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Simon's Cat

You might remember it as Simons Cat first film, Simon's Cat Cat Man Do

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2008·Early YouTube

Hand-drawn animation that became one of the longest-running success stories on the platform.

At a glanceThe facts

Remembered as
Simons Cat first film
Spread in
2008
Format
Video
Era
Early YouTube
Made by
Simon Tofield
Original title
Cat Man Do
Who or what it shows
Based mainly on Hugh, one of Tofield’s four cats
Origin
Origin not yet established
Available
Playable from the source

Why it matteredWhat changed

An animator made a short film about a cat to teach himself a piece of software. It won the British Animation Award for comedy the same year.

TimelineIn order

  1. Record

    It wins best comedy at the British Animation Awards.1

  2. Posted

    Cat Man Do is uploaded to YouTube.1

  3. Mainstream

    The first book is published.1

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Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later

This is the copy ViralWorld can show you. Whether it is the first is not established.

Where it came fromWhat we know

Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.

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When
The sources below date the original to 2008-03-04. ViralWorld records this as a cited claim rather than an established publication date, because it holds no copy to check it against.

More from 2008You were there

SourcesWhat was read

  1. Wikipedia — Simon’s Cat

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