Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Do you remember Grumpy Cat? Quinton Reviews does. Today, we take a retrospective look at the history of this internet meme, alongside the general history of similar meme content.
Support Quinton on Patreon patreon.com/QReview
Chapters:
0:00 Into
5:20 The history of Cat Memes
15:24 Keyboard Cat
19:44 Nyan Cat
23:22 The birth of Tardar Sauce (Grumpy Cat)
25:40 Reddit meets Grumpy Cat
30:33 Cat dwarfism
42:24 How to adapt a meme
50:45 Unofficial Grumpy Cat uses
53:09 Late 2012 - 2013 Grumpy Cat projects
55:51 2014 Grumpy Cat projects
58:08 Grumpy Cat: The Movie (Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever)
1:51:35 Grumpy Cat Mall display
1:51:57 2015 Grumpy Cat projects
1:53:22 Grumpy Cat merchandise
3:03:22 More 2015 Grumpy Cat projects
3:04:40 Grumpy Cat comics, year 1
3:16:55 Grumpy Cat comics, year 2
3:35:11 2016 Grumpy Cat projects
3:37:55 Grumpy Cat Madame Tussauds launch
3:52:55 Tardar Sauce meets Stan Lee, other celebrities
3:54:45 Grumpy Cat's video game
4:06:25 Opel collab
4:12:06 Friskies shorts
4:24:05 Grumpy Cat interactive books
4:43:14 Grumpy Cat Little Golden Books
4:49:06 Grumpy Cat lost media
4:52:30 Grumpaccino lawsuit
5:00:19 Is Grumpy Cat a Garfield knockoff?
5:34:09 Grumpy Cat x Garfield crossover comic series
6:42:48 Grumpy Cat 2019 projects, Tardar Sauce's death
6:46:41 The final Grumpy Cat books
7:15:45 2020s content
7:20:32 Grumpy Coin
7:26:02 Final thoughts
7:40:19 Credits
7:48:13 Signing off
GUEST STARS:
This list will be updated with social media information soon.
Linkara as Hotchkiss ➱ @AT4W
Damien Haas as meme voices ➱ @DamienHaasTV
Lizzie Rogers as Grumpy Cat ➱@plushdragonteddy
SolidJJ as the voice of Pokey ➱ @Solidjj
Berd as Dog ➱ @Berd
Hippie Rat as Marbles ➱ @HippieRat
Conner Japikse as Butterfly ➱ @ConnerJapikse
Eyepatch Wolf as Bird ➱ @supereyepatchwolf0
Steph Sottile as Tabby
CharacterVA as Garfield ➱ @CharacterVA
Wyatt Duncan as Jon Arbuckle
Big Joel as Lyman ➱ @BigJoel
Keyan Carlile as Nermal ➱ @KeyanCarlile
Teddy Grey as Jim Davis ➱ @TeddyGrey
Justin Womble as Mr. Gross ➱ @justinwomble
Jeffiot as Golden Book Narrator ➱ @jeffiot
NerdSync as Petlandia Narrator ➱ @NerdSyncProductions
Supr Dee as Garfield crossover Narrator ➱ @Suprdee2
Joshua Chinlund as Posthumous Books Narrator ➱ @APWSTRProductions
Pup as guy on phone ➱ @ItsJustPup
Disney Dan ➱ @DistoryDan
SuperButterBuns as Witch ➱ @SuperButterBuns
Jeremiah Content as Santa Claus ➱ @ContentWithJeremiah
Ray Mona as Child Grumpy Cat fan ➱ @RayMona
Matt Bennett as carnival heckler 1 ➱ @MottBonnott
Dime Store Adventures as carnival heckler 2, Rabbit ➱ @DimeStoreAdventures
Brock Baker as carnival heckler 3 ➱ @brockbaker
Jessie Earl as Newspaper hater ➱ @JessieGender1
Mrs Oddheader as News reporter ➱ @oddheader
George-N. Al Khouri as Doggie Tux inventor ➱@gnalkhere
Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/gerge.bsky.social
Instagram instagram.com/gnalkhere
Oddheader as Mudpie ➱ @oddheader
Ratlobber as Duck ➱ @ratlobber
Lulaloopsey as Taco Cat ➱ @lulaloopsey
Music:
"The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Do you remember Grumpy Cat? Quinton Reviews does. Today, we take a retrospective look at the history of this internet meme, alongside the general history of similar meme content.
