AboutWhat does the meme depict?

Lame Pun Raccoon, also known as "Pun Coon" or "Bad Joke Raccoon", features an image macro format centered on a visibly cheerful raccoon. This raccoon character is typically depicted making various puns and witticisms. The joke's style is overtly cheesy and the meme is commonly used to deliver sudden punchlines involving in-jokes or common idiomatic expressions.

OriginWho did it first?

The original photograph of the raccoon was captured by Sarah Hunt and shared on Flickr in September 2007. Lame Pun Raccoon transformed into a meme format in April 2010 when it began to appear on platforms such as MemeGenerator, Quickmeme, Tumblr , and Reddit, adopting the style of the Advice-Dog series.^[1]

Origin: 2010