

STARING AT THE SUN MEME MOVIE
(My face when I ask someone for a movie opinion and they send me a link to a video by El Mundo de Zowl) The post (shown below) received over 820 reactions and 78 shares in four months.

On December 8th, 2021, Facebook page Jaimeme shared the first viral meme based on the edited image (authorship unconfirmed). Prior to December 8th, 2021, an unknown user created a symmetrical edit of Donkey's face from the scene (original frame shown below, left edit shown below, right). On April 13th, 2021, TikToker _kawany posted the earliest known viral meme based on the scene, captioning it, "my sister and brother-in-law on their first date." The post received over 2 million views and 120,300 likes in one year (shown below). On December 30th, 2020, Twitter user was the first to highlight the frame, with the tweet gaining 15 retweets and 180 likes in two years (shown below). In one scene of the film, the character Donkey attempts to woo his wife Dragon, with his expression quickly changing from that of terror into a somewhat nervous smile as the song "Hello" by Lionel Richie plays (scene shown below). On May 21st, 2010, the animated film Shrek Forever After premiered. The reaction images gained virality in December 2021, first among Portuguese-speaking and Spanish-speaking users and later globally. Staring Donkey or Donkey Reaction refers to several Staring Animals reaction images of the character Donkey looking sad from the 2010 animated film Shrek Forever After. Staring animals, donkey, shrek, symmetrical, emotional, sad, shrek 4, staring donkey meme, reactions, reaction image, shrek forever after, tiktok About