Support Quinton on Patreon patreon.com/QReview
Chapters:
0:00 Into
5:20 The history of Cat Memes
15:24 Keyboard Cat
19:44 Nyan Cat
23:22 The birth of Tardar Sauce (Grumpy Cat)
25:40 Reddit meets Grumpy Cat
30:33 Cat dwarfism
42:24 How to adapt a meme
50:45 Unofficial Grumpy Cat uses
53:09 Late 2012 - 2013 Grumpy Cat projects
55:51 2014 Grumpy Cat projects
58:08 Grumpy Cat: The Movie (Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever)
1:51:35 Grumpy Cat Mall display
1:51:57 2015 Grumpy Cat projects
1:53:22 Grumpy Cat merchandise
3:03:22 More 2015 Grumpy Cat projects
3:04:40 Grumpy Cat comics, year 1
3:16:55 Grumpy Cat comics, year 2
3:35:11 2016 Grumpy Cat projects
3:37:55 Grumpy Cat Madame Tussauds launch
3:52:55 Tardar Sauce meets Stan Lee, other celebrities
3:54:45 Grumpy Cat's video game
4:06:25 Opel collab
4:12:06 Friskies shorts
4:24:05 Grumpy Cat interactive books
4:43:14 Grumpy Cat Little Golden Books
4:49:06 Grumpy Cat lost media
4:52:30 Grumpaccino lawsuit
5:00:19 Is Grumpy Cat a Garfield knockoff?
5:34:09 Grumpy Cat x Garfield crossover comic series
6:42:48 Grumpy Cat 2019 projects, Tardar Sauce's death
6:46:41 The final Grumpy Cat books
7:15:45 2020s content
7:20:32 Grumpy Coin
7:26:02 Final thoughts
7:40:19 Credits
7:48:13 Signing off
GUEST STARS:
This list will be updated with social media information soon.
Linkara as Hotchkiss ➱ @AT4W
Damien Haas as meme voices ➱ @DamienHaasTV
Lizzie Rogers as Grumpy Cat ➱@plushdragonteddy
SolidJJ as the voice of Pokey ➱ @Solidjj
Berd as Dog ➱ @Berd
Hippie Rat as Marbles ➱ @HippieRat
Conner Japikse as Butterfly ➱ @ConnerJapikse
Eyepatch Wolf as Bird ➱ @supereyepatchwolf0
Steph Sottile as Tabby
CharacterVA as Garfield ➱ @CharacterVA
Wyatt Duncan as Jon Arbuckle
Big Joel as Lyman ➱ @BigJoel
Keyan Carlile as Nermal ➱ @KeyanCarlile
Teddy Grey as Jim Davis ➱ @TeddyGrey
Justin Womble as Mr. Gross ➱ @justinwomble
Jeffiot as Golden Book Narrator ➱ @jeffiot
NerdSync as Petlandia Narrator ➱ @NerdSyncProductions
Supr Dee as Garfield crossover Narrator ➱ @Suprdee2
Joshua Chinlund as Posthumous Books Narrator ➱ @APWSTRProductions
Pup as guy on phone ➱ @ItsJustPup
Disney Dan ➱ @DistoryDan
SuperButterBuns as Witch ➱ @SuperButterBuns
Jeremiah Content as Santa Claus ➱ @ContentWithJeremiah
Ray Mona as Child Grumpy Cat fan ➱ @RayMona
Matt Bennett as carnival heckler 1 ➱ @MottBonnott
Dime Store Adventures as carnival heckler 2, Rabbit ➱ @DimeStoreAdventures
Brock Baker as carnival heckler 3 ➱ @brockbaker
Jessie Earl as Newspaper hater ➱ @JessieGender1
Mrs Oddheader as News reporter ➱ @oddheader
George-N. Al Khouri as Doggie Tux inventor ➱@gnalkhere
Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/gerge.bsky.social
Instagram instagram.com/gnalkhere
Oddheader as Mudpie ➱ @oddheader
Ratlobber as Duck ➱ @ratlobber
Lulaloopsey as Taco Cat ➱ @lulaloopsey
Music:
"The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
My Tumblr ➱ quinton-reviews.tumblr.com
My Twitch ➱ twitch.tv/quintonreviews
Our Reddit ➱ reddit.com/r/QuintonReviews
My Instagram ➱ instagram.com/quintonreviews
My Facebook ➱ facebook.com/QuintonReviewsthekitchensink
My merch ➱ redbubble.com/people/QuintonReviews/explore?asc=u&page=1&sortOrder=recent
My Twitter ➱ twitter.com/Q_Review
Our Lore Wiki ➱ quintonreviews.fandom.com/wiki/Johnmas
