What is the Blue Lobster Jumpscare? Who is behind the “Get Lobstered” meme?
Table of Contents
Introduction
You might have seen the famous Blue Lobster online while scrolling. Whether a friend, or troll, sends you this mundane post online, which ends up turning into a picture of a Blue Lobster that is accompanied by a classical piece; it is definitely a meme that many people encountered online. The question pops up: where did this meme come from?
What is the Blue Lobster?
The Blue Lobster is an online meme that circulated as a jumpscare at the end of videos. It is not the only jumpscare meme on the internet. Memes like Rick Rolled, Stick Bugged, and others are similar to the Blue Lobster meme. The Blue Lobster Meme is usually accompanied by a Bach piece called Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565.
https://www.tiktok.com/@cataclystic008/video/7268271779083275553
Where did it come from?
According to Know Your Meme, the Blue Lobster meme originated in a picture taken by Maine Lobstermen, Bill Coppersmith. Coppersmith contacted a company called Get Maine Lobstered. The founder of Get Maine Lobster, Mark Murrell, named the Blue Lobster Haddie. The two men took a photo of Haddie and distributed the Lobster photo in news outlets, and thus the Blue Lobster was born. Since Blue Lobsters are relatively rare in the wild, this photograph became famous in its own right. It was also through Get Maine Lobstered that the name of the meme, Get Lobstered, was born.
How did it become a meme?
The meme was born when meme videos began circulating around the internet by the online account called “mrlobter.” In each of their posts, there would be a mundane video that is always followed by the Blue Lobster with the music playing in the background. Eventually, these videos would circulate online, which caught on with many online users as a form of a prank video.
This is not the only meme that was formed into a prank. One of the most famous online pranks that circulated around the early years of the internet is the Rick Roll. To this day, this is one of the most famous online pranks. Another online prank video would be getting stick bugged. Getting stick bugged is usually not that common, but it leans more towards the goofier side of the internet due to its background sound being funnier than others.
With that, getting Lobstered is usually used as a harmless prank. While it’s a relatively newer prank meme, it is a pretty funny meme that does not show signs of it dwindling into the internet wormhole. Fun fact, Haddie the Blue Lobster is considered to be the rare Cotton Candy Lobster. Haddie is considered to be found in 1 out of 100 million lobsters in the world. With that, not only is she a famous meme, but an incredibly rare find of the deep ocean.
