Blinking Guy

Meaning

What does Blinking Guy mean?

Blinking guy also referred to as Drew Scanlon Reaction is a GIF, depicting Drew Scanlon, a podcaster at Giant Bomb.

The GIF is used as a reaction image to convey surprised disbelief.

It is also a multi panel meme format, called First Guy To.

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Origin

What's the origin of Blinking Guy?

The first instance of “Blinking Guy” was seen on December 6th, 2013, when a new episode of Unprofessional Fridays aired.

It was first posted as a GIF under a comic about Kanye West on the video game forum NeoGAF on July 27th, 2015.

Spread & Usage

How did Blinking Guy spread?

The GIF started gaining mass popularity in 2017, on Twitter.

Scanlon turned into an even bigger meme in 2019, when a multi panel format was created, using his blinks, known as the First Guy To meme.

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