Just because Nyan Cat has made an impression doesn't mean that it's overly important (so addicting... must listen to over and over again... NYAAAAAAAN). 173.67.18.240 (talk) 23:13, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
I would say it has moderate importance at least in relation to YouTube now. A few days ago I saw some official YouTube advertisement while shopping for a new TV and the ad included a prominent visual reference to Nyan Cat in it. -- Suso (talk) 06:59, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

New category

We should introduce a new category for these kind of madness: Bad Jokes And Other Yet To Be Deleted Nonsense! PPP (talk) 11:13, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

ive been pleased to see that more and more internet meme articles survive deletion attempts. -badmachine 08:14, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

IPA?

Should we add an IPA pronunciation so that less people would say /naɪ̯ən/ or /niːən/? — /an.dre.jiˈʃor//tɔːk/ 13:21, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Those same people most likely can't read IPA. 72.89.137.233 (talk) 18:38, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

I was thinking about the 0.01% of those people who could actually read it. :D — /an.dre.jiˈʃor//tɔːk/ 17:33, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
If you know the correct IPA pronunciation guide, then you should add it.--Ephert (talk) 18:11, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
If both /naɪ̯ən/ and /niːən/ are wrong, then what is the correct pronunciation? --Xenan (talk) 21:03, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

WordPress Plugin

The article points out that there are apps for various mobile devices. There's also a plugin for WordPress 3.2 that adds Nyan Cat to the distraction free writing mode. See: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nyan-cat/ --Ryancduff (talk) 18:39, 6 July 2011 (UTC)


Reverted BACK?

Under "Popularity". This is bad English. Will someone please change this to "reverted"? Thanks! 80.219.247.187 (talk) 20:47, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Spelling Error

As the page is semi-protected, I can't fix this spelling error. In the section Popularity, it is stated the the "video has since be returned to YouTube" -- "be" should obviously be "been". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smerity (talk • contribs)

 Done -badmachine 09:46, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Dlezama, 28 July 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} Please add in applications for mobile phones that two applications were created for Windows Phone 7, here are the links for the references:

http://redirect.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=bda61e4b-bf9d-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8

http://redirect.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=322fe0ea-5db1-e011-a53c-78e7d1fa76f8


Dlezama (talk) 23:11, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Composer of song

Does anyone know the real name of the composer of the Nyan Cat song? It all seems rather vague, with different versions being uploaded at different times, usually under a pseudonym. Likewise, is there any reliable sourcing for the identity of daniwellP?--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 08:38, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Not sure, but the original song predates Nyan Cat. Here is an example. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV3-LHcvRgA KyuuA4 (Talk:キュウ) 07:27, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
The daniwell version is from July 2010, and nobody seems to have found a earlier version. The presumption is that daniwell is the composer and copyright holder of the song, but nobody seems to know his identity, other than that he is probably a Japanese national. It is remarkable that despite over 60 million views, the origins of the song remain obscure.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 08:05, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
It sounds a lot like "Phil Collins - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning".--111.69.28.194 (talk) 23:15, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request from 216.165.158.241, 29 July 2011

The one and only enemy of the Nyan Cat is the Tacnayn, (pronounced Tac-9, or in his native tongue a complex series of clicks and shrill cries) his very name brings children to tears. Tacnayn's return heralds the end of reality as we know it; within the next year the seas will boil and skulls will rain down from blood-filled clouds. (Parents remember to keep your children indoors for the skull rain thing.) Every 22079460347 years Tacnayn's universe, the reverse-verse, merges with our own in a battle for reality supremacy! Donning the evil belgian-waffle armor Tacnayn cannot be harmed by our puny mortal weapons; only his arch-nemesis, NYAN CAT is powerful enough to tear through his golden, delicious hide. So, remember to keep your eye out for blood red clouds and boiling seas; just stay in those days and make yourself some hot-pockets.

