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The creator of Pepe the Frog the comic character that became an alt-right-troll meme attempts to reclaim his creation in the new trailer for Feels Good Man, a documentary about cartoonist Matt Furie and the unintentional evolution of his anthropomorphized amphibian.

In the trailer for the Sundance award-winning film, Furies beloved happy little frog is co-opted by white-supremacy groups, which the cartoonist helplessly witnesses. Im just a spectator to how things evolved on the internet, Furie says in the preview.

In November 2016, a nasty election cycle had exposed a seismic cultural rift, and the country suddenly felt like a much different place. For underground cartoonist Matt Furie, that sensation was even more surreal. Furies comic creation Pepe the Frog, conceived more than a decade earlier as a laid-back humanoid amphibian, had unwittingly become a grotesque political pawn, the documentarys synopsis states. Feels Good Man is a Frankenstein-meets-Alice in Wonderland journey of an artist battling to regain control of his creation while confronting a disturbing cast of characters who have their own peculiar attachments to Pepe.

The Arthur Jones-directed doc arrives on September 4th.

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Pepe the Frog celebrated his fifteenth birthday this year, but chances are you first stumbled upon him during the 2016 US election in the pungent depths of a racist Twitter thread. That was the year when Matt Furies cartoon went from being a happy little frog to becoming the unexpected mascot of the alt-right movement.

The history behind Pepe is complicated bordering on indecipherable, much like anything that grew to prominence on 4chan, the controversial anonymous message board that has long harboured racists, sexists and political extremists. The cartoon first appeared as a meme on the forum in 2008 after being lifted from Furies 'Boys Club #1' comic strip, and it gained such popularity that even Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj shared Pepe images on social media. Eight years later it was official recognised as a hate symbol by the Anti-Defamation League. So what changed?

Feels Good Man, the Sundance award-winning documentary from Arthur Jones, follows Furie around as he attempts to repair his infamous cartoons reputation. But can Pepe be redeemed, or is he better left to fester with the white supremacists of the world? The fact that he has recently been co-opted by Hong Kong protestors would suggest that Furis frog still wields some power; that his prominent place in politics is, bafflingly, far from over.

Describing the film, director Jones says: The movie is really about him negotiating that uncomfortable reality for himself, [...] Matts personal journey really makes the movie really unique that I hope a lot of people find satisfying for a lot of reasons.

First and foremost, its a story about how powerless we become after we put something into the world. As Furie says: Im just a spectator to how things evolved on the internet.

Feels Good Man will be available streaming and on demand in the US on 4 September. A UK date is yet to be announced.

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In preparation for the world premiere of the Muppets first-ever streaming show, Muppets Now, Kermit the Frog will conduct a video chat to break the news that Disney+ has ordered six half-hour muppisodes premiering July 31. With a full roster of rotating guest stars, world-class production facilities, and pure unscripted mayhem, Muppets Now breaks new ground for the gang in their Disney+ debut.

The Muppets are thrilled to be doing our first-ever unscripted show! Its going to be extremely spontaneous and very surprising; almost as surprising as the fact that weeveractually used a script in the past.

This is moi unfiltered, unexpurgated, and more unbelievably fabulous than ever. If you watch only one show on Disney+ ,you really should tune in more often. But whenever you watch, make it moi onMuppets Now.

For the first time ever, Im working without a joke book, folks. Its a new kind of totally improvised comedy I call bare bear! See what I did there? Ahh! Wocka! Wocka!

I knewMuppets Nowwas coming to Disney+ but I did NOT know they wantedMuppets Now NOW, as in right away, as in doesnt anybody give a warning around here!? Gotta go upload those episodes pronto! Wish me luck; Ill need it.

This seasons celebrity guests include entertainers, comedians, chefs, and more. Fans wont want to miss all-new improvised comedy segments from their favorite Muppets including Miss Piggy, Beaker, Camilla, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo the Great, Kermit the Frog, Pepe the King Prawn, The Swedish Chef, Scooter, Uncle Deadly, among others.

Disney+ is the streaming home for the Muppets collection where Muppets Now will join an assortment of fan-favorite Muppet movies, series, and shorts.

Produced by The Muppets Studio and Soapbox Films, Muppets Now premieres Friday, July 31, streaming only on Disney+. New episodes will be released every Friday.

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YOU may not remember what you searched Google for back in 2010 but a new animated map could jog your memory.

V1 Analytics has put together an eye opening YouTube video that shows what each US state has been searching for over the past decade.

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The last decade started off with over 20 of the 50 US states searching for Selena Gomez.

By the end of January though the singer was competing with searches for 'McDonald's nutrition'.

Searches for Kim Kardashian became popular in Louisiana but this paled in comparison to the amount of searches for Katy Perry by the end of the year.

On 24 of September 2010, over half the US states were searching for Katy Perry, five were searching for "HCG diet" and Louisiana was still looking for Kim K.

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By January 2011, most US states were either searching for Adele or the Womble dance.

Almost all US states had Adele as their top search at the start of February, the singer released her album 21 at the start of 2011.

She was soon overtaken with searchers for Lady Gaga's 'Born this Way'.

By March and April searches for Rebecca Black exploded after a video she featured in went viral.

Osama Bin Laden's death in May 2011 also took over searches.

Games of Thrones, Kate Upton and Steve Jobs were also top.

Adele remained a very popular search throughout the year.

