{"id":"ikea-monkey","name":"IKEA Monkey","summary":"In December 2012, a small Japanese macaque named Darwin escaped his crate in a locked car and wandered a Toronto IKEA parking lot wearing a shearling coat and diaper. Photos of the primate hit Twitter and Reddit within hours, spawning one of the defining viral animal moments of the early 2010s and a long tail of pensive-monkey image macros.","tags":["ikea monkey","darwin monkey","japanese macaque ikea","toronto ikea monkey","yasmin nakhuda","ikea monkey meme","shearling coat monkey"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":8,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ikea-monkey/ikea-monkey-ikea-monkey-collage.webp","caption":"The famous IKEA Monkey collage: Darwin the Japanese macaque in his shearling coat, photographed inside and outside a Toronto IKEA in December 2012.","width":1200,"height":630,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ikea-monkey/ikea-monkey-darwin-monkey-ikea-floor.webp","caption":"A close-up shot of Darwin inside the IKEA, showcasing the tailored shearling coat that made him an internet sensation.","width":566,"height":500,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ikea-monkey/ikea-monkey-hitman-monkey-meme.webp","caption":"A dark-humor image macro reimagining Darwin as a reluctant \"hitman monkey,\" one of many photoshop and caption remixes the meme inspired.","width":497,"height":971,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ikea-monkey/ikea-monkey-nicolas-cage-ikea-monkey-photoshop.webp","caption":"A \"Nic Cage as everyone\" style photoshop remix of the IKEA Monkey, illustrating how quickly the image was repurposed by internet remix culture.","width":640,"height":640,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ikea-monkey/ikea-monkey-free-darwin-protest-sign.webp","caption":"Yasmin Nakhuda campaigns publicly to \"Free Darwin\" during the highly publicized fight for custody of the IKEA Monkey.","width":620,"height":465,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ikea-monkey/ikea-monkey-stylish-illegal-monkey-headline.webp","caption":"A news article headline capturing how mainstream media covered Darwin's IKEA appearance, cementing the viral moment as a global news story.","width":1080,"height":1053,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ikea-monkey/ikea-monkey-toronto-ikea-monkey-news-headline.webp","caption":"Another view of the widely shared news headline about Darwin, whose appearance at a Toronto IKEA in December 2012 became a worldwide viral story.","width":1080,"height":1053,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ikea-monkey/ikea-monkey-social-00.webp","caption":"IKEA Monkey","width":600,"height":800,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/ikea-monkey/history.md","related":["monkey-selfie","jimothy-the-raccoon","spanish-laughing-guy","ridiculously-photogenic-guy","disaster-girl","100-men-vs-gorilla","return-to-monke","monke","monkey-haircut","thinking-monkey","100-men-vs-1-gorilla","that-really-rustled-my-jimmies"],"popularityRank":3033,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}