216.165.158.241 (talk) 21:11, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Jnorton7558 (talk) 04:39, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
You're probably not serious, but Tacnayn should still be noted. --Følelse (talk) 10:12, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request from Ryan300x, 29 July 2011

Put a link in the DMAC notice to point to the digital millennium copyright act so readers can tell what a DMAC notice is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act Ryan300x (talk) 23:37, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Done Jnorton7558 (talk) 04:38, 30 July 2011 (UTC)


Custom player on youtube

{{edit semi-protected}} Under popularity the custom player: YouTube put a custom player in on 16th of June. See source: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/i13hd/what_is_this_sorcery/

YouTube did this back in June (image here) but it was only a temporary feature, so it is not really notable enough for the article, which should try to avoid the usual list of trivia mentions.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 17:23, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit request:New content inspired by Nyan cat

Nyan Cat is more then just a video and a game, now its begun to influence other media formats and I think we should highlight that. Here is just a handful of what its inspired.

The Nyan Papercraft Machine The Nyan Rocket The Nyan Scarf The Nyan Progress bar

[1] [2] [3]

Ahrshin (talk) 16:50, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, the Windows progress bar is fun. As with other Internet memes (Hampster Dance, Dramatic Chipmunk etc) it is impractical to list all of the appearances to avoid WP:TRIVIA. Unless they pick up coverage in secondary sources they would not be notable enough to mention.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 17:48, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ PC WORLD
  2. ^ Instructables
  3. ^ Deviantart

WHY?

Who thought that it was necessary to make a Wikipedia page about this? I simply can't imagine what was going through their heads at the time. ChaosElf (talk • contribs) 20:26, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Because NYANYANYANYANYANAYANYANYAN! No, but the guy below me has a point. Colabcalub (talk • contribs) 21:35, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia can have articles about anything that meets the general notability guideline. The Nyan Cat has picked up plenty of coverage and is already among the best known Internet memes.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 20:47, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

I think an additional category should be added entitled "supposed origin" detailing the Nyan cat reference at the end of the game "coinbox hero" (chocl8215) 173.168.220.221 (talk) 01:19, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

yoyo games vs gamejolt

frankly, i'm not sure any of the fan games are notable, but User:MeisterMariues keeps changing the link for nyan cat reloaded to a gamejolt link from a YoYo Games link. do any of these games belong in the article? if so, which link is correct, the gamejolt.com link, or the link for a site that has an article? -badmachine 16:23, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Agreed, I am sorely tempted to remove all of the games unless they are mentioned in a reliable source, see WP:POPCULTURE.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 16:49, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

nyan.cat

How not to do it...

http://nyan.cat has been added before, but it fails WP:EL. It is an unofficial site with a lousy version of the cat. The only notable thing about it is the use of the .cat domain (Catalonia).--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 09:10, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

And any of the two currently available external links are Nyan cat official sites? If no more external links are desired a HTML comment (<!-- DO NOT ADD MORE SITES! -->) is useful. emijrp (talk) 09:45, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
The prguitarman.com version is the original. Nyan Cat on Know Your Meme was removed as it did not say much that was not already in the article. Per WP:POPCULTURE, it is not practical to mention all of the different appearances in YouTube videos etc, as it would lead to the criticism in the drawing on the right. My personal choice that is not in the article is this paper model, which is very cleverly done.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 10:06, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Relation to Solipskier?

Solipskier uses the same rainbow meme for the skier in the game. I have a feeling that solipskier is older than nyancat? Does anyone know if there is a relation? Jazzvibes (talk • contribs) 11:24, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

There is a YouTube video of Solipskier here. A vague similarity, yes, but probably not enough to get the lawyers excited.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 11:30, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

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  • To satisfy WP:NFCC, it was decided to use a screenshot of the cat rather than an animation. The full size animation is available from the link to the prguitarman website.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:08, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Oh, hello, Ian. Fancy seeing you here. Small world... :) GDallimore (Talk) 22:20, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi GD. When the full animation was uploaded [1] it was deleted as a F7 violation. A screenshot is enough to depict the cat and keep the deletionists at bay.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:19, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Other versions