The start of January 2012 saw almost all the US states searching for "Kindle Fire", while four others searched for "Pinterest".

This was soon overtaken by searches for "Abortion", a search that remained popular throughout the year.

Abortion was being discussed a lot in the US at the time because 2012 saw numerous restrictions on access to abortion services for some states.

The film Fifty Shades Darker was a top search by June.

Nike and Tory Burch were also popular.

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The start of 2013 saw Gangnam Style takeover.

"Slender Man" and "Thrift Shop" were also popular searches.

By the end of the year "Vine" was a top search along with "Royals".

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January 2014 saw animated film Frozen completely take over Google Search.

By November searches for the Samsung s5 were very popular, with a few people searching for Meghan Trainor and Sam Smith.

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This year started off with a boom in searches for singer Meghan Trainor.

By April searches for video game Mortal Kombat X took over.

Hotly anticipated film Jurassic World also became a top search for most states.

Then came searches for Donald Trump and "Pepe the Frog", which still remains a popular meme.

Zika Virus, Ted Cruz and Beyonce were all top searches at the start of 2016.

Then "Damn Daniel" became a trend.

Harambe the gorilla and the Google Pixel also caused mass searches.

This was the year of the song Despacito.

It also saw mass searches for Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey.

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This year started with mass searches for Fortnite and Logan Paul.

Fortnite was still popular by the end of the year as well as viral song Baby Shark.

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Searches for R Kelly, Ariana Grande's song 7 Rings and Billie Eilish were all top at the start of 2019.

Game of Throne also took over due to the finale.

By the end of the year Mandalorian and Baby Yoda had taken over.

It probably comes as no surprise that "Coronavirus" has been a top search in almost all states this year.

Netflix series Tiger King has also proved popular, along with Elon Musk, The Weeknd and people simply searching the phrase "Pandemic".

You can see the full video below.

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HORROR-SCOPEYou've been reading the wrong horoscope for years because the stars have moved

In other news, a major Gmail redesign is aiming to make your working life a lot easier.

Google, Reddit, LinkedIn and TikTok have been caughtspying on your iPhone.

And, scammersare using Google Alertsto send out links to malware.

What's your most common Google search? Let us know in the comments...

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The frog is considered a gay icon (Picture: Getty)

There are a number of unlikely gay icons in this world, from The Babadook to Peppa Pig, and it seems that frogs have made the list.

If youre a regular user of TikTok, you may have noticed that alongside videos of dancing and lip-syncing there is an abundance of frog videos.

Where dogs and cats reign supreme on other social media platforms, TikTok is full of sweet little amphibians. Sometimes its frogs sitting weirdly, sometimes its frog care videos for pet owners, sometimes its a girl raising hundreds of thousands of tadpoles in her back garden.

Not all of these videos are made by or featuring lesbians, but the two commonly cross over, with lesbian TikTok and frog TikTok inextricably linked.

Lets look at why.

Lesbian frog TikTok is a communion of two TikTok niches lesbians and frogs.

There are a number of subcultures to be found on the social media site, from alt TikTok to beans TikTok to the oft-maligned straight TikTok.

Because the platform alters your For You page depending on what you tend to like and interact with, groups formed based on what different people saw and found funny or engaging.

In this case, its being a woman who loves women and cute frogs.

Videos feature illustrations and crafts with frogs on them, funny frogs wearing funny outfits, and basically every manner of frog creativity.

The genre frog lesbian has fully sprouted, with the hashtag lesbianslovefrogs now boasting over 710,000 views, and a search for frog lesbian showing thousands of results.

There are a number of reasons why lesbians may gravitate to frogs (and not just because theyre cute and hilarious).

The frogs are gay meme came to prominence around two years ago when shock-jock Alex Jones claimed on the show InfoWars that water was being poisoned and was making the frigginfrogsgay.

His channel then uploaded a video titled Proof! Gay Frogs Are Real, cementing frogs status as gay icons forevermore.

Frogs have also been top meme-fodder for many years. Dat Boi, Kermit sipping tea, graphic design is my passion, froggy chair, and its Wednesday my dudes all had their moment in the sun (as well as Pepe, but the less we say about him the better).

In that sense, its understandable that TikTok (the social media site best suited to more surreal and younger comedy) would become the home of frog content.

Nearly half of those who use TikTok are under 24, and under 24s are the age group most likely to be queer. Ergo, frog lovers and LGBT+ people were bound to merge and become part of the TikTok canon at some point.

But why lesbians specifically?

Although frogs are gay (incontrovertible fact, please dont argue), the links between frogs and lesbians particularly might derive from an aesthetic movement titled cottagecore.

TikTok defines this as flower prints, knitting, plants and mushrooms. Basically nice, comforting, nature-based images and sounds to soothe us and be aesthetically pleasing.

i-D magazine spoke to one queer woman about why she identified with cottagecore so much, and she said: Lesbians tend to be oversexualised by the media. Cottagecore sees love as a connection between two souls.

Another stated, It especially makes me feel like the things I loved in childhood, like having farm animals and picking blackberries in the fields and getting lost in the woods, are cis- and hetero-coded. So for me, cottagecore is an ideal where I can be visibly queer in rural spaces.

In a world where we need to own a house to have a dog or cultivate our own gardens, frogs are one of the easiest ways to get closer to nature.

And if that desire (frog)spawns a new subculture where WLW and animals are celebrated and we get to see cute frogs on our feeds then that works for us.

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