One of the things that the article does not mention and probably should is the proliferation of ethnic versions. This seems to have been sparked by the Mexican Nyan Cat♥, currently with over 3 million views. There are now Nyan Cats for virtually every nationality under the sun. Also worth a mention are Nyan Cat - Smooth Jazz Cover (4.5 million views), Nyan cat man and Nyan Cats Attack! (2 million views). The most viewed "alternative" version is probably The Annoying Orange doing Nyan Nya Orange (Nyan Cat SPOOF) (apparently riding Charlie the Unicorn, but this is not stated explicitly). This currently has 8 million views.

Nyan Cat has also acquired an arch enemy called Tacnayn (music and spelling in reverse). This character appears in the video game Nyan Cat: Lost in Space.

All of these are far more imaginative than the dreary http://nyan.cat/ , which is notable only for the unusual address (for Catalonia). Unfortunately there is not enough sourcing to mention these at the moment, but they should be considered for inclusion.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 11:58, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

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Copyright status of image

badmachine says at File talk:Nyan cat 250px frame.PNG: "When this was up for deletion, i emailed Chris Torres, the copyright holder of the animated .GIF. he said it was okay for me to post our communication, with the copyright number redacted, since it contains personal contact information. Mr. Torres has no problem with Wikipedia's use of the image. even though Ianmacm has fixed the issue by providing fair use rationale, i guess it couldn't hurt to post the email, since he said it's ok:

Re: Wikipedia wants to delete the nyan cat image... you could help retain it

The Nyan Cat is copyrighted by me, evidenced under registration number [REDACTED]. I'd be happy to let Wikipedia use the animated original in the Nyan Cat wiki page though. Is there anything I'd need to do or can this be permission enough?

While on the subject, if you could add in the article that www.nyancat.cat is the new official page for Nyan Cat that'd be great. Nyan.cat is indeed a plagiarized page, but I've personally worked on Nyancat.cat.

On Nov 27, 2011, at 10:10 PM, [REDACTED] wrote:

> hi: > > the Wikipedia page for nyan cat includes a reduced size frame from your animated gif. since wikipedia is partial to free content, someone is suggesting the image be speedily deleted. i can manage to write the fair-use rationale that they want, or someone else who loves nyan cat will beat me to it, but i wondered before i do that, what is the existing licensing on your original image? > > the file in question is located here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nyan_cat_250px_frame.PNG > > many thanks from a nyan cat fan, [REDACTED]

I replied asking whether it is cool to post this email, and he said yes, but to please redact the copyright number. I have also redacted my own name."

This is useful, as it clarifies the status of the image. The infobox uses a single frame, for the record, the animation consists of twelve different frames (screenshot in a GIF editor here). It is also notable that Chris Torres is annoyed by nyan.cat, as many people are coming across this in a Google search and thinking that it is the real deal when it is a lousy imitation. Torres now has his own .cat version at http://nyancat.cat/ , called Non-stop Nyan Cat, or "Interminable del Gat Nyan" which is needed to comply with the language rules of the .cat domain.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:30, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

it would be nice to have an infobox, so the official site won't be buried at the bottom of the page. -badmachine 20:31, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
There is now some confusion, because the GIF animation on Lol-Comics was considered to be the "official" version. The nyancat.cat website seems to be a response to nyan.cat, which has not pleased Chris Torres.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 20:40, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Heroes of Newerth

This is a skin for a game, and does not really add to an understanding of the cat. It is a WP:POPCULTURE mention, and it is not possible to mention all of the games and apps with the cat. The source does not say much about the cat, other than it is "an alternate skin for the in-game courier". This would be worth a brief mention in the article Heroes of Newerth.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:02, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

most well known internet icon

everywhere I go, Everyone knows this nyan cat. how exactly did it get so popular? Dudetheiguana1 (talk • contribs) 06:42, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

It is described in the article as an Internet meme, which is a useful link for explaining how things like this get to be popular.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:58, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Pop Tart flavour

Since there is a bit of confusion online with some people thinking Nyan cat is a strawberry flavour Pop Tart, I think it should be stated clearly in the article that the flavour is cherry. This can be the reference: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nyan-cat-pop-tart-cat

But comparing the cat colours to the Pop Tart colours it is also clear that the flavour is cherry and not strawberry flavour or wild strawberry (because then the dots should have been blue): http://www.poptarts.com/Cherry.aspx#/9 http://www.poptarts.com/Strawberry.aspx#/22 http://www.poptarts.com/WildliciousWildStrawberry.aspx#/36 89.130.25.222 (talk) 16:16, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

When Chris Torres created the cat, it was named as Pop Tart Cat, but without a flavour. Pop-Tarts (plural with a hyphen) has been registered as a trademark by the Kellogg Company since 1965 [2], and "Pop-Tart" (singular) was registered in October 2011.[3] So far, Kellogg does not seem to have complained about what appears to be an Internet meme based on one of its products. Assuming that the cat is indeed a Kellogg Pop-Tart, it would probably be cherry because of the light pink base and darker pink frosting. [4] However, in the interview about how the cat was created [5] Torres does not go into specifics about the flavour, so there is an element of WP:OR in saying that it is cherry.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 17:54, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Ports to classic computers, video game consoles, etc.

This is a proposal to add information regarding ports of the Nyan Cat animation to various classic video game consoles and computers.

The ports I am familiar with that are complete and working are posted on pouet.net, and include:

  1. Atari 2600: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=57530
  2. Atari 7800: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=58289
  3. Commodore 116/16/plus4: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=57406

There are likely other ports, but I'm not familiar with them. Might be worth poking about online for them. At any case, it's just a little bit of interesting information that might be contributed to the article. 75.224.232.217 (talk) 05:14, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

The demoscene (and random hackers) has made prods for quite a few platforms. See this thread on pouet: http://pouet.net/topic.php?which=8537&page=1 . Apart from the ones OP posted there's also:
  1. ZX Spectrum: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=57271 and http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=58196
  2. Windows: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=57410
  3. BBC Micro: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=57734
  4. Atari ST: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=57672 (until ~0:23)
  5. Atari STe: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=57765
  6. Amstrad CPC: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=57949
  7. Atari Jaguar: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=58063
  8. TurboGrafx: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=58065
  9. Thomson TO8: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=58150
  10. Atmos Oric: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=57311
  11. Sharp MZ-700: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=58358
  12. Sharp MZ-800: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=57907 (kinda)
  13. JavaScript: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=56941
  14. Nintendo Wii: http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=58348
  15. Telnet: https://github.com/klange/nyancat
  16. Sega MegaDrive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbWub37751Y
  17. Nintendo Entertainment System: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKEkmOQANgA
  18. PC MBR: https://minemu.org/nyanmbr/

213.80.126.109 (talk) 21:03, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Japanese word

This part "The Japanese word for the sound cats make, "nyā" (にゃあ?)" This really should be -> nya = にゃ ie without the ending あ If you check the respected dictionary at http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C Search for にゃ you will see that にゃあ is merely an "alternative" and that にゃ is the main entry.

To back this up you could also simply search for にゃ &　にゃあ and notice that the first is much more indicative of the cat sound. Perhaps even more relevant to this article, is if you look at the original video (which I can't find now sorry, I'm sure it's here somewhere) the word にゃ is thrown all over the screen, not にゃあ Spurrymoses (talk • contribs) 12:26, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

The original version of the song by daniwell was uploaded to Nico Nico Douga on 25 July 2010.[6] In the notes accompanying the video, daniwell says "ミクが歌ってないように聞こえるかもしれませんが、実際は終始にゃにゃ歌っております" - "It might not sound like Miku, but the singing is actually nya nya (にゃにゃ) throughout the song." The English word can be meow or miaow, although the first is the most common. Since daniwell used にゃ in the song description, the article has been changed to reflect this.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 13:19, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

A poptart? Not antigravity?

I thought it was a piece of toast with jelly, glued to the back of a cat; he flies 'cause cats always land on their feet, but toast always falls with the jelly side down, so if you put the two together you produce antigravity... --TiagoTiago (talk) 06:24, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

you are referring to buttered cat paradox. :) -badmachine 06:39, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 23 March 2012

The link to the Official Nyan Cat website in the External links is incorrect. The proper URL is http://www.nyan.cat/.

134.153.103.54 (talk) 17:19, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Done, nyancat.cat now redirects to nyan.cat. This happened only in the last few days.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 17:25, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 2 April 2012

Please change under the =====Popularity===== subfield: The original YouTube video has received over 68 million views As of March 24, 2012. to The original YouTube video has received over 69.5 million views As of April 2, 2012, exactly 1 year later.

Sunloverdenver (talk) 06:35, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

The "birthday" of Nyan Cat on YouTube is April 5 [7] which was when saraj00n uploaded the now famous video. The view count in the article is updated regularly to avoid a WP:DATED statement.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 09:20, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Would this image come in use?

Skrillex, live in Berlin. Not sure if this'll come in use, but I'll just mention it here.

Ciaran Sinclair (talk • contribs) 15:32, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Origin

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the first appearance of Nyan Cat www.nyan.cat rather than the YouTube video? Nitroxium (talk) 07:42, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

The original nyan.cat [8] was a badly drawn unofficial clone which infuriated Christopher Torres. The nyan.cat domain is now owned by Torres and shows the official version of the cat. There is more detail about this in the article.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 08:23, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

August 2012

This edit was reverted, as Microsoft Security Essentials did not find anything wrong with http://www.nyan.cat/. However, at the moment, the cat with the rainbow is not there, and there is a message saying "NYAN CAT WILL BE RIGHT BACK In the meantime, get your fix on youtube or facebook!" (screenshot here. Not quite sure what has happened, but this is worth watching.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 13:44, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Momo Momo version

The January 2011 version of the song was uploaded to Nico Nico Douga by the user もももも (Momo Momo).[9] The UTAU voice preset used in the song is "Momone Momo" (ももねもも).[10]--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 05:37, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Expression

People are always saying that nyan cat "poops" out rainbows. Just something you should probably add. Also, nyan cat is something popular to build in minecraft. something to think about. 71.179.249.75 (talk) 23:01, 9 May 2013 (UTC) Superleximus

Edit request Now

"The website is now operated by Torres" should not include the word now. Please read WP:RELTIME, where it explains time words such as "now" should be avoided. The sentence should be changed to something like:

Since 2012 the website has been operated by Torres

WP:RELTIME and WP:NOTNEWS are important to consider when writing for an encyclopedia, and you can avoid these very common mistakes. -- 93.107.0.7 (talk) 20:50, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Done.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:32, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

It's copied from South Park

Watch the Sexual Harassment Panda episode. The panda is holding a leaflet that is Nyancat, complete with starry background, blue space and a rainbow trail but instead there's a panda's head.

Therefore if you do an image like this you can claim it's copied from South Park and get away with it, legally! Hooray! (just don't put a cat on a poptart) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.178.254.67 (talk) 14:51, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Sexual Harassment Panda was first aired in July 1999. Unfortunately I can't watch the full episode, only a clip on YouTube. This is original research though, as nobody else seems to have spotted the similarity.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 15:40, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
That is why it's in here and not on the main page. But it does mean it's actually a derivative and therefore "animals flying in space with a rainbow trail" is allowed, or the copyright lies with Matt Stone or Trey Parker.
Similarity is not necessarily the same thing as copyright infringement. If you could upload a screenshot of the similar-looking panda leaflet to imgur.com and post the link here, it would be helpful.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 17:50, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Android 4.0 Easter Egg?

Android 4.0 has an Easter egg in it where when the "Android Version" under "About" in settings is tapped repeatedly, a Nyan cat-inspired video is displayed. 65.71.168.8 (talk) 00:55, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

This was first noticed in November 2011, and there is a YouTube video of how to find it here. It is not the cat itself, but a flying version of the Android logo. Not much sourcing on this, and although interesting, not really notable enough per WP:POPCULTURE.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 05:40, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
This is mentioned in List_of_Google_hoaxes_and_easter_eggs#Android. It is more on topic there.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 08:13, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Animated GIF

I think the animated GIF should be added to the article. What does everyone else think? Nithiya05 (talk) 21:25, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

It was in the article at one stage, but it was deleted in August 2011 on the grounds that it was the full work, and therefore failed WP:NFCC. The screenshot of one of the frames is within fair use guidelines.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 08:08, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 February 2015

New address of the official Nyancoin website is http://nyan-coin.org/ Maxvall dev (talk) 14:12, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

 Done MadGuy7023 (talk) 14:34, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 February 2015

Please change * Official Nyancoin website to * Official Nyancoin website Maxvall dev (talk) 14:21, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

 Done MadGuy7023 (talk) 14:34, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

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"saraj00n" is now known as "SARA JUNE".

I'm not sure when but the YouTube channel "saraj00n" is now known as "SARA JUNE". Mullafacation (talk) 07:44, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

You're right.[11] It's unclear when the change took place, but the account was called "saraj00n" at the time of the upload that made the video famous.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 12:05, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Body or torso?

Re this edit: yes, I'm aware of this, but still think that body is clearer for the average reader. We are not doing a biology lesson about a cartoon cat.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 05:49, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 January 2019

Change "The video merged a Japanese pop song sung by Hatsune Miku with an animated ..." to "The video merged a Japanese pop song with vocals by Momone Momo with an animated ..." The original song was written with Miku, but the Nyan Cat video itself uses a cover with Momo (more info in this wiki page itself) 18atcskd2w (talk) 00:04, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

I removed the Hatsune Miku part from the WP:LEAD because it is misleading. The original 2010 version of the song has vocals by the Hatsune Miku software, but the 2011 version used in the cat video is different and has vocals by Momone Momo. The name Momone Momo is based on the Japanese word for peach [12], but it got removed from the article because someone said it was trivia.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:34, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

New Name of Hosting YouTube Channel

The original owner of the YouTube channel which hosted the video has given the account to a new group of people, who have changed the name to Means TV [1]

I am unsure of the relevance of this change to the article, but someone had added a new section on the talk page after a prior change in channel name. AntiImperialPlanetologist (talk) 03:12, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. The video "Nyan Cat [original]" was uploaded on April 5, 2011 and is now showing MEANS TV as the channel owner instead of saraj00n. According to the source, this occurred in March 2019.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 04:51, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ "MEANS TV, WITH A BOOST FROM THE NYAN CAT, LAUNCHES A POST-CAPITALIST STREAMING SERVICE".

Wrong creator.

The original Nyannyannyannyannyan! song s by Momone Momo, an UTAUloid, not Hatsune Miku, the Vocaloid. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPXrLLDae2U — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hellohumans6669 (talk • contribs) 17:13, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

It looks like some of the YouTube videos have got this wrong. The original July 2010 version is here with vocals by Hatsune Miku. The music is the same but the vocals are substantially different from the January 2011 Momomomo version.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 17:41, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 November 2019

Mew 2607:FEA8:7B20:222:4DEE:B5C1:1EB:2F2 (talk) 18:52, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 February 2020

Given that the Nyan Cat document even has a dedicated section discussing the Animated GIF, I find it surprising that those who visit the page are greeted by a still image of this famous viral meme.

I suggest replacing the current image of Nyan Cat with the animated version, which can be found at the following url: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/114/779/0002.gif?1303045612 184.54.167.73 (talk) 00:30, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

It's been sold for money

I'm shocked this isn't already covered. Anyone watching this page want to take the lead? Thmazing (talk) 19:01, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

This is mentioned in the Remastering section.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 19:07, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
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